L'Auto Targata "To" Lyrics in English Lucio Dalla
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song L'Auto Targata "To" by Lucio Dalla from Italian to English.
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Un'auto vecchia torna da Scilla a Torino
An old car returns from Scilla to Turin
Dentro ci sono dieci occhi
There are ten eyes inside
Ed uno stesso destino
And the same destiny
Il bambino: ha una palla e
The child: has a ball and
L'aspetta un cortile
A courtyard awaits you
Con nel mezzo poco sole, poco sole d'aprile
With little sun in the middle, little April sun
Il ragazzo: inferriate, catene
The boy: railings, chains
Ha vent'anni e son vent'anni di pene
He's twenty years old and it's twenty years of punishment
La ragazza: venduta per ore
The Girl: Sold for hours
Nella campagna butta sangue e sudore
He throws blood and sweat into the countryside
La madre: è una forma disfatta
The mother: she is an undone form
Sopra gli occhi ha i capelli di latta
Above his eyes he has tin hair
Il padre: è uno schedato e spiato
The father: he is a registered and spied on person
Se si avventa sull'asfalto è inchiodato
If he hits the asphalt he's nailed
Il paesaggio è un'Italia sventrata
The landscape is a gutted Italy
Dalle ruspe che l'hanno divorata
From the bulldozers that devoured her
Arrivano nel ghetto ammuffito, spaccato
They arrive in the moldy, cracked ghetto
Con terra e sassi dentro al filo spinato
With earth and stones inside the barbed wire
Questo luogo del cielo è chiamato Torino
This place in heaven is called Turin
Lunghi e grandi i viali
The avenues are long and wide
Splendidi monti di neve
Gorgeous snow mountains
Sul cristallo verde del Valentino
On the green crystal of Valentino
Illuminate tutte le sponde del Po
All the banks of the Po are illuminated
Mattoni su mattoni sono condannati i terroni
Brick by brick the Southerners are condemned
A costruire per gli altri
To build for others
Appartamenti da cinquanta milioni
Fifty million apartments
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