Fabrizio De Andrè — Nell'acqua della chiara fontana song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Nell'acqua della chiara fontana" by Fabrizio De Andrè.

Lyrics

Nell’acqua della chiara fontana
lei tutta nuda si bagnava
quando un soffio di tramontana
le sue vesti in cielo portava
dal folto dei capelli mi chiese,
per rivestirla di cercare
i rami di cento mimose
e ramo con ramo intrecciare
volli coprire le sue spalle
tutte di petali di rosa
ma il suo sen era così minuto
che fu sufficiente una rosa
cercai ancora nella vigna
perché a metà non fosse spoglia
ma i suoi fianchi erano così minuti
che fu sufficiente una foglia
le braccia lei mi tese allora
per ringraziarmi un po' stupita
io la presi con tanto ardore
che lei fu di nuovo svestita
il gioco divertì la graziosa
che molto spesso alla fontana
tornò a bagnarsi pregando Dio
per un soffio di tramontana.

Lyrics translation

In the water of the clear fountain
she all naked getting wet
when a breath of tramontana
his clothes in the sky wore
from the thick of his hair he asked me,
to dress her up to look for
the branches of one hundred mimose
and branch with branch braiding
I wanted to cover his shoulders
all of rose petals
but his sen was so minute
that one Rose was enough
I searched again in the vineyard
so she wasn't half naked
but his hips were so minute
that one leaf was enough
arms she stretched me then
to thank me a little surprised
I took it with such ardor
that she was undressed again
the game amused the pretty
that very often at the fountain
he went back to get wet praying to God
for a breath of tramontana.