I still haven’t found what I’m looking for (1987)

I Still Haven’t found what I’m looking for is a song by the Irish rock band U2 which was released in 1987 as the second single of the album The Joshua Tree. It reached the sixth position in UK single chart. The rock magazine Rolling Stone considers it th 93rd best song of all times. The video was filmed in Fremont Street in Las Vegas.

Glossary and idioms

I have climbed the highest mountains/Ho scalato le montagne più alte I have run through the fields/ho attraversato praterie Only to be with you/ solo per stare con te Only to be with you

I have run, I have crawled/Ho corso, ho camminato lentamente I have scaled these city walls/ho scalato le mura di questa città These city walls Only to be with you/solo per stare con te

But I still haven’t found/ma non ho ancora trovato ciò che cerco What I’m looking for But I still haven’t found What I’m looking for

I have kissed honey lips/ho baciato labbra mielose Felt the healing in her fingertips/mi sono sentito guarito al tocco delle sue dita It burned like fire/ho sentito bruciare come il fuoco This burning desire/questo ardente desiderio

I have spoke with the tongue of angels/ho parlato con lalingua degli angeli I have held the hand of a devil/tenuto la mano di un diavolo It was warm in the night/era calda nella notte I was cold as a stone/io ero freddo come una pietra

But I still haven’t found/ma non ho ancora trovato ciò che cerco What I’m looking for But I still haven’t found What I’m looking for

I believe in the Kingdom Come/Credo nel Regno che verrà Then all the colors will bleed into one/Allora i colori si fonderanno in uno Bleed into one/si fonderanno in uno But yes, I’m still running/ma si sto ancora correndo

You broke the bonds/hai rotto i vincoli And you loosed the chains/e hai spezzato le catene Carried the cross of my shame/hai portato la croce della mia vergogna Of my shame, you know I believe it/della mia vergogna, tu sai che io lo credo