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Il Muto Dall'Accia Al Collo

from A' la porta di C​é​nt T​ù​r by Ticinum

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The legend of the mute with the snare around the neck is very singular, not so much for the legend itself as for the basis of truth. Once upon a time there was a kid who was a fisherman; this kid had received a special gift from his father (it is said that he was the son of the Ticino river) in inheritance. His fishing net, heritage from ancient pagan gods, had the magical power to petrify anything it touched and, when removed, to make it return to the way it was before; fishing in this way was quite simple for him, it was enough for the net to touch the fishes to petrify them and then make them return to their original state. The problem arose when the fisherman and a damsel fell in love; he was of humble origins while she was the daughter of a rich and powerful noble family of Pavia. After discovering this relationship, the father (or mother, depending on the version of the story) forbade his daughter to see him, so the two decided to run away. However, the father noticed it and gave chase to join them on the banks of the Ticino. At that point the young fisherman sacrificed the thing dearest to him, he used the fishing net to petrify him and tied it tightly around his neck before the man, become a statue, sank. This legend is probably the most famous and ancient relating to the city, the peculiarity lies in the fact that around 1800 the river was drained to be able to clean the seabed and a statue dating back to the first century after Christ was found of an unrecognizable person with a net around the neck. It is now exhibited in the civic museums of the Visconti castle

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Dei a me cari che donate segreti
Su lidi lieti che le acque mi portino
Se la sorte incombe sulla rete del fato

Vicino al corso del fiume ora vedrai
Leggende di eterno vuoto
Tu che volevi il sapere di tutto e ogni cosa
Ora sei carne e pietra
Subendo il destino per mano incantata
Morta nei lasciti della magia
Tu che volevi rubare il segreto amore
Ora sei marmo inerte

Dalle cento torri se il vento ride
Anche la morte stride sopra ai carri spogli
Colei che toglie mi donò follia
Colei che incanta mi mostrò la via

Arrancai vicino alle grandi acque
Ove tutto tacque dalla chiesa al Ticino
E se il dono amico fu l'unica scelta
l’unica scelta

Vicino al corso del fiume ora io vedo
Leggende di eterno vuoto
Io che volevo il sapere di tutto e ogni cosa
Ora son carne e pietra
Subendo il destino per mano incantata
Morta nei lasciti della magia
Io che volevo rubare il segreto amore
Ora son marmo inerte

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from A' la porta di C​é​nt T​ù​r, released May 18, 2023

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Medieval black metal from the old capital
Ticinum it is a collective of wandering brigands that comes from the rivers and marshes around the city of a hundred towers. The lyrics are almost entirely written in the low Pavese dialect, a legacy of the ancient Lombard language and deal with the legendary themes of that area ... more

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