this is just a small text, inspired by an Italian song that I love.
in this fiction I have translated in English the lyrics of the original song... I hope you enjoy it.
Original Song: "A Te" by Jovanotti (To You)
you can find it on youtube even with English lyrics.
"Check, check, check" Arthur cleared his throat with a light cough to attract the attention of the guests, relatives and friends who were having fun in the reception room of his wedding. "Um ... can I have your attention, please? Thanks ... you're probably wondering what I'm doing here on the stage with a microphone in my hand ... I can hear the thoughts of my dear sister from here saying 'What the hell is my idiot of a brother doing up there? He is so embarrassing'... "
"Half-sister" Morgana corrected him immediately without malice, causing the laughter of all presents.
"Right, half-sister, you harpy ... anyway, I'm here because I want to give a gift to my new husband, my beloved Merlin, who is looking at me just now with his beautiful blue eyes and he's definitely cursing me like the prat he thinks I am"
"Hurry up, Pendragon!" an annoying and slightly tipsy voice shouted from the bar area of the room. It was obviously Gwaine, who was already half drunk and clinging to the shoulder of his husband Percival.
"Why do you always have to ruin my romantic moments, Gwaine? Like that time when you interrupted me and Merlin in the pub loo, while we were ..."
"Arthur!" Merlin yelled, shocked, blushing and not yet able to understand what that dollop-head of his husband was up to.
"Shut up, Merlin ... if no one else wants to interrupt me ... good… So, Merlin has always complained that I'm too rigid and unable to make romantic gestures. Therefore today, the most beautiful and important day of our lives, I would like to show him that I'm not ashamed to show him how I feel ... I love you, Merlin ... with all my heart ... "
In that moment, Arthur pointed to the dj to start the music; he took the microphone and began to sing, under the surprised eyes of everyone. Arthur Pendragon doesn't sing!
.
'To you, because you're unique in the world,
the only reason
to go till the end of my every breath,
When I look at you,
after a day full of words,
Without you saying anything to me,
Everything gets better
.
To you, because you're the one that found me
in a corner with my fists closed,
with my back against a wall
ready to defend myself
with my eyes facing the ground.
I was standing in the line with the disappointed people.
You've picked me up like a cat
and took me with you
.
To you I sing another song
Because I don't have anything else,
anything better to give you of all the things I have
Take my time and the magic,
that with one jump
makes us fly in the air like bubbles.
.
To you, because you are
You simply are
The substance of my days
The substance of my days
To you, my greatest and true love
To you, because you've taken my life
and you've done a lot more with it
To you, because you gave time some sense without measuring it
To you, my greatest and true love.
.
To you, whom I have seen crying in my hand
So fragile that I could have killed you just by squeezing you a little stronger
And then I've seen you
with the strength of an airplane
Taking your life in your hands
And dragging it into a safe zone
.
To you, because you've taught me how to dream
And the art of the adventure
.
To you, because you believe in courage
But also in fear
.
To you, the best thing
That has ever happened to me
.
To you, who change every days
But always stay the same
.
To you, because you are,
You simply are
The substance of my days
The substance of my dreams
To you, because you are
You truly are
The substance of my dreams
The substance of my days
.
To you, who never like yourself
even if you're wonderful.
Nature's forces gather in you,
You're a cliff, a plant, a hurricane
You're the horizon that welcomes me when I go far away
.
To you, the only friend that I can have
The only love I'd want to have if you weren't with me.
.
To you, who have made my life so beautiful,
who can turn fatigue into an immense pleasure
.
To you, my greatest and true love
To you, because you've taken my life
And you've made so much more out of it
To you, because you've given time some sense without measuring it
To you, my greatest and true love
.
To you, because you are
You simply are
The substance of my days
The substance of my dreams
.
And to you, who are,
You simply are,
My life partner
The substance of my dreams'
..
Arthur had never stopped looking at Merlin in the eye all the time he had sung.
The brunet was frozen in the middle of the room with incredulous eyes, but slightly wet with emotion and wonder.
Arthur, at the end of the music, joined his husband and kissed him tenderly, but always with the usual note of passion that he never failed to transmit.
Then, the blond stroked his cheek, wiping the small tears away. His eyes were full of love, devotion, trust. "I love you, my Merlin ... and I can't wait to live the rest of my life with you"
When Merlin replied with one of his smiles that could illuminate an entire room, Arthur thought:
'Yes, I really can't wait for it!'