I want to see you as a dancer

I want to see you as a dancer
Like the desert gypsy women
Whit candelabras on their heads
Or like the Balineses on their holidays

I want to see you as a dancer
Like dervishes tourneurs
Who twist around, around their back-bones
To the sound of ankle bracelets of Katakali

The walls are turning, turning all around us
As we are dancing dancing
The walls are turning, turning all around us
As we are dancing

And radio Tirana's playing
Music from Balkan for Bulgarian dancers
With bare feet, they dance on burning embers

In the oriental island
In sunny summer dance halls
Couples of old folks are dancing
To a rhythm in seven-eight

The walls are turning, turning all around us
As we are dancing dancing
The walls are turning, turning all around us
As we are dancing

In the rhythm of the heath
The key of old tribal magical rites
Kingdoms of the Shamans
And rebel players on the road again

Down across the plainlands
In sunny summer dance halls
Couples of old folks are dancing
A classical Viennese waltz

[Testo di "Voglio vederti danzare"]

[Strofa 1]
Voglio vederti danzare
Come le zingare del deserto
Con candelabri in testa
O come le balinesi nei giorni di festa

[Strofa 2]
Voglio vederti danzare
Come i dervisches tourners
Che girano sulle spine dorsali
O al suono di cavigliere del Katakali

[Ritornello]
E gira tutt'intorno la stanza
Mentre si danza, danza
E gira tutt'intorno la stanza
Mentre si danza

[Strofa 3]
E Radio Tirana trasmette
Musiche balcaniche, mentre
Danzatori bulgari
A piedi nudi sui braceri ardenti
Nell'Irlanda del Nord
Nelle balere estive
Coppie di anziani che ballano
Al ritmo di sette ottavi

[Ritornello]
Gira tutt'intorno la stanza
Mentre si danza, danza
E gira tutt'intorno la stanza
Mentre si danza

[Strofa 4]
Nei ritmi ossessivi la chiave
Dei riti tribali
Regni di sciamani
E suonatori zingari ribelli
Nella Bassa Padana
Nelle balere estive
Coppie di anziani che ballano
Vecchi valzer viennesi

[Verse 1]
I want to see you as a dancer
Like the desert gypsy women
Whit candelabras on their heads
Or like the Balineses on their holidays

[Verse 2]
I want to see you as a dancer
Like dervishes tourneurs who twist around
Around their back-bones
To the sound of ankle bracelets of Katakali

[Chorus]
The walls are turning, turning all around us
As we are dancing, dancing
The walls are turning, turning all around us
As we are dancing

[Verse 3]
And radio Tirana's playing
Music from Balkan
For Bulgarian dancers
With bare feet, they dance on burning embers
In the oriental island
In sunny summer dance halls
Couples of old folks are dancing
To a rhythm in seven-eight

[Chorus]
The walls are turning, turning all around us
As we are dancing, dancing
The walls are turning, turning all around us
As we are dancing

[Verse 4]
In the rhythm of the heath
The key of old tribal magical rites
Kingdoms of the Shamans
And rebel players on the road again
Down across the plainlands
In sunny summer dance halls
Couples of old folks are dancing
A classical Viennese waltz

Yo quiero verte danzar
Como los zíngaros del desierto
Con candelabros encima
O como los balineses en días de fiesta

Yo quiero verte danzar
Como dervishes tourneurs que giran
Sobre la espina dorsal
Al son de los cascabeles del katakari

Y gira todo en torno a la estancia
Mientras se danza, danza
Y gira todo en torno a la estancia
Mientras se danza

Y Radio Tirana transmite música balcánica
Mientras bailarines búlgaros
Descalzos sobre braseros ardientes
En Irlanda del Norte, en verbenas de verano
La gente anciana que baila
A ritmo de siete octavas

Y gira todo en torno a la estancia
Mientras se danza, danza
Y gira todo en torno a la estancia
Mientras se danza

En el ritmo obsesivo la clave de ritos tribales
Reinos de hechizos y de los músicos gitanos rebeldes
En la baja Padana en verbenas de verano
La gente anciana que baila
Viejos valses vieneses