Riccardo Cocciante "PIOVE" translated from Italian to English

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Dear friends, surfing the lyrics section of this site I found the text of one of my favourite songs of Riccardo Cocciante... But I haven't found its translation, so I will supply to it and give it to you... Taken from the album "E io canto" released in 1979, here is the audio, the Italian original lyrics and the translation into English of "PIOVE", a melanchonic and beautiful classic of Riccardo Cocciante... Here it is !!! Enjoy !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcH8XncsRO4

Piove,
la terra prende un altro odore,
il cielo cambia il suo colore
e all'improvviso cade il vento
il mondo gira un po'piu'lento

Piove,
sopra di me una goccia sola
che dalla fronte lenta cola
come una goccia di sudore,
la prima lacrima di dolore...

Piano piano, lentamente, poi la pioggia aumentera' lo so
e chissa'per quanto tempo piovera'ancora e ancora su di noi
Sta piovendo su di me, sta piovendo su di te...

Piove,
si squarcia il cielo e cade il mare
e ho tanta voglia di scappare
ma non c'e'un posto dove andare
dove potersi riparare...

Piove,
e poco fa brillava il sole
ma pure il tempo e'andato a male
e l'acqua sale lentamente
in ogni strada e'gia'un torrente...

Piano piano, lentamente, poi la pioggia aumentera' lo so
e chissa' per quanto tempo piovera' ancora e ancora su di noi
Sta piovendo su di me, sta piovendo su di te...

Piove,
ho l'acqua gia' fino alla gola
ma con le braccia non si vola
e l'acqua sgretola la base,
crollano gia'le prime case...

Piano piano, lentamente, poi la pioggia aumentera' lo so
e chissa' per quanto tempo piovera' ancora e ancora su di noi...
Sta piovendo su di me, sta piovendo su di te...

Piove, piove,
Si riempie il mondo di parole
Ma non c'e'un cane che si muove
la gente sta per annegare, ed io... io non so piu'cosa dire...

Ma piove, piove
ed io vorrei starmene altrove
ma non so dirti come e dove
io so soltanto che ora piove
e io mi bagno come te, come te, come te...

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It's raining
the land takes another flavour,
the sky changes its colour
and suddenly the wind starts to fall
and the earth circles a little bit more slowly...

It's raining,
upon me only a drop
that falls slowly from my front
like a drop of sweat
the first tear of sorrow...

Very very slowly, and I know that the rain will then increase
and who knows for how much time will still, still rain on us...
It's raining upon me, it's raining upon you...

It's raining
the sky smashes itself and the sea falls down
i feel like running away...
but there is no place to go,
and to repair ourselves...

It's raining
but not long ago the sun was shining
also the weather is gone too bad
and the water slowly keep on rising
in every street there is a torrent yet...

Very very slowly, and I know that the rain will then increase
and who knows for how much time will still, still rain on us...
It's raining upon me, it's raining upon you...

It's raining
the water rises yet my throat
but with the arms we can't fly
and the water starts breaking the basis,
the first houses are cracking down...

Very very slowly, and I know that the rain will then increase
and who knows for how much time will still, still rain on us...
It's raining upon me, it's raining on you...

It's raining, it's raining
the world gets full of words,
but there is not a dog that moves...
people are going to go underwater, and
I don't know what to say, I don't know what to say...

But It's raining, it's raining
how would I like to be in another place
but I don't know to say to you how and where,
I only know that it's raining...
and I'm bathing like you, like you, like you...