Buonanotte All'Italia Lyrics in English Ligabue

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Buonanotte All'Italia by Ligabue from Italian to English.

Good night to Italy, she needs a bit of rest

Anyway there's a nice stretch of sea standing guard

There's yellowed moss inside this nativity scene

That never gets changed, never gets taken apart

And vampire mosquitoes that suck her right there

They pump that fine blood into their bellies

Good night to Italy that either makes it or dies

Or you spend the night wanting to buy her

As if the angels were there

Saying yes

Everything's possible

As if the devils were kind of

Saying no, that it's all fairy tales

Good night to Italy, she's got plenty to do

All the history books won't let her sleep

Lying on the world with a private sky

Between Saint Peters and Madonnas

Between progress and sin

Between a tomorrow that's coming but seems holding its breath

And the marks of yesterday that won't go away anymore

From caress to caress

From certainty to wonder

All this beauty without a navigator

As if the angels were there

Saying yes

Everything's possible

As if the devils were kind of

Saying no, that it's all fairy tales

Good night to Italy with scars in her heart

And IV drips hooked up by those who hold all the power

Who watch her distracted, like she were a wife

Like a toy in the attic that's lost its appeal

And a star gives light without too many whys

It forces you to see everything that's there

Good night to Italy that either makes it or dies

Or you spend the night wanting to f*ck her

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Luciano Ligabue

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SONG MEANING

“Buonanotte All'Italia” feels like a twilight lullaby and a biting love letter all at once. Ligabue whispers goodnight to his homeland while painting vivid scenes: a timeless Nativity set gathering moss, a glittering stretch of sea standing guard, pesky “vampire” mosquitoes sucking the country’s lifeblood. Each image is affectionate yet ironic, suggesting that Italy, weighed down by centuries of history and modern temptations to “buy” or exploit her, desperately needs a moment of rest.

The lyrics swing between hope and disillusion. Angels promise that anything is possible, while lurking devils dismiss those promises as fairy tales. Italy lies “on a private sky,” caught between saints and sins, progress and guilt, tomorrow’s breathless wait and yesterday’s stubborn scars. Even when the nation is pictured with IV drips and “scratches on the heart,” a lone star forces everyone to see her enduring beauty. In the end, the song is both a gentle lullaby and a wake-up call, urging listeners to love Italy fiercely enough to heal her contradictions.

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Ligabue Buonanotte All'Italia Lyrics