Disamistade [English translation]

Disamistade :

(not friendship, faida)(state of unfriendshipness)

What are these souls doing

infront of the church

these people (who feel/are) divided

this unconcluded(suspended) history

measuring with one's arm

from a offense(instead of safe) distance

thinking about peace

pearcing peace

2 families that are disarmed of blood

line up to surrender

and for everybody everybody else's pain

is just less painful half times

it's fulfilled by just easy matters,

the war of heart

a cry of a dog who's been put down

by a passing-by shadow

it's suttisfied by brief agonies

on the way home

a outbrust of blood

an absence fannd out for dinnertime

and to every shot in the roundabouts

one asks good blessings

what do these girls do here

sewing and ebroidering(?)

these dirty spots of mourning

given up over to love

in between them it's hidden

a lost hope

that the enemy wants

and wants it returned

and a frenzy of hands that has been find out

they were touching other hands

there must a way to live without sorrow

a run from eyes to other eyes

to find out that instead

it's only the resting wind

hating but in half

and the half that is missing

is dedicated to the authority

that the "disamistade"

is opposing itself to our disadventure

this run made by time

to scatter across destinies and souls

what do these souls do

in front of the church

these people, divided

this piece of unconcluded history

• Artist:Fabrizio De André
• Album:Anime salve (1996)