Roberto Vecchioni — Alessandro E Il Mare song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Alessandro E Il Mare" by Roberto Vecchioni.
Lyrics
Il tramonto era pieno di soldati ubriachi di futuro
fra i dadi le bestemmie e il sogno di un letto più sicuro;
ma quando lui usciva dalla tenda non osavano
nemmeno guardare:
sapevano che c’era la sua ombra sola davanti al mare.
Poi l’alba era tutta un fumo di cavalli,
gridi e risate nuove;
dove si va, passato il Gange,
Generale, parla, dicci solo dove:
e lui usciva dalla tenda bello come la mattina il sole:
come in una lontana leggenda,
perduta chissà dove…
tornava bambino,
e tornava bambino,
quando stava da solo a giocare nei viali
di un immenso giardino;
la fontana coi pesci
dai riflessi d’argento,
che poteva soltanto guardarla,
mai buttarcisi dentro.
Non un capello fuori posto
mentre entrava a cavallo nel mare,
e il cuore, il cuore gli batteva addosso
come a una donna che si va a sposare;
e tutti lo seguirono cantando
senza nemmeno sospettare,
e gli andarono dietro contenti
di dover annegare.
tornava bambino,
e tornava bambino,
quando stava da solo a giocare nei viali
di un immenso giardino;
la fontana coi pesci
dai riflessi d’argento
che poteva solo guardarla
mai buttarcisi dentro.
E mentre si voltava indietro
non aveva niente da vedere;
e mentre si guardava avanti
niente da voler sapere;
ma il tempo di tutta una vita
non valeva quel solo momento:
Alessandro, così grande fuori, così piccolo dentro.
Lyrics translation
The sunset was full of drunken soldiers of the future
among the nuts the blasphemies and the dream of a safer bed;
but when he came out of the tent they dared not
not even look:
they knew his shadow was alone in front of the sea.
Then the Dawn was all horse smoke,
New cries and laughter;
where you go, past the Ganges,
General, talk, just tell us where:
and he came out of the tent as beautiful as the morning sun:
as in a distant legend,
lost who knows where…
he was coming back as a child.,
and came back as a child,
when he was alone playing in the alleys
of an immense garden;
the fountain with fish
from the reflections of silver,
that he could only look at her,
never throw yourself in.
Not a hair out of place
as he rode into the sea,
and the heart, the heart beat upon him
like a woman going to get married;
and everyone followed him singing
without even suspecting,
and they went after him glad
having to drown.
he was coming back as a child.,
and came back as a child,
when he was alone playing in the alleys
of an immense garden;
the fountain with fish
from the reflections of silver
that he could only look at her
never throw yourself in.
And as he turned back
he had nothing to do with it.;
and as he looked forward
nothing to want to know;
but the time of a lifetime
it wasn't worth the moment.:
Alexander, so big outside, so small inside.