Pioggia di Novembre
Vinicio Capossela Lyrics

E se, e ma
The uncertainty of the situation is acknowledged

Mi pare sarà
It seems like it will happen

Eppure non piove e nuvole
Despite the expectation, it isn't raining and there are no clouds to be seen

Non ne vedo di qua
There are no signs of rain here

È una striscia di cielo
The sky is a strip of blue, just like before

Non diversa da prima
It hasn't changed

Solo freddo d'autunno
The only thing different is the cold autumn air

E bianco color di farina
The atmosphere is white, like flour dust

Guardo sopra al sesto piano
From the sixth floor, I look out and observe

Una goccia e poi l'altra si spiaccica in faccia
A drop of water falls and splatters on my face

Fa un rumore di sveglia
The sound it makes is like an alarm clock

Che tintinna sul ferro
As it hits the metal, it makes a clanging sound

Di una gronda lontana
It comes from a distant gutter

E viene la pioggia a lavare
The rain comes and washes everything

Le macchine in fila
The cars parked in a row

Gli allarmi strillare
The car alarms go off

E bagna le aiuole spellate
It wets the withering flower beds

Le multe stracciate
The rain smears the parking tickets

Il cielo dei bar
It rains over the outdoor seating areas of the bars

Sulla strada di pietra segnata
The marked stone road

Come panforte di tagli e binari
Like a pan forte cake, made up of cuts and tracks

Piove sulle varesine e gira gira
It rains over the women from Varese and it goes round and round

La giostra senza fine
The never-ending carousel

Cade sopra i tram che passano lenti
It falls on the slow-moving trams

Di ferro e di legno pazienti
The trams that are made of iron and wood wait patiently

Con un occhio solo
They seem to have only one eye

Buoni da guardare
They are beautiful to look at

Dinosauri in fila ad asciugare
Like a row of dinosaurs waiting to dry off from the rain

Piove sui pensieri dietro ai fanali
The rain falls on the thoughts behind the street lamps

Delle tangenziali
Of the ring roads

E bagna nei cortili i gerani
It waters the geraniums in the courtyards

Le nere ringhiere
The black railings

Le lingue straniere
The foreign languages spoken by passersby

I viados di Gioia
The prostitutes of Gioia Tauro

La casba di Buenos Aires
The shantytown of Buenos Aires

Le edicole accese
The lit-up newspaper stands

Le borse e le spese
The shopping bags and expenses of people caught in the rain

Piove sulle campane
It rains on the church bells

Delle pievi romane
Of the Romanesque parish churches

Sulle grazie sui ceri
On the grace and votive candles

Sui voti e sui desideri
On the vows and desires of the people who light them

Cade sopra i piedi dei bambini
It falls on the children's feet

Che ci sono ma non li vedi
Children playing who go unnoticed

Sugli ortomercati
On the farmer's markets

Dentro i fabbricati
Inside the apartment buildings

Sopra le collette di spicci e sigarette
On the collections of coins and cigarettes

Su uomini e su cani
On people and dogs

E piove sulle urla dei villani
It even rains on the screams of peasants

Sul cimitero monumentale
On the monumental cemetery

Sugli attacchini sugli spazzini
On the street vendors and garbage collectors

Sulle chiese dei filippini
On the Philippine churches

Sui tavolini dei baracchini
On the small tables of the shacks

Sui gatti tristi dentro i cortili
On the sad cats in the courtyards

Sulle collane degli abusivi
On the necklaces of illegal vendors

Sul padiglione degli infettivi
On the infectious diseases ward

Sopra i germani dentro i navigli
Above the ducks in the canals

Sui treni caldi dei pendolari
On the hot commuter trains

Sopra i silenzi dei tassinari
On the silence of the tax collectors

Sulle africane per mezzo ai viali
On the African women walking through the boulevards

Sopra i parenti negli ospedali
On the family members waiting in the hospitals

E piove stasera anche sul chiuso della galera
Tonight, it rains even on the locked prison doors

E venga la pioggia a Novembre
And let it rain in November

A lavarmi i pensieri dal fango e dal mal.
To cleanse my thoughts of the mud and the bad.