C'era una gran festa nella capitale
perché la guerra era finita.
I soldati erano tornati tutti a casa ed avevano gettato le divise.
Per la strada si ballava e si beveva vino,
i musicanti suonavano senza interruzione.
Era primavera e le donne finalmente potevano, dopo tanti anni,
riabbracciare i loro uomini. All'alba furono spenti i falò
e fu proprio allora che tra la folla,
per un momento, a un soldato parve di vedere
una donna vestita di nero
che lo guardava con occhi cattivi.
Ridere, ridere, ridere ancora,
Ora la guerra paura non fa,
brucian le divise dentro il fuoco la sera,
brucia nella gola vino a sazietà,
musica di tamburelli fino all'aurora,
il soldato che tutta la notte ballò
vide tra la folla quella nera signora,
vide che cercava lui e si spaventò.
"Salvami, salvami, grande sovrano,
fammi fuggire, fuggire di qua,
alla parata lei mi stava vicino,
e mi guardava con malignità"
"Dategli, dategli un animale,
figlio del lampo, degno di un re,
presto, più presto perché possa scappare,
dategli la bestia più veloce che c'è
"corri cavallo, corri ti prego
fino a Samarcanda io ti guiderò,
non ti fermare, vola ti prego
corri come il vento che mi salverò
oh oh cavallo, oh, oh cavallo, oh oh cavallo, oh oh, cavallo, oh oh
Fiumi poi campi, poi l'alba era viola,
bianche le torri che infine toccò,
ma c'era tra la folla quella nera signora
stanco di fuggire la sua testa chinò:
"Eri fra la gente nella capitale,
so che mi guardavi con malignità,
son scappato in mezzo ai grillie alle cicale,
son scappato via ma ti ritrovo qua!"
"Sbagli, t'inganni, ti sbagli soldato
io non ti guardavo con malignità,
era solamente uno sguardo stupito,
cosa ci facevi l'altro ieri là?
T'aspettavo qui per oggi a Samarcanda
eri lontanissimo due giorni fa,
ho temuto che per ascoltar la banda
non facessi in tempo ad arrivare qua.
Non è poi così lontana Samarcanda,
corri cavallo, corri di là...
ho cantato insieme a te tutta la notte
corri come il vento che ci arriverà
oh oh cavallo, oh, oh cavallo, oh oh cavallo, oh oh cavallo oh oh
Roberto Vecchioni is an Italian singer-songwriter, lyricist, writer, poet, and teacher born in Milan in 1940. Considered one of the most important songwriters in Italian music, Vecchioni stands out for his profound and refined poetics, often inspired by literary tradition and the inner world. His musical career began in the 1960s with the folk-rock group I Nomadi, but he achieved fame in 1975 with the album "La mia casa è un castello". Among his most famous songs are "L'uomo che amava le donne", "Il cielo in una stanza", "Canzone per te" and "Luci d'artista". Vecchioni has won numerous awards, including the Sanremo Music Festival in 1982 with the song "La mia casa è un castello" and the Tenco Prize in 1976. Besides music, Vecchioni is also dedicated to writing novels, poems, and essays.
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