Antonello Venditti - Roma Capoccia (Rome "Big Head")

[umbertino]

 

A dedication to his hometown

 

 

 

 

 

( Sung in Roman dialect which is very similar to proper Italian unlike other  Italian dialects)

 

 

How beautiful you are oh Rome in the evenings
when the moon reflects itself
inside the big fountain
and the couples desert the streets

How beautiful you are oh Rome when it rains

How great you are oh Rome when it’s dusk
and the orange turns red
on top of your seven hills
and the windows are like numerous eyes
that seem to tell you: how beautiful you are!

 

Today it feels like
if time had stopped here
I see the majesty of the Colosseum
I see the sanctity of the big Dome
and I am more alive and I am better
no, I’ll never leave you
Rome, head of this infamous world

a carriage drives away two foreigners
a second-hand dealer asks you if you’ve got some rags
the bedraggled sparrows are nightingales
I was born in Rome
I discovered you this morning

[umbertino]

 

Flowers Field

 

A famous square in Rome which became extremely popular in the last 30-40 years as  one of the main gathering places for young people

 

Philosopher Giordano Bruno statue in the center of square

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno

 

Couldn't find a decent translation on the internet so far...Too bad as  lyrics are very good

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

Under the Pisces sign

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you remember that road
It was me and you
And the people  were running
And crying with us
All I want, I thought, is only love
And unity for us
cos we deserve another life
 more just and free if you will
Hurry love, hurry do not be afraid.

 

You asked me "what you need?"
A house you've got
You have a woman, a family
That gets you out of trouble
But all I want, I thought, is only love
And unity for us
Cos we deserve another life
 more just and free if you will
Born under the sign, born under the sign of Pisces.

 

And  rock  music would pass slowly
On our discussions
Eighteen years are so few
 to promise ourselves  the future
But all I want, I said, is only love
And unity for us
cos we deserve another life
Violent and tender if you will
Born under the sign, born under the sign of Pisces.

 

Marina has gone away
Today she's a school teacher

Lives badly, is unsatisfied
And she understands because she's lonely
But all she looks for and wants is only love
And unity for us
cos we deserve another life
Violent and tender if you will
Born under the sign, born under the sign of Pisces.

 

 Giovanni is an engineer
 works in a radio station
He burned his graduation papers
He lives just  by words
But all he looks for and wants is only  love
And unity for us
bonded together in a free fate
Violent and tender if you will

Children of an old song.