Paroles et traduction Franco Battiato - Delenda Carthago - Live 2003

Delenda Carthago - Live 2003

Per terre incognite
Vanno le nostre legioni
A fondare colonie
A immagine di Roma
"Delenda Carthago"
Con le dita colorate di henna
Su patrizi triclini
Si gustano carni speziate
D′aromi d'Oriente
In calici finemente screziati frusciano i vini
Le rose, il miele, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Nei circhi e negli stadi
S′ammassano turbe stravolte
A celebrare riti di sangue
Conferendis pecuniis
Ergo sollicitae tu causa
Pecunia, vitae!
Per te immaturum mortis adimus iter
Tu vitiis hominum
Crudelia pabula praebes
Semina curarum
De capite orta tuo
Ergo sollicitae tu causa
Pecunia, vitae
Per te immaturum mortis adimus iter

Delenda Carthago - Live 2003

Across uncharted lands
Our legions march
To establish colonies
In the image of Rome
"Delenda Carthago"
With henna-stained fingers
On patrician couches
Spiced meats are savored
With aromas from the East
In exquisitely patterned goblets, wines murmur
Roses, honey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
In circuses and stadiums
Throngs gather in frenzy
To celebrate bloody rituals
Conferendis pecuniis
Ergo sollicitae tu causa
Pecunia, vitae!
For you, we hasten to meet death's untimely fate
You, vices of mankind
Provide cruel sustenance
Seeds of sorrow
Spring from your heart
Ergo sollicitae tu causa
Pecunia, vitae
For you, we hasten to meet death's untimely fate