Scalo a Grado [English translation]

I made a stopover in Grado

on Easter's Sunday

People on the streets

were running for the Mass

The air thick with incense

At the walls the Stations of the Cross

People faking rapture

Waiting for redemption from their sins

Agnus dei qui tollis peccata

Qui tollis peccata (mundi miserere)

Dona eis requiem

Dona eis requiem*

My style is as old

As Titian's house

In Pieve di Cadore

In my blood there is no water

But gall, with the power to heal you

One lightens with immensity

Showing a bit the tongue

To the priest giving the Host

One feels in paradise

Singing psalms a bit out of tune

Agnus dei qui tollis peccata

Qui tollis peccata (mundi miserere)

Dona eis requiem

Dona eis requiem

• Artist:Franco Battiato
• Album:L'Arca di Noè