“Guarda L’alba” by Carmen Consoli
This is a song that Tiziano wrote together with Carmen for her greatest hits album Per niente stanca. Here you can listen to it and watch the video. Unfortunately I don’t know if the text is his; in his diaries he says he wrote it for Carmen, and in an interview Carmen said that Tiziano wrote it, but Carmen’s fans keep saying that he only wrote the music (an awesome feat in itself). If anyone knows for sure (maybe it’s in the liner notes), I’d really like to know!
This beautiful song awakens strong feelings of nostalgia and melancholy. I think its theme of rebirth and transformation fits very well with Tiziano’s state of mind at the time, as he was kind of living towards his coming out, opening up to all of his family and friends and typing up his diaries. So whether he wrote the words or not, I thought it was definitely worth translating, along with the diary entry where he talks about the song.
July 28th 2010
With life “in freezer” it’s difficult to surrender to intelligent thought, so I devote an afternoon to reading the second draft of the book and diving into my past mistakes, hoping that in the future I’ll be able to do things differently. And I don’t have any other options, while I improvise my entire existence, waiting for the stop at the next station.
I write it here and I don’t say it out loud: the book is beautiful, BEAUTIFUL. I don’t remember a moment in the recent past where I felt so happy. So I lie down on this surreal state of things, hoping it doesn’t end, like it’s a wonderful vacation.
Yesterday I finished the demo of a song that I’ve written for Carmen Consoli, it’s called Guarda l’alba. I’m really proud to be working with Carmen.
Right now I’d work on someone else’s record, rather than mine.
The temporary state of a singer on a leave of absence.English translation of “Guarda L’alba”:
“Watch The Sunrise”
it’s already Christmas, time flies
the approach of a moving train
on the windowpanes and lit chandeliers
in the rooms of the memories
I’ve put on a new face
on top of a formal dress
and I’ve buried the fearless wish to have you next to me
in the mirror there’s another woman
in her eyes there is no fear
how precious is your absence
on this happy anniversary
in the east the day is getting restless, it won’t be long now
watch the sunrise which teaches us to smile
it almost seems like it’s inviting us to be reborn
everything has a beginning, gets older, changes shape
love, everything transforms
with time, the mood of a dream is forgotten
it’s already Christmas, time flies
dinner’s ready everyone, don’t let it get cold
my father’s wearing a fake beard and a red hat
and life impetuously bursts through
in the urgency of a hopeful possibility
I already see the eyes of my son
and his toys around the house
in the east the day is getting restless
the night puts down its weapons and its darkness
watch the sunrise which teaches us to smile
it almost seems like it’s inviting us to be reborn
everything has a beginning, gets older, changes shape
love, everything transforms
you get accustomed to even the most terrible sorrow
everything has a beginning, gets older, changes shape
love, everything transforms
by closing its petals at sunset, a flower regenerates
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