ANDREA

 Andrea s'è perso, s'è perso e non sa tornare

Andrea s'è perso, s'è perso e non sa tornare

Andrea aveva un amore

riccioli neri

Andrea aveva un dolore

riccioli neri.

C'era scritto sul foglio ch'era morto
sulla bandiera
c'era scritto e la firma era d'oro
era firma di re
ucciso sui monti
di Trento
dalla mitraglia.
Ucciso sui monti
di Trento
dalla mitraglia.
Occhi di bosco
contadino del regno
profilo francese
Occhi di bosco
soldato del regno
profilo francese
e Andrea ha perso, ha perso l'amore
la perla più rara
e Andrea ha in bocca, in bocca un dolore
la perla più scura.
Andrea raccoglieva, raccoglieva violette
ai bordi del pozzo
Andrea gettava riccioli neri
nel cerchio del pozzo
il secchio gli disse, gli disse "Signore,
il pozzo è profondo
più fondo del fondo degli occhi
della notte del pianto".
Lui disse "Mi basta, mi basta che sia
più profondo di me". 

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Andrea got lost,
he got lost and doesn't know how to return.
Andrea got lost,
he got lost and doesn't know how to return.
Andrea used to have
a love, black curly hair,
Andrea used to have
a sorrow, black curly hair.

It was written on a page
that he'd died on the flag.
It was written and the signature
was in gold, it was signed by the king:
killed in the mountains
of Trent by machine gun fire,
killed in the mountains
of Trent by machine gun fire.

Forest-colored eyes,
peasant of the realm, French profile.
Forest-colored eyes,
soldier of the realm, French profile.
And Andrea lost him,
he lost his love, the pearl most rare.
And Andrea has in his mouth,
he has in his mouth a sorrow, the darkest pearl.

Andrea was plucking,
he was gathering violets at the edges of a well.
Andrea was throwing
black ringlets in the circle of the well.
The bucket said to him,
it said, “Sir, the well is deep,
deeper than the depth
of the eyes of the Night of Tears.”

He said, “It’s enough for me,
it's good enough that it’s deeper than I am.”
He said, “It’s enough for me,
it's good enough that it’s deeper than I am.”