Roberto Vecchioni — I Poeti song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "I Poeti" by Roberto Vecchioni.

Lyrics

I poeti son giovani e belli
e portano in cuore
la luce del sole
e un canto d’uccelli;
e la strada del borgo natio,
la pioggia sui tetti
la povera gente amata da Dio.
Poesia, poesia,
deh proteggimi ovunque io sia!
poesia, poesia.
I poeti son vecchi signori
che mangian le stelle
distesi sui prati
delle loro ville,
e s’inventano zingare e more
per farsi credibili agli occhi del mondo
col loro dolore.
Poesia, poesia, poesia, poesia.
I poeti si fanno le pippe
coi loro ricordi:
la casa, la mamma, le cose che perdi;
e poi strisciano sui congiuntivi:
se fossi, se avessi, se avessi e se fossi,
se fossimo vivi.
Poesia, poesia,
deh proteggimi ovunque io sia!
poesia, poesia.
I poeti hanno visto la guerra
con gli occhi degli altri
che tanto per vivere han perso la pelle;
così scrivon piangendo cipolle
su barbe profetiche intinte nel vino
che pure gli serve.
Poesia, poesia,
Poesia, poesia.
I poeti son liberi servi di re e cardinali
che van ripetendo noi siam tutti uguali;
e si tingono di rosso vivo
ciascuno pensando «Il giorno del nobel
farò l’antidivo».
Poesia, poesia,
deh proteggimi ovunque io sia!
poesia, poesia.
I poeti sono litri di vino bevuti per noia,
per scriver parole davanti al mattino,
mentre sognano bambine nude
che uscendo da scuola
li prendon per mano e gli danno la viola.
Poesia, poesia,
Poesia, poesia.
I poeti son giovani stanchi che servon lo stato
sputandogli in faccia perché sia dannato,
e sbandierano cieli e fontane,
messaggi e colombe,
a noi le campane, ai ricchi le trombe.
Poesia, poesia.

Lyrics translation

Poets are young and beautiful
and carry in heart
sunlight
and a song of birds;
and the road of the native village,
the rain on the roofs
poor people loved by God.
Poetry, poetry,
deh protect me wherever I am!
poetry, poetry.
Poets are old gentlemen
who eat the stars
lying on the Meadows
of their villas,
and they invent Gypsies and blackberries
to make themselves credible in the eyes of the world
with their pain.
Poetry, Poetry, Poetry, Poetry.
Poets blow each other's throats
with their memories:
the house, the mom, the things you lose;
and then they crawl on the conjunctiva:
if I were, if I had, if I had and if I were,
if we were alive.
Poetry, poetry,
deh protect me wherever I am!
poetry, poetry.
Poets saw the war
with the eyes of others
that so much to live have lost the skin;
so they write crying onions
on prophetic beards dipped in wine
which he needs, too.
Poetry, poetry,
Poetry, poetry.
Poets are free servants of kings and Cardinals
that van repeating We are all the same;
and they're bright red
each thinking " nobel day
I'll do the anti-drug."
Poetry, poetry,
deh protect me wherever I am!
poetry, poetry.
Poets are liters of wine drunk for boredom,
to write words in front of the morning,
while dreaming naked girls
that getting out of school
they take them by the hand and give them the purple.
Poetry, poetry,
Poetry, poetry.
Poets are tired young men who serve the state
spitting in his face to be damned,
and the skies and the fountains fly,
messages and doves,
to us the bells, to the rich the trumpets.
Poetry, poetry.