At the May Day Concert, Emma read a poem by Virginia Woolf.
Emma is also on the May Day stage, after Paolillo – who had read a text by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Dacia Maraini – he reads a text, this time a poem by Virginia Woolf. The singer had taken the stage minutes earlier for her performance at Concertone on May 1, where she first performed a medley of da “Stupida allegria”, “La mia città”, “Cercavo amore” and “Io sono bella”. ‘ before he performs his latest song, ‘Mezzo mondo’, which anticipates his record comeback.
The meaning of Stay Alive and Emma’s dedication
However, after Lazza’s performance, the Apulian singer is back on stage to read a poem by Virginia Woolf, which she dedicated at the end to her mother, her brother Francesco and her father, who died a few months ago – looking at the sky: “I wish you all to stay alive , always, in spite of everything. A I kiss my mom, my brother Francesco. Hello Dad!”. Woolf’s poem is an admonition never to lose yourself, hope and direction in your life. It is an invitation to live, learn, study and most of all, think, because “There is only one thing that one must not waste in life, and that is life itself”, as the poet concludes.
The lyrics of Stay Alive by Virginia Woolf
Whatever happens, stay alive.
Don’t die until you’re really dead.
How did the meeting between the Meloni government and the unions on the May Day Labor Decree go?
don’t lose yourself
Do not lose hope,
don’t lose direction.
stay alive with yourself
with every cell of your body
with every fiber of your skin.
stay alive, learn, study, think,
build, invent, create,
speak, write, dream, design.
stay alive, stay alive in you,
stay alive outside
filled with the colors of the world,
Fill yourself with peace, fill yourself with hope.
Stay alive with joy.
There’s only one thing in life you can’t waste,
and it is life itself.