Etta Scollo — Assente song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Assente" by Etta Scollo.

Lyrics

Sei nato dalla strada
sotto un cielo che urlava
mille lune sulla testa
in una notte come questa
sei nato e sei niente
o un rene solamente
o un cuore a chi poi muore
comodamente altrove
Sei nato gi cresciuto
gi comprato, gi venduto,
non sei e non sai,
non puoi e non hai
ne padre ne futuro
soltanto il tuo respiro
il ritmo del presente
nascosto fra la gente
assente, per sempre assente.
Ed io ti vedo e ovunque ti sento
sei dentro me inesorabilmente e sempre
Sei il pane quotidiano,
sei lґultima mano,
la solitudine del mondo,
la fine di ogni tempo
e batti sul nostro cuore
con rabbia le parole
che non dirai mai
ma che ci ha cambiato ormai
e per sempre
assente, assente.
Ed io ti vedo…

Lyrics translation

You were born from the street
under a screaming Sky
a Thousand Moons on the head
on a night like this
you're born and you're nothing
or one kidney only
or a heart to those who then die
conveniently elsewhere
You were born and you grew up
already bought, already sold,
you are not and you do not know,
you can not and you do not have
neither father nor future
only your breath
the rhythm of the present
hidden among the people
absent, forever absent.
And I see you and everywhere I hear you
you are within me inexorably and always
You are the Daily Bread,
you are the last hand,
the loneliness of the world,
the end of all time
and beat on our hearts
angry words
that you'll never say
but what has changed us now
and forever
absent, absent.
And I see you…