“I am the Love that dare not speak its name.”(Lord Alfred Douglas)
Italian version at the link : La mia canzone 'Smoke'
My new song, inspired by a precious, yet hidden, passage from the Hagakure, the secret code of the Samurai.
"Some time ago, at a gathering, it was stated: we agree that the greatest love is the secret one. When one meets the loved one, love loses its intensity. In thinking, secretly, all your life, about your loved one and then dying, lies the essence of true love. As the poem says, 'At my death, from the smoke you will know my love, kept hidden in my heart.' After some recognised that this is the highest form of love, the group 'Friends of Smoke' was formed."
So there is a lost oriental poem, which we may never find again... But we can enter into the spirit of the poet and let it be reborn, recreated and resonate through us. May the 'Friends of Smoke' not hold it against me that I have borrowed their words and coloured them with my own.
Below, you can find the video, the lyrics and the Italian translation of the song ‘Smoke'.
Video at the link: Smoke
Smoke
AT MY DEATH, FROM THE SMOKE
YOU WILL KNOW MY LOVE
KEPT HIDDEN IN MY HEART
THE DEEPEST FEELING IS THE SECRET ONE
NEVER EXPRESSED AND SUBLIME
BEYOND THE REACH OF TIME
AND FROM THE SMOKE, SMOKE
YOU’LL UNDERSTAND MY LOVE, LOVE
IT WILL POUR DOWN IN SNOW, SNOW
SOFT AND SLOW
FIND YOUR LOVE, LOVE
AND LET IT KILL YOU SOFTLY
THE HIDDEN FIRE TURNING
MY BODY INTO SMOKE, SMOKE
FUMO
Alla mia morte, dal fumo
conoscerai il mio amore
tenuto nascosto nel mio cuore
Il sentimento più profondo è quello segreto
sublime e mai espresso
aldilà del tempo stesso
E dal fumo, dal fumo
comprenderai il mio amore, amore
e scenderà giù in neve, neve
lenta e lieve
Trova il tuo amore, amore
e lascia che ti uccida dolcemente
il fuoco segreto che trasforma
il mio corpo in fumo
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