Valsinha - Waltz

Quel giorno a casa lui tornò più presto Come non faceva quasi più E la guardò in un modo ben diverso Come non faceva quasi più E non parlò più dell’aumento Unico argomento dei discorsi suoi Con una strana tenerezza e un poco di amarezza, disse: “Andiamo fuori, vuoi?” E allora lei si fece bella Come il giorno che di lui si innamorò Cercò nel fondo di un cassetto Quella camicetta che le regalò E lui la tenne per la mano Come la teneva tanto tempo fa Come un ragazzo e una ragazza scesero alla piazza E incominciarono a ballar E al suono della loro danza Il vicinato addormentato si affacciò E scese sulla piazza scura E molta gente giura che s’illuminò E furono baci rubati E gridi soffocati che nessuno soffocò Che il mondo fece suoi In pace l’alba poi spuntò Valsinha © 1971 Sergio Bardotti, Chico Buarque, Vinícius de Moraes "Valsinha" is a cover of a song by the popular Brazilian songwriter Chico Buarque. Martini said that it was one of her favorite songs to perform.

That day, he returned home earlier like he almost never did, and he looked at her in a quite different way like he almost never did. And he didn’t speak anymore of the raise, the only subject of his conversations. With a strange tenderness and a little bitterness, he said: “Let’s go outside, do you want to?” And then she made herself beautiful like the day she fell in love with him. She searched in the bottom of a dresser for that blouse he gave her. And he held her hand like he used to hold her hand so long ago. Like a boy and a girl they went down to the plaza, and they began to dance. And at the sound of their dancing the sleeping neighbor looked out and went down to the dark plaza, and many people swore that it lit up. And there were stolen kisses and gasps that no one stifled, that the world made its own. In peace dawn then emerged. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Nel mondo, una cosa (In the World, One Thing) was Mia Martini's second album. It won a critics award for Best Album of the Year and had strong sales.