Photographer: © Ryan Wilcox
My daddy died of Covid-19. While hospitalized, music was the strongest connection I had with him. After all, I am a singer-songwriter. I would sing to him every day to keep us strong as we together fought this disease. Hymns, arias, ave marias –anything I knew he loved.
His temporary separation from me has made me review the songs he sang all the time to keep his jovial spirit dancing.
During these days, I have discovered PIERO de Benedictis has recently released a new song about the hope remaining after defeating Coronavirus as a society. For me, it is a sign of God I discovered Daddy‘s favorite singer-songwriter happened to create this melody for my current circumstance. The fact he passed away from Covid and this composition being about the aforementioned topic is no coincidence.
I have translated the lyrics into English. I encourage you to read every line of this song and listen to it whether you speak Spanish or not.
It will touch your soul.
It will make you cry.
It will offer hope.
HOPE
©: Piero de Benedictis (PIERO), 2020
English Translation: Fatima Morken
Official Video: https://youtu.be/FqxFMKE5Yfk
When the storm passes
And the roads are leveled
We will appreciate being survivors
Of a collective shipwreck
With a tearful heart
And blessed destiny
We will feel happy
Just to be alive
We will hug
The first stranger we see
We will praise Fortune
For allowing us to keep our friends
Then we will remember
All we lost
At once we will learn
Everything we didn't learn
We will no longer be envious
Since everyone will have suffered
We will no longer be indecisive
We will be more compassionate
What belongs to all will be worth far more
Than the achieved acts of one
We will be more generous
Much more committed
We will understand the fragile
What it means to be alive
We will sweat empathy
For who is here and who is gone
We will miss the old man
That begged at the market
Whose name we did not know
Although he was always by our side
Maybe that poor old man
Was God in disguise
We never asked his name
Because we were in a hurry
And everything will be a miracle
And we will be a legacy
Life will be respected
The life we have won
When the storm passes
I will ask God in shame
“Return us as a better version
As you had dreamed of us” #coronavirus #covid19 #hope #piero #singersongwriter