Paroles et traduction Fabrizio De André - 'A pittima - live tour 'Creuza de ma'

'A pittima - live tour 'Creuza de ma'

Cosa ghe possu ghe possu fâ
Se nu gh′ò ë brasse pe fâ u mainä
Se infundo a e brasse nu gh'ò ë män du massacán
E mi gh′ò 'n pûgnu dûu ch'u pâ ′n niu
Gh′ò 'na cascetta larga ′n diu
Giûstu pe ascúndime c'u vestiu deré a ′n fiu

E vaddu in giù a çerca i dinë
A chi se i tegne e ghe l'àn prestë
E ghe i dumandu timidamente ma in mezu ä gente

E a chi nu veu däse raxún
Che pâ de stránûä cuntru u trun
Ghe mandu a dî che vive l′è cäu ma a bu-n mercöu

Mi sun 'na pittima rispettä
E nu anâ 'ngíu a cuntâ
Che quandu a vittima l′è ′n strassé ghe dö du mæ

'A pittima - live tour 'Creuza de ma'

What can I, what can I do
If I don't have the arms to do the laundry
If I put my arms in I don't have the hands to wring it out
And I have a fist like a chickpea
I have a small house as big as a nut
Just to hide me with my clothes behind a creek

And I go down to ask for money
To those who have it and are willing to lend it
And I ask them timidly but in the middle of the crowd

And to those who don't want to give a reason
Who seem strange against the world
I tell them that life is expensive but on sale

I am a respected beggar
And I don't go around telling
That when the victim is on the street he is doubly blessed