The Italian 'Pilgrims Progress'

Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

Confessione

(Pilgrim's Progress)

Confessioni was recorded by the Italian artists Dik Dik, whose Senza Luce is perhaps the best-known non-English AWSoP cover.

Confessione		Confessions
E stato là, in compagnia di amici		It happened there, in the company of my friends
io non pensavo a niente ed ero giù....		I wasn't thinking about much, and I was down
arriva lei, due grandi occhi felici		She arrived, two large, happy eyes
da tanto io non la vedevo più!		I hadn't seen her for ages
Mi dice:"Tu, tu non capisci niente,		She says to me, 'You understand nothing,
su lascia tutto e vieni via con me!..."		Come on, leave everything, come away with me.'
Ricordo li', li' in mezzo a tanta gente		I remember, in that place, among so many people
quegli occhi mi chiedevano perchè.		I remember those eyes asking me why.
L'amore mio è a casa che mi aspetta		My love is waiting for me at home
e sa che persto o tardi tornero',		She knows I'll be home sooner or later
se le telefono magari non c'e fretta		If I ring her ... maybe, there's no hurry ...
la chiamo e qualche cosa inventero'....		I'll call her and make something up
Chissà che cosa vale un avventura,		Who knows what's the value of an affair
non vuoi pensare a dopo che farai		You don't want to contemplate what you'll do later
nemmeno il vero amore fa paura		Not even true love prevents you
in quel momento vedi solo lei...		In that moment you see only her
E' stato là, in compagnia di amici...		It happened there, in company of friends
amore, l'ho rivista e non so più		Baby, I've seen her again and I don't know any more
perchè è successo ma lei sa quanto ti amo		why it's happened, but she knows how much I love you
stai certa: non ci rivedremo più.		Be sure, we'll never meet again
ohh, stai certa non ci rivedremo più.		Oh, we'll never meet again
(The writing credit on the record reads: M.fischer [sic] / wordF [sic!] Keit [sic] Reid / Vandelli)

These curiously unapt words for the Italian Pilgrims Progress are by Maurizio Vandelli, of the band 'Equipe 84' (the same Vandelli whose song Clinica Fior Di Loto Spa! plagiarises Boredom without acknowledgement to Matthew Fisher). They were sent in by Antonio Costa Barbé and translated into English for Beyond the Pale by Amelia Wisloch: thanks!)