LA BALLATA DEGLI SPECCHI

(lyrics: M. Durante / music: M. Durante, J. Mardin)

 

[en]

the ballad of the mirrors

 

caminu notte e giurnu mienzu alla via

ma li pensieri fucenu

lu sule batte subbra la capu mia

nu chiove mai

tegnu n’ombra ca me secuta me stae ‘ncuddhata

e nu me dae mai pace nu se ndiae mai

sentu ca se sta ‘vicina ca ole me chiede:

“addu sta bai?”

me sentu mpaccire

nu sacciu mancu ce voju

ulía te uardu e puru ieu nu bulía

percé tegnu paura ca

la facce ca me mosci nu bé la mia

ma tene l’occhi mei

china la capu mia stae de tante parole

e nienti tene sensu chiui pe mie

io caminu sì caminu nu me pozzu fermare

ma addu vau vau tie me trei

me sentu mpaccire

nu sacciu mancu ce voju

me sentu mpaccire

nu sacciu mancu ci suntu chiui

I walk day and night along the way

But thoughts run

The sun beats hard on my head

It never rains

I’ve got a shadow that follows me

And it never stops and never goes

I feel it coming closer cause it wants to ask me: “where are you going?”

I feel like I’m going crazy

I don’t even know what I want

I’d like to look at you and I’d not

Because I am afraid that

The face you’d show me isn’t mine

But it holds my eyes

My head is full of many words

And nothing makes sense for me anymore

I walk yes I walk I can’t stop

But wherever I go you find me

I feel I’m going crazy

I don’t even know what I want

I feel I’m going crazy

I don’t even know who I am anymore