Un ottico Lyrics in English Fabrizio De André
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Un ottico by Fabrizio De André from Italian to English.
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Daltonici, presbiti, mendicanti di vista
Daltonics, priests, beggars of sight
Il mercante di luce, il vostro oculista
The Merchant of Light, Your Ophthalmologist
Ora vuole soltanto clienti speciali
Now he just wants special customers
Che non sanno che farne di occhi normali
Who don't know what to do with normal eyes
Non più ottico, ma spacciatore di lenti
No longer optical, but lens dealer
Per improvvisare occhi contenti
To improvise happy eyes
Perché le pupille abituate a copiare
Because pupils used to copying
Inventino i mondi sui quali guardare
Make up the worlds to look at
Seguite con me questi occhi sognare
Follow with me these dreaming eyes
Fuggire dall'orbita e non voler ritornare
Escape from orbit and don't want to return
Vedo che salgo a rubare il sole
I see I'm going up to steal the sun
Per non aver più notti
For not having any more nights
Perché non cada in reti di tramonto
Why don't you fall into sunset nets
L'ho chiuso nei miei occhi
I closed it in my eyes
E chi avrà freddo
And who will be cold
Lungo il mio sguardo si dovrà scaldare
Along my gaze you will have to warm up
Vedo i fiumi dentro le mie vene
I see the rivers inside my veins
Cercano il loro mare
They seek their sea
Rompono gli argini
Break the embankments
Trovano cieli da fotografare
Find skies to photograph
Sangue che scorre senza fantasia
Blood flowing without imagination
Porta tumori di malinconia
Bring tumors of melancholy
Vedo gendarmi pascolare
I see gendarmes grazing
Donne chine sulla rugiada
Women chine on dew
Rosse le lingue al polline dei fiori
Red tongues with flower pollen
Ma dov'è l'ape regina?
But where's the queen bee?
Forse è volata ai nidi dell'aurora
Maybe she flew to the nests of the aurora
Forse volata, forse più non vola
Maybe it's flying, maybe it doesn't fly anymore
Vedo gli amici ancora sulla strada
I see friends still on the road
Loro non hanno fretta
They're not in a hurry
Rubano ancora al sonno l'allegria
They still steal from sleep the joy
All'alba un po' di notte
At dawn a little at night
E poi la luce, luce che trasforma
And then light, light that transforms
Il mondo in un giocattolo
The world in a toy
Faremo gli occhiali così!
We're going to make glasses like this!
Faremo gli occhiali così!
We're going to make glasses like this!
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