Un giudice Lyrics in English Fabrizio De André
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Un giudice by Fabrizio De André from Italian to English.
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Cosa vuol dire avere un metro e mezzo di statura
What it's like to have a meter and a half of stature
Ve lo rivelan gli occhi e le battute della gente
People's eyes and jokes reveal it to you
O la curiosità d'una ragazza irriverente
Or the curiosity of an irreverent girl
Che vi avvicina solo per un suo dubbio impertinente
That brings you closer only for an impertinent doubt of his
Vuole scoprir se è vero quanto si dice intorno ai nani
He wants to find out if it's true what they say around the dwarves
Che siano i più forniti della virtù meno apparente
May they be the most provided with the least apparent virtue
Fra tutte le virtù la più indecente
Of all the virtues the most indecent
Passano gli anni, i mesi e se li conti anche i minuti
The years, the months pass and if you count them even the minutes
È triste trovarsi adulti senza essere cresciuti
It's sad to be an adult without growing up
La maldicenza insiste, batte la lingua sul tamburo
Slander insists, beats tongue on drum
Fino a dire che un nano, è una carogna di sicuro
To the point of saying that a dwarf, he's a for sure
Perché ha il cuore troppo troppo vicino al buco del culo
Because his heart's too close to the asshole
Fu nelle notti insonni vegliate al lume del rancore
It was on sleepless nights watched over the light of grudge
Che preparai gli esami, diventai procuratore
That I prepared the exams, I became a prosecutor
Per imboccar la strada che dalle panche d'una cattedrale
To take the road that from the benches of a cathedral
Porta alla sacrestia, quindi alla cattedra d'un tribunale
It leads to sacristy, then to the chair of a court
Giudice finalmente, arbitro in terra del bene e del male
Judge at last, referee in the land of good and evil
E allora la mia statura non dispensò più buonumore
And then my stature no longer dispensed good mood
A chi alla sbarra in piedi mi diceva 'vostro onore'
To those standing at the bar he said 'your honor'
E di affidarli al boia fu un piacere del tutto mio
And entrusting them to the executioner was a pleasure entirely my
Prima di genuflettermi nell'ora dell'addio
Before genuflecting me in the hour of farewell
Non conoscendo affatto la statura di dio
Not knowing god's stature at all
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