Carte da decifrare - Ivano Fossati

L’amore è tutto carte da decifrare

E lunghe notti e giorni per imparare

Io se avessi una penna ti scriverei

Se avessi più fantasia ti disegnerei

Su fogli di cristallo da frantumare

E guai se avessi un coltello per tagliare

Ma se avessi più giudizio non lo negherei

Che se avessi casa ti riceverei

Che se facesse pioggia ti riparerei

Che se facesse ombra ti ci nasconderei

Se fossi un vero viaggiatore t’avrei già incontrata

E ad ogni nuovo incrocio mille volte salutata

Se fossi un guardiano ti guarderei

Se fossi un cacciatore non ti caccerei

Se fossi un sacerdote come un’orazione

Con la lingua tra i denti ti pronuncerei

Se fossi un sacerdote come un salmo segreto

Con le mani sulla bocca ti canterei

Se avessi braccia migliori ti costringerei

Se avessi labbra migliori ti abbatterei

Se avessi buona la bocca ti parlerei

Se avessi buone le parole ti fermerei

Ad un angolo di strada io ti fermerei

Ad una croce qualunque ti inchioderei

E invece come un ladro come un assassino

Vengo di giorno ad accostare il tuo cammino

Per rubarti il passo, il passo e la figura

E amarli di notte quando il sonno dura

E amarti per ore, ore, ore

E ucciderti all’alba di altro amore

E amarti per ore, ore, ore

E ucciderti all’alba di altro amore

Perché l’amore è carte da decifrare

E lunghe notti e giorni da calcolare

Se l’amore è tutto segni da indovinare

Perdona

Se non ho avuto il tempo di imparare

Se io non ho avuto il tempo

Di imparare

Love is all cards to be deciphered

And long nights and days to learn

If I had a pen I would write to you

If I had more imagination I would draw you

On sheets of crystal to be shattered

And woe betide you if you had a knife to cut

But if I had more judgment I wouldn't deny it

That if I had a home I would receive you

That if it rained I would shelter you

That if it cast a shadow I would hide you

If I were a real traveler I would have already met you

And at each new intersection greeted a thousand times

If I were a keeper I would look at you

If I were a hunter I would not hunt you

If I were a priest like a prayer

With my tongue between my teeth I would pronounce you

If I were a priest like a secret psalm

With my hands over my mouth I would sing to you

If I had better arms I would force you

If I had better lips I would beat you down

If I had a good mouth I would talk to you

If I had good words I would stop you

At a street corner I would stop you

I would nail you to any cross

And instead like a thief like a murderer

I come during the day to approach your path

To steal your step, step and figure

And love them at night when sleep lasts

And love you for hours, hours, hours

And kill you at the dawn of another love

And love you for hours, hours, hours

And kill you at the dawn of another love

Because love is cards to be deciphered

And long nights and days to calculate

If love is all signs to be guessed

Forgive

If I haven't had time to learn

If I haven't had the time

To learn