What joy. If I can’t even imagine you anymore.
Without knowing whether to fly,
whether to crawl. In short, I don’t know where to look for you anymore.
What joy. What joy. Without pretending to sleep. With your cheek on mine. Knowing instead that tomorrow, hello how are you. A pat on the
shoulder and go. What joy. What joy. Changing your face a hundred times to pretend you’re a child. Of being a child. With a hospitable smile laugh,
sing, make noise. In short, pretend it’s always a carnival. Always a carnival.
Without joy. Go out early in the morning. Head full of thoughts. Avoid cars, newspapers. Go home quickly. Today is like yesterday. Without joy.
Sometimes it happens that a well-done cover awakens interest in the original piece. This is the case of the song ‘Quale allegria’, composed by Lucio Dalla with subdued melancholy and pain for the death of his mother, Iole, in 1976. The song was written for Ornella Vanoni, who interpreted it with great charm, but it was also sung by Dalla himself, who in 1977 included it in his seventh album ‘Come è profound il mare’. The song was recently revived, with pathos and personality by the singer-songwriter Rosmy who interpreted with intensity the symphonic version created with the NU-Ork Orchestra by maestro Beppe D’Onghia (who in the past produced Dalla himself). A beautiful black and white video, full of nostalgia, was dedicated to the piece (visible on Youtube).
