{"id":4269,"date":"2026-06-08T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2026-06-07T22:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:06:23","slug":"days-of-ash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/?p=4269","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OF ASH."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">News from the Rock Planet: <em>Days of ash<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69Maggio2026-web.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"4158\">La LUNA <\/a><\/mark><\/strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69Maggio2026-web.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"4158\"><strong>nuova<\/strong>, maggio 2026.<\/a><\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<ul style=\"--columns: 2;--space: 0px;--min-width: 0px\" class=\"filebird-block-filebird-gallery wp-block-gallery blocks-gallery-grid columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-filebird-block-filebird-gallery\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"719\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4264 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet04.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet04-300x292.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 739px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 739\/719;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"850\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4263 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet03.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet03-212x300.jpg 212w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 602px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 602\/850;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"506\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4262 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet02.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet02-300x236.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 642px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 642\/506;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"373\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4261 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet01.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RockPlanet01-300x290.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 386px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 386\/373;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Francesco Dignatici<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Il 18 febbraio 2026 gli U2 pubblicano a sorpresa un EP \u2014 cinque canzoni e una poesia \u2014 che porta con s\u00e9 un senso urgente di dolore, rabbia e profonda spiritualit\u00e0.<br>Dall\u2019Iran alla Terra Santa, dalle tensioni legate alle operazioni dell\u2019ICE a Minneapolis fino alla quotidianit\u00e0 sospesa dei soldati ucraini in trincea, i quattro di Dublino compongono una serie di \u201ccartoline\u201d da un mondo in cenere. \u00c8 il dolore, ma anche la preghiera, a permeare la struggente The Tears of Things, di cui riportiamo testo e traduzione. A parlare \u00e8 il David di Michelangelo: immobile, senza lacrime a rigargli il volto di marmo, eppure attonito di fronte alla storia che gli scorre davanti.<br>\u201cLe lacrime delle cose\u201d \u2014 dalla celebre espressione virgiliana Sunt lacrimae rerum (Eneide, I, 462) \u2014 racconta la tristezza intrinseca alla realt\u00e0 e alle vicende umane. E qui gli U2 trovano una delle loro voci pi\u00f9 intense, consegnandoci una poesia che punta a spezzare il cuore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The Tears of Things<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">There\u2019s no start to this story<br>And I can see no end<br>To young men hearing voices<br>Whisper in the wind<br>I woke up made of marble<br>A shepherd boy in shock<br>Michelangelo release me<br>From a single block<br>I\u2019m David the giant killer<br>With heart-shaped eyes<br>I was naked as a soldier<br>Far from my mother\u2019s cries and<br>The tears of things<br>The tears of things<br>Rising like a flood<br>The tears of things<br>The tears of things<br>I\u2019d cry them if I could<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Was it you, Lord, I was listening to?<br>You didn\u2019t say much<br>You said: \u201cLet my fingers form you<br>Be fashioned by my touch<br>Be open to be broken<br>As every heart that sings<br>No voice and drum can overcome<br>A symphony of strings\u201d<br>You said: \u201cYou\u2019d make of me an instrument<br>For melody and word\u201d<br>I wonder as things fall asunder<br>Was it really you I heard or<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The tears of things<br>The tears of things<br>Songs made out of rain<br>The tears of things<br>The tears of things<br>Here we go again<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Mussolini came to see me<br>A shadow by his side<br>Church bells ring, a vanishing<br>Then the vanishing denied<br>Six million voices silenced in just four years<br>The silent song of Christendom<br>So loud everybody hears<br>Before the roar, before the blast<br>The stench and shame<br>There\u2019s a howling, wailing sound<br>That screams your name<br>I\u2019m David not Goliath, I was born in Bethlehem<br>And there is no us if there is no them<br>My eyes were burned from all I learned<br>There were things I can\u2019t unsee<br>In this your holy war<br>There\u2019s nothing holy here for me just<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The tears of things<br>The tears of things<br>Rising like a flood<br>The tears of things<br>The tears of things<br>I\u2019d cry them if I could<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">[\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Dear God you made us so you wouldn\u2019t be alone<br>Every heart is exiled until a heart gets home<br>Don\u2019t send us back to stone<br>Don\u2019t send us back to stone<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">I was made for worship before I spoke I sang<br>Songs of grief, of disbelief<br>How a woman can love a man<br>The naked song, the sacred song<br>That every soldier fears<br>\u2018Cause when people go around talking to God<br>It always ends in tears<br>Yeah, the tears of things<br>The tears of things<br>Let the desert be unfrozen<br>The tears of things<br>The river sings<br>Who would choose to be chosen?