Franco Battiato — Strade Dell'Est song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Strade Dell'Est" by Franco Battiato.

Lyrics

Carichi i treni che dall’Albania
Portano tanti stranieri in Siberia
Tappeti antichi mercanti indiani
Mettono su case tra Russia e Cina strade dell’Est
Spinto da i Turchi e dagli Iracheni
Qui fece campo Mustafà Mullah Barazani
Strade dell’Est d’immensi orizzonti
Città nascoste di lingua persiana da qui la fine
Dicono storie di Principesse
Chiuse in castelli per troppa bellezza
Fiori di Loto giardini stupendi
E Leningrado oggi strade dell’Est
Di notte ancora ti può capitare
Di udire suoni di armonium sfiatati
E vecchi curdi che da mille anni
Offrono il petto a Novene

Lyrics translation

Load the trains that from Albania
They bring so many foreigners to Siberia
Ancient Indian merchant carpets
They set up houses between Russia and China Eastern roads
Pushed by the Turks and Iraqis
Here made camp Mustafã Mullah Barazani
Streets of the east of immense horizons
Hidden cities of Persian language hence the end
They tell stories about princesses
Locked in castles for too much beauty
Lotus flowers beautiful gardens
And Leningrad today eastern streets
At night you can still happen
To hear breezy harmonium sounds
And old Kurds who for a thousand years
Offer the chest to Novene