"Ovunque proteggi" alfstone covers Vinicio Capossela for 21th century songs

[alfstone]

Vinicio Capossela is a great Italian composer, and by his own words, "Ovunque Proteggi"(2006) is by far his preferred composition. Its lyrics have several interpretations: for someone is a prayer, for other it is a love song. In my opinion, it has to do with love, but from a different perspective: the feeling of human weakness, where the Author hopes that his loved one will be by his side expecially in hard times.

Italian lyrics:

Ovunque proteggi
Non dormo, ho gli occhi aperti per te,
Guardo fuori e guardo intorno.
Com'è gonfia la strada di polvere e vento
Nel viale del ritorno.
 
E quando arrivi, quando verrai per me
Guarda all'angolo del cielo
Dov'è scritto il tuo nome, ed è scritto nel ferro
Del cerchio di un anello.
 
E ancora mi innamora
E mi fa sospirare così.
Adesso e per quando tornerà l'incanto.
 
E se mi trovi stanco,
E se mi trovi spento,
Se il meglio è già venuto e non ho saputo
Tenerlo dentro me.
 
I vecchi già lo sanno il perché,
E anche gli alberghi tristi,
Che troppo è per poco e non basta ancora
Ed è una volta sola.
 
E ancora proteggi la grazia del mio cuore
Adesso e per quando tornerà il tempo...
Il tempo per partire, il tempo di restare,
Il tempo di lasciare, il tempo di abbracciare.
 
In ricchezza e in fortuna,
In pena e in povertà,
Nella gioia e nel clamore,
Nel lutto e nel dolore,
Nel freddo e nel sole,
Nel sonno e nel rumore.
 
Ovunque proteggi la grazia del mio cuore.
Ovunque proteggi la grazia del tuo cuore.

Ovunque proteggi, proteggimi nel male.
Ovunque proteggi la grazia del tuo cuore.

Here the translation in English, by "Alessio"

Everywhere protect

I'm not sleeping, I keep my eyes open for you
I look outside, I look around
How swollen with dust and wind is the road
on the path leading back.
 
And when you'll arrive, when you'll come for me
look at that slice of sky
where your name is written, it's written on the iron
of a ring's circle.
 
And it still fills me with love
and it makes me sigh so,
now and whenever the enchantment will come back.
 
And if I look tired to you,
If I look defeated
If the best has already come and I wasn't able
to keep it inside me.
 
Old people already know why,
as do sad hotels,
they know too much lasts too little, and still it's not enough
and it's just for once.
 
And still, protect my heart's grace
now and whenever it will come back in time,
the time to go away, the time to stay,
the time to leave, the time to hug.
 
In wealth and in good luck,
in suffering and in poverty,
in joy and in celebration,
in grief and in pain,
in the cold and in the sun,
in sleep and in noise.
 
Everywhere, protect my heart's grace
Everywhere, protect your heart's grace
 
Everywhere, protect me among evil
Everywhere, protect your heart's grace

Apart from the BIAB backing track, the guitar is a Yamaha SA2200

Alfredo

[Farrell Jackson]

This is really good song and performance Alfstone. Thanks for posting the lyric in English so I could get a better understanding of it. The subtle guitar picking in the background is very good as is the lead solo. Excellent vocal...nicely done!

[StephenM]

wonderful playing and singing... beautiful work

[cuthbert]

Bravo, Alfredo - more smooth jazz flavor for a smooth Saturday.

Really enjoyed this. 

[Geir]

A great sounding guitar with some really smooth licks


And (maybe due to my mushy brain) I can't remember that I've heard you sing before, but that was a pleasant surprise. Love your voice.

Well done

[Jean Pierre]

Il tocco di Alfredo sempre bella chitarra e arrangiamenti raffinati con BIAB. Amo l'italiano cantato, ... probabilmente a causa della mia ascendenza italiana.

I used Deepl translation for the translation is it correct?  

[Pete C]

I don't know much Italian but this is benissimo !

Pete

[Bluesberry]

Splendid......lovely recording

[Mike_S]

Lovely job Alfredo. It is a lovely song. I do really like the lyrics and the message. Yeah it seems like a song about love but a love that can pull people up from despair... a really powerful message. Really enjoyed it.

Mike