Testi di Sinister but She Was Happy - Robyn Hitchcock

Sinister but She Was Happy (originale)

She was sinister but she was happy
Basically she was the Jeanne Moreau type
Sinister but she was happy
Sinister but she was always pleased to see you
And her living words
Were her dying words
She said «Yeah.»
She was sinister but she was happy
With a cheery smile and poison blowpipe
Sinister but she was happy
Like a kind of spider half-inclined to free you
Her lopsided grin made it so hard to win
She said:
«Alright you are -- and your promises
Are just promises -- but a sinister little
Wave of a hand goes a long, long way
In these troubled times.»
She was sinister but she was happy
And you can’t say that of everybody can you?
Sinister but she was happy
Like a chandelier festooned with leeches
And she rolled along
Till she came on strong and she said:
«Alright you are and your promises
Just are promises -- but a sinister little
Wave of a hand goes a long, long way
In these troubled times.»

(traduzione)

Era sinistra ma era felice
Fondamentalmente era il tipo di Jeanne Moreau
Sinistra ma era felice
Sinistra ma era sempre felice di vederti
E le sue parole vive
Erano le sue parole morenti
Ha detto "Sì".
Era sinistra ma era felice
Con un sorriso allegro e una cerbottana velenosa
Sinistra ma era felice
Come una specie di ragno semi-disposto a liberarti
Il suo sorriso sbilenco ha reso così difficile vincere
Lei disse:
«Va bene tu... e le tue promesse
Sono solo promesse, ma un piccolo sinistro
Il gesto di una mano va molto, molto lontano
In questi tempi difficili.»
Era sinistra ma era felice
E non puoi dirlo a tutti, vero?
Sinistra ma era felice
Come un lampadario addobbato di sanguisughe
E lei è andata avanti
Finché non è andata avanti con forza e ha detto:
«Va bene tu e le tue promesse
Sono solo promesse, ma un po' sinistro
Il gesto di una mano va molto, molto lontano
In questi tempi difficili.»