Franco Battiato – La cura

Franco Battiato

A legendary songwriter and musician, Franco Battiato went through experimental and pop music, reaching even classical and opera. Nicknamed Maestro (“Master”), as Wiki says he “is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato’s songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes.”

La cura is widely considered one of the best italian songs of all time, mainly thanks to the lyrics written by Battiato together with philosopher and long time friend Manlio Sgalambro. It sounds like an intense song of love and dedication, but the author (due to his deep interest in spirituality, meditation and sufism) also hints at a spirit-to-human dimension as key element.

“La cura”

Ti proteggerò dalle paure delle ipocondrie,
Dai turbamenti che da oggi incontrerai per la tua via
Dalle ingiustizie e dagli inganni del tuo tempo,
Dai fallimenti che per tua natura normalmente attirerai
Ti solleverò dai dolori e dai tuoi sbalzi d’umore,
Dalle ossessioni delle tue manie
Supererò le correnti gravitazionali,
Lo spazio e la luce
Per non farti invecchiare
E guarirai da tutte le malattie,
Perché sei un essere speciale,
ed io, avrò cura di te.

Vagavo per I campi del Tennessee
(come vi ero arrivato, chissà)
Non hai fiori bianchi per me?
Più veloci di aquile I miei sogni
Attraversano il mare

Ti porterò soprattutto il silenzio e la pazienza
Percorreremo assieme le vie che portano all’essenza
I profumi d’amore inebrieranno I nostri corpi,
La bonaccia d’agosto non calmerí I nostri sensi
Tesserò I tuoi capelli come trame di un canto
Conosco le leggi del mondo, e te ne farò dono
Supererò le correnti gravitazionali,
Lo spazio e la luce per non farti invecchiare
TI salverò da ogni malinconia,
Perché sei un essere speciale
ed io avrò cura di te.
Io sì, che avrò cura di te.

“Care” 

I’ll protect you from fears of hypochondries
from turmoils that from today you’ll encounter on your way.
From injustices and deceptions of your time,
from failures that due to your nature you’ll normally attract.
I’ll lift you from pains and from your mood swings,
from obsessions of your manias.
I’ll overcome gravitational currents,
space and light
to make you not age.
And you’ll be healed from every illness,
because you’re a special being
and i’ll take care of you.

I was wandering through fields of Tennessee
(how i reached them, who knows).
Don’t you have white flowers for me?
Faster than eagles, my dreams
cross the sea.

I’ll bring you mostly silence and patience.
We’ll tread together the paths that lead to essence.
The love scents will elate our bodies,
the august flat calm won’t calm our senses.
I’ll weave your hair like plots of a chant.
I know the laws of the world and i’ll gift you those.
I’ll overcome gravitational currents,
space and light to make you not age.
I’ll save you from every melancholy,
because you’re a special being
and i’ll take care of you.
Yes, i will take care of you.

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