Ovunque Proteggi
Vinicio Capossela
Wherever You Protect
I don't sleep, I have my eyes open for you.
I look outside and look around.
How swollen is the road
With dust and wind in the avenue of return...
When you arrive, when you come for me
Look at the corner of the sky
Where your name is written,
It's written in iron
In the circle of a ring...
And it still enchants me
And makes me sigh like this.
Now and for when the enchantment will return.
And if you find me tired,
And if you find me dull,
You've already come better
And I didn't know
How to keep it inside me.
The old ones already know why,
And even the sad hotels,
That too much is for a little while and it's not enough yet
And it's only once.
And still protect the grace of my heart
Now and for when the enchantment will return.
The enchantment of you...
Of you close to me.
I have rocks in my shoes
And dust on my heart,
Cold in the sun
And words are not enough.
I'm sorry if I sinned,
I'm sorry if I was wrong.
If I wasn't there,
If I didn't come back.
But still protect the grace of my heart,
Now and for when time will return...
The time to leave,
The time to stay,
The time to leave,
The time to embrace.
In wealth and in fortune,
In pain and in poverty,
In joy and in clamor,
In mourning and in pain,
In cold and in the sun,
In sleep and in love.
Wherever you protect the grace of my heart.
Wherever you protect the grace of your heart.
Wherever you protect, protect me in evil.
Wherever you protect the grace of your heart.