Tanti Auguri Andrea !

Prima di tutto l'uomo

di Nazim Hikmet

Non vivere su questa terra 

come un estraneo

e come un vagabondo sognatore.

Vivi in questo mondo

come nella casa di tuo padre:

credi al grano, alla terra, al mare,

ma prima di tutto credi all'uomo.

Ama le nuvole, le macchine, i libri,

ma prima di tutto ama l'uomo.

Senti la tristezza del ramo che secca,

dell'astro che si spegne,

dell'animale ferito che rantola,

ma prima di tutto senti la tristezza 

e il dolore dell'uomo.

Ti diano gioia

tutti i beni della terra:

l'ombra e la luce ti diano gioia,

le quattro stagioni ti diano gioia,

ma soprattutto, a piene mani,

ti dia gioia l'uomo!

Anche se potrà sembrare ripetitiva eccoti la nostra canzone. Un Cat Stevens ingrigito, è oggi sicuramente più credibile rispetto alla versione con capello lungo e scuro .

...diciamo a me più somigliante :-)

Loris

Father And Son

Father:

It's not time to make a change

Just relax, take it easy

You're still young, that's your fault

There's so much you have to know

Find a girl, settle down

If you want, you can marry

Look at me, I am old

But I'm happy

I was once like you are now

And I know that it's not easy

To be calm when you've found

Something going on

But take your time, think a lot

I think of everything you've got

For you will still be here tomorrow

But your dreams may not

Son:

How can I try to explain

When I do he turns away again

And it's always been the same

Same old story

From the moment I could talk

I was ordered to listen

Now there's a way and I know

That I have to go away

I know I have to go

Father:

It's not time to make a change

Just sit down and take it slowly

You're still young that's your fault

There's so much you have to go through

Find a girl, settle down

If you want, you can marry

Look at me, I am old

But I'm happy

Son:

All the times that I've cried

Keeping all the things I knew inside

And it's hard, but it's harder

To ignore it

If they were right I'd agree

But it's them they know, not me

Now there's a way and I know

That i have to go away

I know I have to go