Gesù è mio fratello - Jesus Is My Brother

Gesù, ci dissero un giorno che eri morto, morto per sempre Insieme a Dio, tuo padre, che governa i cieli e il tempo Eri morto, ci dissero i padri, morto come muore ogni mito sulla terra Così fu il vuoto intorno a noi e dentro noi Fu come quando il vento impazzisce e tutto spazza via Soli restammo chiusi tra la noia e la paura Aggrappati a paradisi artificiali, trovati In una stanza di luce nera, e così, così Ti abbiamo perduto Ti abbiamo aspettato Ti abbiamo cercato Ti abbiamo aspettato Ti abbiamo cercato E abbiamo trovato te, ritrovato te Nell’occhio delle stelle Nel sapore del mattino Fra l’erba tenera dei prati E nel dolore di chi soffre Nel sorriso di chi ama Nella fame di chi ha fame Nelle canzoni popolari E nella musica di Bach E nei sospiri di un amore E nei colori dell’arcobaleno E fu come riavere la vista dopo mille anni Fu come scoprire là, nella boscaglia folta Il sentiero perduto, il sentiero perduto Fu come quando la pioggia, in un giorno d’estate, ritorna alla terra Fu come un giorno di pace, primo giorno di pace, finita la guerra Fu risalire dal buio e trovare la luce ...e trovare la luce Gesù, caro fratello ritrovato, restami accanto per sempre E cantiamo insieme, cantiamo insieme la gioia d’esser vivi E cantiamo le tue immense parole: "Ama il prossimo tuo come te stesso" E cantiamo le tue immense parole: "Ama il prossimo tuo come te stesso" Gesù è mio fratello © 1971 Oremus, Antonio Coggio and Claudio Baglioni "Gesù è mio fratello"

Jesus, they told us one day that you were dead, dead forever. Together with God, your father, who rules the heavens and time. You were dead, the fathers told us, dead as every myth dies on Earth. And so there was emptiness around us and inside us, it was like when the wind goes crazy and everything is swept away. Alone, we remained shut in between boredom and fear, clutching artificial paradises, found in a room of black light, and thus, thus, we lost you, we waited for you, we searched for you, we waited for you, we searched for you. And we found you, rediscovered you in the eye of the stars, in the flavor of the morning, in the tender grass of the meadows, and in the sorrow of those who suffer, in the smile of those who love, in the hunger of those who are starving, in the popular songs, and in the music of Bach. And in the sighs of a love, and in the colors of the rainbow. And it was like having sight again after a thousand years, it was like discovering there, in the thick woodland, the lost path, the lost path. It was like when the rain, on a summer day, returns to the ground. It was like a day of peace, the first day of peace, the war over. It was coming up again from the darkness and finding the light . . . and finding the light. Jesus, dear brother rediscovered, stay by me forever and let’s sing together, let’s sing together the joy of being alive. And let’s sing your boundless words: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” And let’s sing your boundless words: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Oltre la collina (Beyond the Hill) was Mia Martini's debut album, as well as the debut of her nom de plum (she was born Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè and her previous singles were released under Mimì Bertè). The album treats a number of heavy topics - suicide, spirituality, sexual violence, illness - and Italy wasn't ready for an album so direct, emotionally honest, and dark. The album suffered poor sales, but stands out as a bold statement and testament to Martini's lifelong desire to sing only material that she could personally connect with. She was, at the time, a sort of Gypsy-hippie recreating herself and escaping from the emotional subjugation that traditional southern Italian culture could inflict on women.