Sunday Song – Carmen Consoli - Guarda L'alba – Watching the Sunrise

 

Carmen Consoli was born in Sicily, near the city of Catania, in the small town of San Giovanni La Punta, on the 4th of September 1974. She started playing guitar at the age of fifteen and has been an active singer and songwriter since 1996 when she recorded her first album. Her genres of choice vary from rock, alternative pop to folk music.

It was announced on Friday 8th April on her Official Website that Carmen Consoli will be performing at the World Earth Day concert in Roma this year on April 20, 2011, when for 18 hours a free admission mega concert will be held at the Villa Borghese  World Earth Day Concert – Roma      

The song I have chosen today is a track  from her latest album Per Niente Stanca - Not at all tired, her first album of the best of her work which was released in November 2010.

Guarda L’alba – Watching the Sunrise

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My current favourite of her songs. I think it has a rather beautiful melody.

Italian Lyrics

Già Natale, il tempo vola,
l'incalzare di un treno in corsa
sui vetri e lampadari accesi nelle stanze dei ricordi.
Ho indossato una faccia nuova
su un vestito da cerimonia,
ed ho sepolto il desiderio intrepido di averti a fianco.
Allo specchio c'è un altra donna,
nel cui sguardo non v'è paura,
com'è preziosa la tua assenza
in questa beata ricorrenza.
Ad oriente il giorno scalpita, non tarderà..
Guarda l'alba che ci insegna a sorridere,
quasi sembra che ci inviti a rinascere,
tutto inzia,
invecchia,
cambia forma,
l'amore, tutto si trasforma,
l'umore di un sogno col tempo si dimentica..
Già Natale, il tempo vola,
tutti a tavola che si fredda,
mio padre con la barba finta
ed un cappello rosso in testa.
Ed irrompe impetuosa la vita,
nell'urgenza di prospettiva
già vedo gli occhi di mio figlio
e i suoi giocattoli per casa.
Ad oriente il giorno scalpita,
la notte depone armi e oscurità..
Guarda l'alba che ci insegna a sorridere,
quasi sembra che ci inviti a rinascere,
tutto inizia,
invecchia,
cambia forma,
l'amore, tutto si trasforma,
persino il dolore più atroce si addomestica.
Tutto inizia,
invecchia,
cambia forma,
l'amore, tutto si trasforma,
nel chiudersi, un fiore al tramonto si rigenera..

Italian to English translation – Google

Christmas already, time flies,
the pressure of a moving train
the windows and lamps lit in the room of memories.
I wore a new face
on a wedding dress,
and I buried the fearless desire to have you on the side.
There is another woman in the mirror,
in whose eyes there is no fear,
valuable as your absence
in this blessed occasion.
To the east on the horizon day, will not be long ..
Watch the sunrise, which teaches us to smile,
almost seems to invite us to be reborn
everything starts,
aging
changes shape,
love, everything is transformed,
the mood of a dream is forgotten over time ..
Christmas already, time flies,
everyone at the table that is cold
My father with his beard
and a red hat on his head.
And impetuous bursts of life,
urgency of perspective
I can already see the eyes of my son
and his toys around the house.
To the east on the horizion,
weapons and the night lays dark ..
Watch the sunrise, which teaches us to smile,
almost seems to invite us to be reborn
It starts,
aging
changes shape,
love, everything is transformed,
even the most excruciating pain is tame.
It all starts,
aging
changes shape,
love, everything is transformed,
In closing, a flower is regenerated at sunset ..

 

With thanks to my sources of information  Wikipedia and the  Carmen Consoli - Official Website

More Sunday Songs can be found by visiting Sunday Session at Doireallywannablog another Australian blog that I started linking up with fairly recently, she posts two songs, something old and something new.

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