Saturday, December 24, 2011

Carmen Consoli - Blunotte Italian and English translation




Carmen Consoli - Blunotte

Italiano:

Forse non riuscirò
a darti il meglio
più volte hai trovato i miei sforzi inutili
Forse non riuscirò
a darti il meglio
più volte hai trovato i miei gesti ridicoli
come se non bastasse
l’ aver rinunciato a me stessa
come se non bastasse tutta la forza
del mio amore
e non ho fatto altro
che sentirmi sbagliata
ed ho cambiato tutto di me
perché non ero abbastanza
ed ho capito soltanto
adesso
che avevi paura.
Forse non riuscirò
a darti il meglio
ma ho fatto i miei conti e ho scoperto
che non possiedo di più
come se non bastasse
l’ aver rinunciato a me stessa
come se non bastasse tutta la forza
del mio amore
e non ho fatto altro
che sentirmi sbagliata
ed ho cambiato tutto di me
perché non ero abbastanza
ed ho capito soltanto
adesso…
e non ho fatto altro
che sentirmi sbagliata
ed ho cambiato tutto di me
perché non ero abbastanza
ed ho capito soltanto
adesso
che avevi paura.

Carmen Consoli - Blue Night


English Translation (by yours truely)


English:

Maybe I wont manage
To give you the best
More often than not you've found my efforts to do so useless
Maybe I won't manage
To give you the best
More often than not you've found my gestures laughable
As if it weren't enough
That I rejected myself
As if it weren't enough
The power of the entirety of my love

And I did nothing beyond feeling as though I was in the wrong
And I changed all of me
Because I wasn't enough
And only now do I realize
You were afraid

Maybe I won't manage
To give you the best
But I've added it all up and discovered that I have nothing left
As if it weren't enough
That I gave up my being
As if it weren't enough
The force of the entirety of my love

And all I've done is feel like I was wrong
And I changed my entire self
Because I wasn't enough
And only now do I understood
You were afraid


Friday, December 23, 2011

This is my space.

Hi everyone, here I'll probably be posting mostly songs, their lyrics and the translation(s) of those lyrics into one of or more languages. Music shouldn't be held back because of linguistic barriers, at least that's how I feel :)