Anime Salve
Fabrizio De André
Anime Salve
A thousand years in this world, a thousand more
What a beautiful deception you are, my soul
And how great my time is, what a lovely company
These are days of windows adorned
Seasonal songs
Saved souls on land and sea
These have been furious days
Without acts of love
Without a calm breeze
Just transitions and transitions
Passages of time
Endless hours like constellations and waves
Relentless like the eyes of memory
Another memory, and no, not enough yet
Things vanished, faces, and then the future
The future meetings of beautiful wicked lovers
There will be clashes
There will be hunts with dogs and wild boars
There will be chases, bites, and struggles for a thousand years
A thousand years in this world, a thousand more
What a beautiful deception you are, my soul
And how great my time is, what a lovely company
I’ve caught myself fooling myself and failing
Aborting the children like the dreams
I’ve watched myself cry in a mirror of snow
I saw myself laughing
I saw myself from behind as I left
I greet you from the lands of tomorrow
Which are visions of peasant souls
Flying through the world
A thousand years in this world, a thousand more
What a beautiful deception you are, my soul
And how great this time is, what loneliness
What a lovely company