Prima di ripartire - Angelo Branduardi

In casa non c’era nessuno

Il sole sui letti sfatti

Sfinita dal caldo d’agosto

La bambina s’era addormentata

Così, trattenendo il respiro

L’ho guardata dormire

In silenzio per non farle paura

Per lasciarla riposare

In casa non c’era nessuno

Il sole sui letti sfatti

Chissà mai da dov’era venuta

Da quale misterioso viaggio

Col capo fra le braccia

Bambina sconosciuta

Stava sognando di cose bambine

Prima di ripartire

There was no one in the house

The sun on the unmade beds

Exhausted by the August heat

The little girl had fallen asleep

Thus, holding my breath

I watched her sleep

In silence so as not to scare her

To let it rest

There was no one in the house

The sun on the unmade beds

Who knows where she had come from

From what a mysterious journey

With his head in his arms

Unknown little girl

She was dreaming of little girl things

Before leaving