<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">River, sea and mountain<br>Desert, dust and snow<br>Everybody is my people<br>Let my people go<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Le Lacrime delle Cose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Non c\u2019\u00e8 un inizio a questa storia<br>e non vedo alcuna fine<br>ai giovani uomini che sentono voci<br>sussurrare nel vento.<br>Mi svegliai fatto di marmo,<br>un pastorello sotto shock.<br>Michelangelo, liberami<br>da un singolo blocco<br>Sono Davide, l\u2019uccisore del gigante,<br>con occhi a forma di cuore.<br>Ero nudo come un soldato,<br>lontano dal pianto di mia madre, e<br>le lacrime delle cose,<br>le lacrime delle cose<br>che salgono come un diluvio.<br>Le lacrime delle cose,<br>le lacrime delle cose<br>le piangerei, se potessi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Eri tu, Signore, che stavo ascoltando?<br>Non dicesti molto.<br>Dicesti: \u201cLascia che le mie dita ti plasmino,<br>lasciati modellare dal mio tocco\u201d<br>Sii disposto a farti spezzare,<br>come ogni cuore che canta.<br>Nessuna voce, n\u00e9 tamburo pu\u00f2 prevalere<br>su una sinfonia d\u2019archi<br>Dicesti che avresti fatto di me uno strumento<br>per la melodia e la parola.<br>Mi chiedo, mentre tutto si sgretola,<br>se fossi davvero tu quello che udivo, oppure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Le lacrime delle cose,<br>le lacrime delle cose,<br>canzoni fatte di pioggia.<br>Le lacrime delle cose,<br>le lacrime delle cose<br>e ci risiamo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Mussolini venne a vedermi,<br>un\u2019ombra al suo fianco.<br>Le campane della chiesa suonano, una sparizione, poi la sparizione negata.<br>Sei milioni di voci zittite in soli quattro anni.<br>Il canto silenzioso della Cristianit\u00e0,<br>cos\u00ec forte che tutti lo sentono.<br>Prima del fragore, prima dell\u2019esplosione,<br>il fetore e la vergogna,<br>c\u2019\u00e8 un suono di urla e lamenti<br>che grida il tuo nome.<br>Sono Davide, non Golia, sono nato a Betlemme,<br>e non c\u2019\u00e8 un noi se non c\u2019\u00e8 un loro.<br>I miei occhi furono bruciati da tutto ci\u00f2 che appresi, c\u2019erano cose che non posso pi\u00f9 non vedere. In questa tua guerra santa<br>non c\u2019\u00e8 niente di santo, per me, solo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Le lacrime delle cose,<br>le lacrime delle cose<br>che salgono come un diluvio.<br>Le lacrime delle cose,<br>le lacrime delle cose<br>le piangerei, se potessi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">[\u2026]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Caro Dio, ci hai creati perch\u00e9 tu non fossi solo.<br>Ogni cuore \u00e8 in esilio finch\u00e9 un cuore non trova casa. Non rimandarci alla pietra.<br>Non rimandarci alla pietra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Fui fatto per l\u2019adorazione \u2014 prima di parlare, cantavo.<br>Canti di dolore, d\u2019incredulit\u00e0,<br>di come una donna possa amare un uomo<br>Il canto nudo, il canto sacro<br>che ogni soldato teme,<br>perch\u00e9 quando la gente va in giro a parlare con Dio finisce sempre in lacrime.<br>S\u00ec, le lacrime delle cose,<br>le lacrime delle cose<br>lascia che il deserto si scongeli.<br>Le lacrime delle cose<br>il fiume canta: chi sceglierebbe d\u2019essere eletto?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Fiume, mare e montagna,<br>deserto, polvere e neve.<br>Tutti sono il mio popolo<br>lascia andare il mio popolo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>L&#8217;artista<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Nome<\/strong>: U2<br><strong>Periodo di attivit\u00e0: <\/strong>1976 \u2013 ancora in attivit\u00e0<br><strong>Formazione: <\/strong>Bono (voce), The Edge (chitarra), Adam Clayton (basso), Larry Mullen Jr. (batteria)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Il DISCO<\/strong> (ep)<br><strong>Titolo<\/strong>: Days of Ash<br><strong>Generi<\/strong>: Alternative Rock, Ambient, Folk<br><strong>Data di pubblicazione<\/strong>: 18 febbraio 2026<br><strong>Tracce<\/strong>: American Obituary, The Tears Of Things, Song of The Future, Wildpeace, One Life At A time Yours Eternally.<br><strong>Dove trovarlo: <\/strong>su tutte le piattaforme digitali. Su YouTube i brani sono stati pubblicati con i testi in evidenza, \u00e8 qui che vale la pena andare e cercare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News from the Rock Planet: Days of ash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":4262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alto-voltaggio-palagano-rock-city"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4273,"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions\/4273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luna-nuova.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}