Tra Le Granite E Le Granate Lyrics in English Francesco Gabbani

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tra Le Granite E Le Granate by Francesco Gabbani from Italian to English.
Today paradise costs half price
Says the happiness salesman
Fleeing hell, finally on the road
Your vacation in a complimentary package
Group photo beneath the monument
Tourists at the concentration camp
And on the scorching beaches
Abandon all hope, you who enter
Summer
There where you are
How're you doing?
You feeling good?
Summer
Sweaty butcher shops in line at museums
Luxury hotels in pygmy villages
Sound mind and crumbling body
Anthology of the smart vacation
Your life adrift for a whole lifetime
The wind whistles and the storm screams
Between slushies and grenades
Abandon all hope, you who enter
Summer
There where you are
How're you doing?
You feeling good?
Summer
There where you are
How're you doing?
You feeling good?
Summer
Bridge
Yet we never leave
We just step away a bit
We give life an hour
So it looks new when we're back
We really never go
Beyond our soles
Move your step, keep the beat
Turn like the wind turns
There where you are
How're you doing?
You feeling good?
Summer
Bridge
Yet we never leave
We just step away a bit
We give life an hour
So it looks new when we're back
We really never go
Beyond our soles
Move your step, keep the beat
Turn like the wind turns
Behind our backs
A bite of happiness
Ahead, your return to normality
Work and mandatory holidays
Abandon all hope, you who enter
There where you are
How're you doing?
You feeling good?
Summer
There where you are
How're you doing?
You feeling good?
Summer
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Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing
Francesco Gabbani, Luca Chiaravalli, Fabio Ilacqua, Filippo Gabbani
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SONG MEANING

Sunshine meets social satire in Francesco Gabbani’s “Tra Le Granite E Le Granate,” a title that cheekily pairs granite (icy summer slushies) with granate (grenades). On the surface it feels like a carefree holiday anthem, yet every verse pokes fun at the glossy brochures selling “paradise at half-price.” Gabbani guides us through overcrowded museums, luxury hotels dropped into poor villages, and tourists snapping selfies at concentration camps, all while a sly voice repeats Dante’s warning: “Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch’entrate” – abandon all hope, you who enter.

Beneath the catchy beat lies a wry observation about modern escapism. We chase happiness packages, but the song reminds us we never truly get away; we only “move a little” before clocking back in to routine. With humor, irony, and a dance-ready rhythm, Gabbani urges listeners to question the consumer circus of summer vacations and discover that real change starts within the step you take rather than the place you go.

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