La Football Association ha chiesto a Lemn Sissat, già poeta ufficiale dei Giochi Olimpici di Londra 2012 e Cavaliere dell'Order of the British Empire, un'ode per festeggiare la più antica e giovane delle competizioni, la Football Association Challenge Cup, nota più familiarmente a tutti i suoi appassionati come FA Cup.
Adventure Flight
di Lemn Sissay
The third planet from the sun, this spinning earth
Thousands of football cups but only one is first
Here comes the light to break the pitch: The new day
Crowds wake! Clouds break! The adventure is underway
When under great pressure the great overpower
We are equal in dreams - underdogs and over achievers
We are nothing without adventure believers
There’s everything to gain: Everything to prove.
Touch and be touched, move and be moved
Summon all resources, steal chance, take risk
The challenge, the adventure, the grit.
One game one destiny one goal one curved ball of earth
One and all young and old more than gold is worth
All four corners, this field this cup – Our number one
When against all odds carry on. Shout “Carry on”
Make wings of your arms with the heart. At its centre
The challenge, the Flight, Every game’s an adventure
(2015)
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