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On Monday, Gayle sang "L'aquila" in Italian. The song was first written by Lucio Battisti (1943- 1998) and Mogol (alias for Giulio Rapetti 1936 - ) for Bruno Lauzi (1937-2006) who published it 1971.
L'AQUILA (Italian)
Mogol (= Giulio Rapetti 1936 - )/ Lucio Battisti (1943- 1998)

Il fiume va
Guardo più in là
Un'automobile corre
E lascia dietro sé
Del fumo grigio e me
E questo verde mondo
Indifferente perché
Da troppo tempo ormai
Apre le braccia a nessuno
Come me che ho bisogno
Di qualche cosa di più
Che non puoi darmi tu
Un'auto che va
Basta già
A farmi chiedere se
Io vivo

Mezz'ora fa
Mostravi a me
La tua bandiera d'amore
Che amore poi non è
E mi dicevi che
Che io dovrei cambiare
Per diventare come te
Che ami solo me
Ma come un'aquila può
Diventare aquilone
Che sia legata oppure no
Non sarà mai di cartone, no
Cosa son io non so
Ma un'auto che va
Basta già
A farmi chiedere se
Io vivo

Basta già
A farmi chiedere se
Io vivo

Il fiume va
(Sa dove andare)
Guardo più in là
(In cerca d'amore)
Un'automobile corre
(Non ci son nuove terre)
E lascia dietro sé
Del fumo grigio e me
E questo verde mondo
(Nel quale mi confondo)
Indifferente perché
Da troppo tempo ormai
Apre le braccia a nessuno
Come me che ho bisogno
Di qualche cosa di più
Che non puoi darmi tu
Ma un'auto che va
Basta già
A farmi chiedere se
Io vivo
THE EAGLE
(Translation by Gayle)

The river goes
I look further away
A car goes by
And leaves behind it
Some grey smoke and me
And this green world
Indifferent because
For too long now
It hasn't opened its arms to anyone
Like me who needs
Something more
Which you can't give me
A car that goes by
Is already enough
To make wonder if
I live

Half an hour ago
You showed me
Your flag of love
Which is not really love.
And you told me that
That I should change
To become like you
Who love only me
But how can an eagle
Become a paper kite?
Whether it's tied to a string or not
It will never be made of cardboard, no
What I am? I don't know
But a car that goes by
Is already enough
To make wonder if
I live

Is already enough
To make wonder if
I live

The river runs
(It knows where to go)
I look further away
(Looking for love)
A car goes by
(There are no new destinations)
And leaves behind it
Some grey smoke and me
And this green world
(In which I lose myself)
Indifferent because
For too long now
It hasn't opened its arms to anyone
Like me who needs
Something more
Which you can't give me
A car that goes by
Is already enough
To make wonder if
I live
Recording by Lucio Battisti.
Live rendition by Bruno Lauzi.

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