one of my favorite songs- love the violin and keys arrangement in the beginning... THE OLD MAN AND THE CHILD An old man and a child took each others hand and went together towards the evening, the red dust lifted in the distance and the sun shone unreal light The immense plain seemed to reach up to where a mans eye could look at and all around there was no one, only the gloomy outline of towers of smoke The two walked, the day fell, the old man spoke and softly cried; with a vacant soul, with wet eyes he followed the memory of past myths Old people suffer the ravages of the years, they cannot distinguish the true from the dreams; old people cannot, in their thoughts, distinguish in dreams the false from the true The old man said, looking afar: Imagine this covered by wheat, imagine the fruits and imagine the flowers, and think of the voices and think of the colours And on this plain, up to where it gets lost, trees grew and everything was green; the rain fell, the suns marked the rhythm of man and of seasons The child stopped, his gaze was sad, and his eyes looked at things never seen; and then told the old man, with dreamy voice: I like fairy tales, tell me more translation by Daniele Nicolucci (Jollino) and corrections by Sarah Martinez - thank you! Grazie! youtube/watch?v=joxPp8WTgEg
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:02:02 +0000
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