Ottocento Lyrics in English Fabrizio De André
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ottocento by Fabrizio De André from Italian to English.
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Cantami di questo tempo
Sing me of this time
L'astio e il malcontento
Astio and discontent
Di chi è sottovento
Whose Leeward Is
E non vuol sentir l'odore
And he doesn't want to smell it
Di questo motore
Of this engine
Che ci porta avanti
That carries us forward
Quasi tutti quanti
Almost all of them
Maschi femmine e cantanti
Female males and singers
Su un tappeto di contanti
On a carpet of cash
Nel cielo blu
In the Blue Sky
Bridge
Figlia della mia famiglia
Daughter of my family
Sei la meraviglia
You're the wonder
Già matura e ancora pura
Already mature and still pure
Come la verdura di papà
Like Dad's Vegetables
Figlio bello e audace
Beautiful and daring son
Bronzo di versace
Versace bronze
Figlio sempre più capace
Increasingly capable son
Di giocare in borsa
To play in the stock exchange
Di stuprare in corsa e tu
To rape in the race and you
Moglie dalle larghe maglie
Wife with wide meshes
Dalle molte voglie
From the many cravings
Esperta di anticaglie
Expert in antiques
Scatole d'argento ti regalerò
Silver boxes I will give you
Ottocento
Eight hundred
Novecento
Novecento
Millecinquecento scatole d'argento
1500 silver boxes
Fine settecento, ti regalerò
Late 18th century, I will give you
Quanti pezzi di ricambio
How many spare parts
Quante meraviglie
How many wonders
Quanti articoli di scambio
How many items of exchange
Quante belle figlie da sposar
How many beautiful daughters to marry
E quante belle valvole e pistoni
And how many beautiful valves and pistons
Fegati e polmoni
Livers and lungs
E quante belle biglie a rotolar
And how many beautiful marbles to roll
E quante belle triglie nel mar
And how many beautiful mullet in the sea
Figlio, figlio
Son, son
Povero figlio
Poor son
Eri bello, bianco e vermiglio
You were handsome, white and vermilion
Quale intruglio ti ha perduto nel naviglio
What concoction lost you in the ship
Figlio figlio
Son son
Unico sbaglio
Only mistake
Annegato come un coniglio
Drowned like a rabbit
Per ferirmi, pugnalarmi nell'orgoglio
To hurt me, stab me in pride
A me, a me
To me, to me
Che ti trattavo come un figlio
That I treated you like a son
Povero me
Dear me
Domani andrà meglio
Tomorrow will be better
Eine kleine pinzimonie
Eine Kleine Pinzimonie
Wunder matrimonie
Wedding wunder
Krauten und erbeeren
Krauten und erbeeren
Und patellen, und arsellen
Und patellen, und arsellen
Fischen zanzibar
Zanzibar's fischen
Und einige krapfen
Krapfen's und einige
Frùer vor schlafen
Frùer vor schlafen
Und erwachen mit walzer
Und erwachen mit walzer
Und alka-seltzer fùr
Und alka-seltzer
Dimenticar
Forget
Quanti pezzi di ricambio
How many spare parts
Quante meraviglie
How many wonders
Quanti articoli di scambio
How many items of exchange
Quante belle figlie da giocar
How many beautiful daughters to play
E quante belle valvole e pistoni
And how many beautiful valves and pistons
Fegati e polmoni
Livers and lungs
E quante belle biglie a rotolar
And how many beautiful marbles to roll
E quante belle triglie nel mar
And how many beautiful mullet in the sea
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FABRIZIO DE ANDRE, MAURO PAGANI
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