Original | SARDO / SARDINIAN
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BLOWIN' IN THE WIND | BUFAT IN SU BENTU |
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How many roads must a man walk down | Cantas carrelas un òmine at a deper passizare |
Before you call him a man? | inantis de lu poder mutire òmine? |
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail | Eya, e in cantos mares una culumba at a deper jumpare |
Before she sleeps in the sand? | inantis de si pasare in s’arena? |
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly | Eya, e po cantas bortas an’a deper progher bombas, |
Before they're forever banned? | inantis de las bandire pro sèmper? |
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, | Sa rispusta, amigu meu, bùfat in su bentu, |
The answer is blowin' in the wind. | Sa rispusta bùfat in su bentu. |
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How many times must a man look up | E cantos annos at a poder esistere unu monte |
Before he can see the sky? | inantis de che lu mandicare su mare? |
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have | E cantos annos an’ a poder esistere sos òmines |
Before he can hear people cry? | inantis de èsser lassaos liberos? |
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows | E cantas bortas un òmine podet pumpiare |
That too many people have died? | e fàgher finta de no bìder? |
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, | Sa rispusta, amigu meu, bùfat in su bentu, |
The answer is blowin' in the wind. | Sa rispusta bùfat in su bentu. |
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How many years can a mountain exist | E cantas bortas un òmine depet pumpiare in artu |
Before it's washed to the sea? | inantis de poder bider su chelu? |
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist | E cantas oricras dèpet tènner un òmine |
Before they're allowed to be free? | inantis de pòder internder sos ateros pranghende? |
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, | E cantos mortos b’an a chèrrer inantis chi issu at a ischire |
Pretending he just doesn't see? | chi bi sunis tropu mortos? |
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, | Sa rispusta, amigu meu, bùfat in su bentu, |
The answer is blowin' in the wind. | Sa rispusta bùfat in su bentu. |