Angelo Branduardi — Gli alberi sono alti song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Gli alberi sono alti" by Angelo Branduardi.

Lyrics

Gli alberi sono alti, le foglie crescon verdi
Da quanto tempo non vedevi il tuo amore,
da tanto, ed oggi tornato tutto solo:
giovane ma crescer.
Padre, o padre, mi hai fatto un grave torto
mi hai dato in moglie a chi poco pi di un bimbo,
ha quindici anni ed io gi quasi venti:
giovane ma crescer.
Figlia, o figlia, non ti ho mai fatto torto,
ti ho dato in moglie al figlio di un Signore,
il tuo bambino sar ricco e rispettato:
giovane ma crescer.
Padre, o padre, domani sar sola,
lo manderanno lontano un anno ancora,
e al suo ritorno avr un figlio a lui straniero:
giovane ma crescer.
Ieri al mattino seduta al tuo balcone
spiavi i ragazzi giocare per la strada,
il tuo vero amore di loro era il pi bello:
giovane ma crescer.
Un anno dopo aveva preso moglie,
il tempo passa ed padre di un bambino,
il tempo corre ed il tuo fior sulla sua tomba:
giovane ma crescer.

Lyrics translation

The trees are tall, the leaves grow green
How long have you not seen your love,
long ago, and today everything came back alone:
young but grow up.
Father, O Father, you have done me a grave wrong
you have given me as a wife to whom little more than a child,
she's fifteen and I'm almost twenty:
young but grow up.
Daughter, or daughter, I have never wronged you,
I have given thee as a wife to the son of a Lord,
your child will be rich and respected:
young but grow up.
Father, father, tomorrow I will be alone,
they'll send him away for another year,
and upon his return he shall have a son, a stranger unto him.:
young but grow up.
Yesterday morning sitting at your balcony
spying on the boys playing on the street,
your true love of them was the most beautiful:
young but grow up.
A year later he had taken wife,
time passes and father a child,
time runs and your flower on his grave:
young but grow up.