Paroles et traduction Pierangelo Bertoli - Un'inseni

Un'inseni

L'era una not come tanti ch'ag nè
Quand as va a let stof e stlee
Ma apeina desd am sintè come un re
Per quel ch'am era insugnee.

Tot i operai ch'i lavureven
Ig' iv'n al gost ed camper
E quand da vec i er'n in pensiaun
Ig'n iv'n anchera da insgner.

Tot i ragas ier'n insem ai piò vec
Come dau faci d'un spec
Gninta piò leder e gninta bancher
E gninta carabiner.

I calabreis e i piemunteis
Is abraseven fra 'dlaur
E i mariner coi muntaner
I eren dacord e d'amaur.

Un po' piò avanti ag era un tapet
Fat col staneli di pret
Nisun al vliva cmander in un gueren
Con la paura 'd' l'inferen.

Gninta piò pegri gninta piò lauv
Gninta pastaur e padraun
Pochi paroli seimper piò fat
Gninta piò furb o coiaun.

A vdè paser una banda ed suldee
Con di salam tot lighee
I' ven fat so in un fas da bruser
Tot qui ch'ig vliven cmander.

Ché i capitani lè i generee
Con i teneint e i magiaur
E po' i minester zodes e Pepa
Industrie dittataur.

I fen na busa piò granda dal saul
Ig fichen deinter l'unaur
Po' quand al rosch al fò tot e spasee
I anden a fer so el sitee.

Gninta piò guera sauvra la tera
Gninta piò nee difereint
I eren tot seri i eren tot baun
Seinsa guarder i pareint.

L'era una not come tanti ch'ag né
Quand as va a let stof e stlee
Ma apeina desd am sintè come un re
Per quel ch'am era insugnee.

A Human Being

It was a night like so many others that have been
When you went to your bed tired and worn
But as soon as I woke up, I felt like a king
For what I had dreamt.

All the workers that worked there
Had such a desire to live
And when in their old age they retired
They still had so much more to give.

All the children were together with the elderly
Like the rays of the sun shining through glass
Nothing more tiring, nothing more deceitful
And nothing more violent.

The Calabrians and the Piedmontese
Hugged each other warmly
And the sailors with the mountain people
Lived in harmony and with love.

A little further on was a tapestry
Made with stone tiles
No one wanted to rule in a war
For fear of hell.

Nothing more lazy, nothing more hard-working
Nothing more shepherd and master
Few more words, always more deeds
Nothing more cunning or stupid.

At seeing a squad of soldiers pass by
Carrying guns tightly tied together
I felt like throwing them in a bonfire
All those who wanted to rule.

For those captains, generals
With the lieutenants and the majors
And then the ministers of justice and Pinochet
Industry dictators.

They create a hole bigger than the sun
They stuff in it the honor
Then when the sun is completely red and exhausted
They go to do the city center.

Nothing more war on the earth
Nothing more black and white
They were all sincere, they were all good
Without looking at their relatives.

It was a night like so many others that have been
When you went to your bed tired and worn
But as soon as I woke up, I felt like a king
For what I had dreamt.