Samarcanda - Roberto Vecchioni

Ridere, ridere, ridere ancora

Ora la guerra paura non fa

Brucian le divise dentro al fuoco la sera

Brucia nella gola vino a sazietà

Musica di tamburelli fino all’aurora

Il soldato che tutta la notte ballò

Vide fra la folla quella nera signora

Vide che cercava lui e si spaventò

«Salvami, salvami, grande sovrano

Fammi fuggire, fuggire di qua

Alla parata lei mi stava vicino

E mi guardava con malignità»

«Dategli, dategli un animale

Figlio del lampo, degno di un re

Presto, più presto, perché possa scappare

Dategli la bestia più veloce che c'è»

«Corri cavallo, corri, ti prego

Fino a Samarcanda io ti guiderò

Non ti fermare, vola, ti prego

Corri come il vento che mi salverò»

Oh-oh cavallo oh-oh cavallo

Oh-oh cavallo oh-oh cavallo

Oh-oh

Fiumi, poi campi, poi l’alba era viola

Bianche le torri che infine toccò

Ma c’era sulla porta quella nera signora

Stanco di fuggire la sua testa chinò

«Eri tra la gente nella capitale

So che mi guardavi con malignità

Son scappato in mezzo ai grilli e alle cicale

Son scappato via, ma ti ritrovo qua»

«Sbagli, ti inganni, ti sbagli soldato

Io non ti guardavo con malignità

Era solamente uno sguardo stupito

Cosa ci facevi l’altro ieri là?

T’aspettavo qui per oggi a Samarcanda

Eri lontanissimo due giorni fa

Ho temuto che per ascoltar la banda

Non facessi in tempo ad arrivare qua»

«Non è poi così lontana Samarcanda

Corri, cavallo, corri di là

Ho cantato assieme a te tutta la notte

Corri come il vento che ci arriverà»

Oh-oh cavallo oh-oh cavallo

Oh-oh cavallo oh-oh cavallo

Oh-oh

Laugh, laugh, laugh again

Now the war is not fearful

The uniforms burn in the fire in the evening

Burn in the throat wine to satiety

Tambourine music until dawn

The soldier who danced all night

He saw that black lady in the crowd

She saw that she was looking for him and was frightened

«Save me, save me, great ruler

Let me run away, run away from here

At the parade she was close to me

And she looked at me with malice "

"Give him, give him an animal

Child of lightning, fit for a king

Quick, quicker, for him to escape

Give him the fastest beast there is "

"Run horse, run, please

As far as Samarkand I will guide you

Don't stop, fly, please

Run like the wind that will save me "

Oh-oh horse oh-oh horse

Oh-oh horse oh-oh horse

Oh-oh

Rivers, then fields, then the dawn was purple

White are the towers that he finally touched

But there was that black lady at the door

Tired of running away her head she bent over

“You were among the people in the capital

I know you looked at me with malice

I ran away among the crickets and cicadas

I ran away, but I find you here "

«You are wrong, you are wrong, you are wrong soldier

I did not look at you with malice

It was just an astonished look

What were you doing there the day before yesterday?

I was expecting you here for today in Samarkand

You were a long way off two days ago

I feared that to listen to the band

I didn't have time to get here "

“Samarkand is not that far

Run, horse, run over there

I sang with you all night

Run like the wind that will reach us "

Oh-oh horse oh-oh horse

Oh-oh horse oh-oh horse

Oh-oh