Un medico Lyrics in English Fabrizio De André
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Un medico by Fabrizio De André from Italian to English.
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Da bambino volevo guarire i ciliegi
As a child I wanted to heal the cherry trees
Quando rossi di frutti li credevo feriti
When red fruits I thought they were hurt
La salute per me li aveva lasciati
Health for me had left them
Coi fiori di neve che avevan perduti
With the snow flowers that had been lost
Un sogno, fu un sogno, ma non durò poco
A dream, it was a dream, but it did not last long
Per questo giurai che avrei fatto il dottore
That's why I swore I'd be a doctor
E non per un dio, ma nemmeno per gioco
And not for a god, but not even for fun
Perché i ciliegi tornassero in fiore
For the cherry trees to return to bloom
Perché i ciliegi tornassero in fiore
For the cherry trees to return to bloom
E quando dottore lo fui finalmente
And when doctor I was finally
Non volli tradire il bambino per l'uomo
I did not want to betray the child for man
E vennero in tanti e si chiamavano 'gente'
And a lot of people came and they called themselves 'people'
Ciliegi malati in ogni stagione
Sick cherry trees in every season
E i colleghi d'accordo, i colleghi contenti
And colleagues agree, colleagues happy
Nel leggermi in cuore tanta voglia d'amare
In reading me in my heart so much desire to love
Mi spedirono il meglio dei loro clienti
They sent me the best of their customers
Con la diagnosi in faccia e per tutti era uguale
With the diagnosis in the face and for everyone it was the same
Ammalato di fame, incapace a pagare
Starved to death, unable to pay
E allora capii fui costretto a capire
And so I realized I was forced to understand
Che fare il dottore è soltanto un mestiere
That being a doctor is just a job
Che la scienza non puoi regalarla alla gente
That science can't give it to people
Se non vuoi ammalarti dell'identico male
If you don't want to get sick from the same evil
Se non vuoi che il sistema ti pigli per fame
If you don't want the system to starve you
E il sistema sicuro è pigliarti per fame
And the safe system is to starve you
Nei tuoi figli, in tua moglie che ormai ti disprezza
In your children, in your wife who now despises you
Perciò chiusi in bottiglia quei fiori di neve
So i'm going to bottle those snow flowers
L'etichetta diceva: 'elisir di giovinezza'
The label said: 'elixir of youth'
E un giudice, un giudice con la faccia da uomo
And a judge, a judge with a man's face
Mi spedì a sfogliare i tramonti in prigione
He sent me to browse the sunsets in prison
Inutile al mondo ed alle mie dita
Useless to the world and to my fingers
Bollato per sempre 'truffatore imbroglione'
Branded forever 'cheating scammer'
'dottor professor truffatore imbroglione'
'Doctor professor fraudster cheat'
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