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Hopefully not a repost...great video...can someone translate for me?

Discussion in 'Other Italian' started by MITYRARE, Jun 9, 2010.

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  1. MITYRARE

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  2. velocetwo

    velocetwo F1 World Champ

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    it is.......a few posts below under

    FUNNY VIDEO WITH GIULIETTA & 2 ALFA 8C
     
  3. Reddol

    Reddol Karting

    Jun 10, 2007
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    It's a song by Adriano Celentano from 1976

    I made a quick translation, it's not obviously perfect but should give the idea of the sense.
    Anyway, those people are french and except the guy at 2:12 and the one right after they move their lips terribly.

    Eh la benzina ogni giorno costa sempre di più
    Gasoline costs every day more
    e la lira cede e precipita giù
    and the lira(Italian currency before the euro) goes down
    svalutation, svalutation.(not an Italian word, he just made the Italian "svalutazione" sound English)
    devaluation, devaluation

    Cambiando i governi niente cambia lassù
    Changing governments nothing changes
    c'è un buco nello Stato dove i soldi van giù
    there's a hole in the state where the money goes down
    svalutation, svalutation.

    Io amore mio non capisco perchè
    My love I don't understand why
    cerco per le ferie un posto al mare e non c'è
    I'm looking for vacation a place near the sea and there's not one
    svalutation, svalutation.

    Con il salario di un mese compri solo un caffè
    With a month's salary you just buy a coffee
    gli stadi son gremiti ma la gente dov'è
    stadiums are full but where are people?
    svalutation, svalutation.

    Mah,
    siamo in crisi ma,
    we are in chrisis but,
    senza andare in là
    without going there
    l'America è qua.
    America is here

    In automobile a destra da trent'anni si va
    We have been driving cars on the right(side of the road) for 30 years
    ora contromano vanno in tanti si sa
    now many people go in the wrong direction
    che scontration, che scontration.
    what accident, what accident

    Con la nuova banca dei sequestri che c'è
    With the new bank seizures there are
    ditemi il valore della vita qual'è
    tell me what value life has
    svalutation, svalutation.

    Io amore mio non capisco perchè
    My love I don't understand why
    tu vuoi fare il gallo poi fai l'uovo per me
    you want to be rooster then you make the egg for me
    sul lettation, sul lettation.
    on the bed, on the bed

    Nessuno che ci insegna a non uccidereè
    Noone teaches us not to kill
    si vive più di armi che di pane perchè
    we live more thanks to weapons than to bread because
    assassination, assassination.

    Ma quest'Italia qua se lo vuole sa
    But if this Italy here wants it, knows
    che ce la farà
    that it(Italy) will make it
    e il sistema c'è
    and there's the way
    quando pensi a te
    when you think of you
    pensa... anche un pò per me.
    think..a little of me too
     

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