Ave Maria [English translation]

1

And you walk, Mary, among the people

who gather around you as you pass by,

a hedge of gazes that do not hurt,

in the season of being a mother.

You know that in one hour’s time maybe you’ll be crying,

then your hand will hide a smile:

there’s an uncertain border between joy and sorrow

in the season that enlightens the face.

Hail Mary, now that you’re a woman,

hail the women like you, Mary,

females one day for a new love,

poor or rich, humble or a Messiah;

females one day and then mothers forever,

in the season that feels no seasons.

1. This song is an ode to women and motherhood, symbolised by Mary, pregnant with Jesus; not so much for being the ‟mother of God” as for just being a mother.

• Artist:Fabrizio De André
• Album:La buona novella (1970)