Lugano Addio

Ivan Graziani

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LUGANO ADDIO	Farewell Lugano
Le scarpe da tennis bianche e blu	Back then your tennis shoes were white and blue
Seni pesanti e labbra rosse	With heavenly breasts and red lips too
E la giacca a vento	And your jacket for the winter.
Oh, Marta io ti ricordo così	Oh, Marta I still remember you:
Il tuo sorriso i tuoi capelli	Your sad, little smile and the way your hair moved,
Fermi come il lago	Like the lake's precious water.
Lugano addio cantavi	'Farewell Lugano' - you were singing...
Mentre la mano mi tenevi	You held my hand,
Canta con me tu mi dicevi	Said sing along with me'
Ed io cantavo	And I realized that
Di un posto che	I was singing
Non avevo visto mai	About a place that I'd never been.
Tu tu mi parlavi di frontiere	You used to talk about frontiers,
Di finanzieri e contrabbando	Contraband and financiers...
Mi scaldavo ai tuoi racconti	I caught fire to your stories.
E "mio padre sì" tu mi dicevi	‘Oh, my father -you would say,
"Quassù in montagna ha combattuto"	He fought up in these mountains back in his day'
Poi del mio mi domandavi	And then you'd ask me about my father too...
Ed io pensavo a casa	I thought of my home
Mio padre fermo sulla spiaggia	And my father on the beach,
Le reti al sole	Nets in the sand
I pescherecci in alto mare	And fishing boats out at sea.
Conchiglie e stelle	I thought about the shells, I thought about the stars,
Le bestemmie e il suo dolore	And how he cursed...and how he suffered.
Oh, Marta io ti ricordo così	And, oh, Marta I still remember you:
Il tuo sorriso i tuoi capelli	Your sad, little smile and the way your hair moved,
Fermi come il lago	Like the lake's precious water...
Lugano addio cantavi	'Farewell Lugano' you were singing.
Mentre la mano mi tenevi	Holding my hand
Addio cantavi	And singing so true.
E non per falsa ingenuità	'Farewell' you sang
Tu ci credevi	And you believed it
E adesso anch'io che sono qua	And now I'm so far gone that I believe it too.
Oh, Marta mia addio ti ricordo così	And, oh, Marta I still remember you:
Il tuo sorriso i tuoi capelli	Your sad, little smile and the way your hair moved,
Fermi come il lago.	Like the lake's precious water.