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English to Italian: Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down Singer: Johnny Cash, Writer: Kris Kristofferson, Combine Music Corp: (ProZ.com translation contests » Poetry with a tune: "Translation of Lyrics") Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
Well, I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.
I'd smoked my mind the night before
With cigarettes and songs I'd been picking.
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Playing with a can that he was kicking.
Then I walked across the street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone's frying chicken.
And Lord, it took me back to something that I'd lost
Somewhere, somehow along the way.
On a Sunday morning sidewalk,
I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothing short a' dying
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk
And Sunday morning coming down.
In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughing little girl that he was swinging.
And I stopped beside a Sunday school
And listened to the songs they were singing.
Then I headed down the street,
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing,
And it echoed through the canyon
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.
On a Sunday morning sidewalk,
I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothing short a' dying
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk
And Sunday morning coming down.
Translation - Italian Domenica Mattina volge al dunque
Mi svegliai una domenica mattina
Con la testa oltremodo dolorante.
E trovando la birra sopraffina,
Dopo la prima una seconda fu allettante.
Arrancai dunque verso l'armadio a stento
E scelsi la camicia più decente.
Lavato, pettinato e chioma al vento
Caracollai verso quel dì fremente.
La notte prima annebbiai la mente
Con fumo di tabacco e di canzoni.
Osservando un ragazzetto che dal niente
Calciava latte come fossero palloni.
ED una volta la strada attraversata
Tutto d'un tratto di pollo fritto il profumo.
Il ricordo di una cosa ormai andata
Da qualche parte, in qualche modo andato in fumo.
E in quest'andare di domenica mattina,
Bramo, Signore, il torpore della droga.
Trovando in questo giorno un qualcosina
Che porta al corpo solitudine che affoga.
E nulla esiste eccettuato il morente
Di solitario come un suon qualunque
Nel camminar per la città dormiente
E domenica mattina volge al dunque.
Ed a quel punto vedo un padre al parco
La sua bimba ridente in altalena.
Accanto a un oratorio trovo un varco
Per ascoltarli cantar di buona lena.
M'incammino così giù per la strada,
Tocchi sbiaditi, è una campana non vicina.
E nel dirupo quel suono riecheggiava
Come i miei sogni di una notte prima.
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