Adriano Celentano (born January 6, 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, … Read Full Bio ↴Adriano Celentano (born January 6, 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, and TV host. He was born in Milan at 14 Gluck Street (about which he later wrote the song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"), his parents were from Puglia and had moved north for work.

Heavily influenced by his idol, Elvis Presley, and the 1950s rock revolution, he is also known as the most famous dancer of the Hula hoop fad. For the last 40 years he has retained his popularity in Italy, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies (including a short appearance in Fellini's La Dolce Vita, before becoming a famous artist). In the latter respect, he has also been a creator of a comic genre, with his characteristic walking and his facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful, in fact in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, he was the king of the Italian box office in low budget movies. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best effort.

As a director he frequently casts Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori. His best movie like director is "Yuppi Du", winner of The Golden Palm at Cannes Festival. He and Claudia are the parents of Rosita, Rosalinda and Vincent Celentano, the latter most notable to worldwide audiences for playing the Satan character in Mel Gibson`s The Passion of the Christ. He also works often as a host for several Italian television shows.

His 1968 song "Azzurro" has regained popularity in 2006, due to it being the anthem of the Italian national football team (the Azzurri) who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The artist Vincent Fiorello has also created a remix of the song.

His last concert-event in 2012, after 18 years without live performances, was transmitted on Canale 5, with over 9 million viewers both evenings.

Una Luce Intermittente
Adriano Celentano Lyrics

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Nel profondo del mio cuore
Una luce intermittente
A volte brilla, sì c'è
A volte invece assente è

I papaveri nei prati
E le nuvole lassù
Io respiro il vento che va

Qui nel centro dell'immensità

L'amore mi attraversa
Ogni speranza è persa
Poi l'amore rinasce libero
E la forza di uno slancio mi rinnova tutta l'anima

Amo tutta questa gente
Sono quello che volevi tu
Amo ogni essere vivente
Sono e così non muoio più

E io divento come questi alberi
Metto radici dentro me
E sui miei rami poi mi arrampico al cielo
E invoco una speranza per tutti gli uomini compresi me e te

Nel profondo del mio cuore
Una luce intermittente
A volte, brilla, sì c'è
A volte invece assente è

Quanti papaveri nei prati
E quante nuvole lassù
Io respiro il vento che va
Dentro nel centro di questa grande, grande immensità

No, io non sono altro che niente
Valgo soltanto quel che do
Un uomo è solamente quel che sente
E l'amore della gente è tutto

Tutto, tutto, tutto, tutto
Tutto, tutto, tutto, tutto

Tutto, tutto, tutto, tutto
Tutto, tutto, tutto, tutto

Overall Meaning

In "Una Luce Intermittente," Adriano Celentano sings about a light that intermittently shines in the depths of his heart. Sometimes it is present and sometimes it is not. He observes the poppies and the clouds, breathes in the wind, and feels the vastness of the universe -- the immensity that surrounds him. He says that love passes through him and that sometimes he loses hope, but then love is reborn, freeing him, and restoring his soul's vigor.

Celentano speaks about loving all people and every living being, and becoming like a tree with roots that go deep within himself. He says that he climbs up to the sky on his branches and offers hope to all men, including himself and the one he loves. He concludes by humbly describing himself as insignificant, valuing only what he can give, and that love from other people is everything to him.

Celentano's "Una Luce Intermittente" is a moving song about love, hope, and the immensity of the universe that surrounds us. It reminds us that love can ignite a sense of awe and beauty in us, even when we feel lost and alone. It is a deeply insightful song that speaks to the human condition that will touch the hearts of listeners.

Line by Line Meaning

Nel profondo del mio cuore
In the depths of my heart

Una luce intermittente
An intermittent light

A volte brilla, sì c'è
Sometimes it shines, yes it's there

A volte invece assente è
Sometimes instead it's absent

I papaveri nei prati
The poppies in the fields

E le nuvole lassù
And the clouds up there

Io respiro il vento che va
I breathe the wind that's blowing

Qui nel centro dell'immensità
Here in the center of immensity

L'amore mi attraversa
Love flows through me

Ogni speranza è persa
Every hope is lost

Poi l'amore rinasce libero
Then love is reborn free