Voglio Vederti Danzare

I want to see you dance
like the gypsies of the desert
with candelabras on your head
or like the Balinese on festive days.
I want to see you dance
like the Whirling Dervishes
spinning on their dorsal spines
or to the sound of Kathakali ankle bracelets.
And the room spins all around
while dancing, dancing
and the room spins all around
while dancing.
And Radio Tirana broadcasts
Balkan music, while
Bulgarian dancers
barefoot on burning coals.
In Northern Ireland
at summer dance halls
elderly couples dance
to the rhythm of seven eighths.
The room spins all around
while dancing, dancing.
And the room spins all around
while dancing.
In the obsessive rhythms, the key to tribal rites
realms of shamans
and rebellious gypsy musicians.
In the Po Valley
at summer dance halls
elderly couples dance
old Viennese Waltzes.