Ribot - Lucio Dalla

Anche quando c’era il tram

Era bello andare a piedi

Dentro il caldo dei paletot

Se ci penso sembra ieri

Entravano nei bar,

— mi dici che cos’hai?

— non so…

Luci basse dentro al bar,

— lo sai ti voglio bene…

— lo so.

Tra i saluti e le distanze,

Il mare, il cielo e il mare

C’era qualcosa di inquietante,

Volare e navigare,

Ma se il mondo era più grande,

Era più bello ritornare,

Chissà…

Se era tutto più importante

Perchè tutto era da fare

Chissà…

L’odore delle stanze entrava facilmente nei cinema all’aperto,

Mentre le donne come fate venivano bloccate da uno sguardo nei caffè concerto

E finalmente ad un segnale, cominciavano a suonare

E tenendosi per mano tutti andavano a ballare

Tra il tifo per il calcio

E un campione muscolare

Fu famoso anche un cavallo

Quando smise di trottare

Ma il mondo galoppava

Diventava più nervoso

Stai tranquillo, non è niente

Hai bisogno di riposo

— va bene me ne sto andando, e tu?

— va bene lo stesso ma io rimango.

Oggi apparentemente

Non c'è bisogno di pensare,

Anzi viviamo senza niente,

Stiamo zitti ad ascoltare,

Cercando di essere nuovi

Per vedere di esser visti

Come libri da sfogliare;

Per evitare di esser tristi

Giochiamo a ricordare,

Giochiamo a ricordare

(Grazie a Claudio per questo testo)

Even when there was the tram

It was nice to walk

Inside the heat of the paletot

If I think about it it seems like yesterday

They went into bars,

- tell me what have you got?

- I don't know…

Low lights inside the bar,

- you know I love you ...

- I know.

Between greetings and distances,

The sea, the sky and the sea

There was something disturbing,

Fly and sail,

But if the world was bigger,

It was more beautiful to return,

Maybe…

If it was all more important

Because everything had to be done

Maybe…

The smell of the rooms easily entered the open-air cinemas,

While women like fairies were blocked by a glance in concert cafes

And finally at a signal, they began to play

And holding hands everyone went to dance

Between cheering for football

And a muscle champion

A horse was also famous

When he stopped trotting

But the world galloped

He became more nervous

Don't worry, it's nothing

You need a rest

- okay I'm leaving, and you?

- that's okay but I'm staying.

Today apparently

There is no need to think,

Indeed we live with nothing,

We are silent and listen,

Trying to be new

To see to be seen

Like books to leaf through;

To avoid being sad

Let's play remembering,

Let's play remembering

(Thanks to Claudio for this text)