La leggenda di Olaf - Roberto Vecchioni

Fu allora che madonna gli disse:"Hai gli occhi belli

vorrei che accarezzassi 'sta notte i miei capelli"

Fu allora che rispose: «Grazie madonna no!

Io sono un cavaliere e il re non tradirò»

E a lei non valse niente comprare la memoria

di sentinelle e servi mandati a far baldoria

e a lui negli occhi grigi l’amore ritornò

l’attesa di una vita per dover dire no

«Che fai sotto le stelle?

chi vuoi dimenticare?»

Socchiuse gli occhi e volle andarsene, sparire

sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno

poi, come tutti, si risvegliò

sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno

poi, come tutti, si risvegliò

Tornò di lì a tre giorni il re dalla gran caccia

e lei gli corse incontro graffiandosi la faccia

l’ira le fece dire: «Puniscilo perché

lui non portò rispetto alla moglie del re»

E a lui non valse a niente il sangue sui castelli

or sua la spada e il sole sul viso dei duelli

quando sentì di dire di dover dire sì

con un cavallo e l’acqua fu cacciato di lì

«Che fai sotto le stelle?

chi vuoi dimenticare?»

Socchiuse gli occhi e volle andarsene, sparire

sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno

poi, come tutti, si risvegliò

sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno

poi, come tutti, si risvegliò

Capì d’aver ucciso per essere qualcuno

capì d’aver amato il giorno di nessuno

La strada all’improvviso, la strada si accorciò

e sotto un sicomoro la gola s’impiccò

Sentì tagliar la corda, gli tesero una mano

ma dentro c’era l’oro, l’oro del suo sovrano

il re ti paga e chiede di non parlare ma monta

a cavallo e fila più lontano che vai

«Che fai sotto le stelle?

chi vuoi dimenticare?»

Socchiuse gli occhi e volle andarsene, sparire

sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno

ma quella volta non si svegliò

sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno

ma quella volta non si svegliò

sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno

ma quella volta non si svegliò

sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno, sogno

ma quella volta…

It was then that Madonna said to him: "You have beautiful eyes

I would like you to caress my hair tonight "

It was then that she replied: «Thank you madonna no!

I am a knight and the king will not betray "

And she was worth nothing to buy the memory

of sentries and servants sent to party

and love returned to him in the gray eyes

the wait of a lifetime to have to say no

"What are you doing under the stars?"

who do you want to forget? "

He narrowed his eyes and wanted to leave, disappear

dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream

then, like everyone, he woke up

dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream

then, like everyone, he woke up

In three days the king returned from the great hunt

and she ran up to him, scratching her face

her anger made her say: "Punish him because

he did not respect the king's wife "

And the blood on the castles was of no use to him

now his the sword and the sun on the face of duels

when she felt she had to say yes

with a horse and the water he was driven out of there

"What are you doing under the stars?"

who do you want to forget? "

She narrowed her eyes and wanted to leave, disappear

dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream

then, like everyone, he woke up

dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream

then, like everyone, he woke up

He understood that he had killed to be someone

he understood that he had loved nobody's day

The road suddenly, the road shortened

and under a sycamore the throat was hanged

He felt the rope being cut, they held out a hand to him

but inside there was gold, the gold of its sovereign

the king pays you and asks you not to speak but mounts

on horseback and row as far as you go

"What are you doing under the stars?"

who do you want to forget? "

He narrowed his eyes and wanted to leave, disappear

dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream

but that time he didn't wake up

dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream

but that time he didn't wake up

dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream

but that time he didn't wake up

dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream

but that time ...