| Original | English version by Riccardo Venturi (based on the Italian version)
July 12, 2006 |
| PRATOBELLO | PRATOBELLO |
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| Orgòsolo pro terra de bandidos | Orgosolo was famed until yesterday |
| Fin’a eris da-e totu' fis connota | to be a land of outlaws and bandits, |
| Ma oe a Pratobello tot’ unidos | but today, in Pratobello, all united, |
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| Fizos tuos falado' sun in lota | your sons are gathering to fight |
| Contra s’invasione militare | against a military invasion |
| Ki a inie fi faghende rota | that is raging now in the country |
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| Invetze' de tratores pro arare | Instead of tractors for ploughing |
| Arriban carrarmados e cannones | they’ve sent tanks and guns |
| E trupas de masellu d’addestrare | and butchery troops for training |
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| Mandada da-e sos solitos bufones | Sent by the same old fools |
| Ki keren ki rinasca' sa Barbaja | who want to revive Barbagia |
| Cun parcos pro sas muvras e sirbones | with parks for moufflons and wild boars |
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| Naran puru ki sa zente es' malvaja | They also say the people are wicked, |
| Ki viven de furtos e ricatos | living on robbery and blackmailing |
| In sa muntannya infid'e selvaja | in the highlands treacherous and savage |
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| Pro ke finire custos malos fatos | To put an end to all these ill deeds |
| E dare a sa Sardinnya atera via | and to open other ways to Sardinia |
| Custos bufones decidin cumpatos | these blockheads decide en bloc |
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| De mandarene galu politzia | To send us more and more cops. |
| Sos contadinos e-i sos pastores | The peasants and the shepherds |
| E totu canta sa zente famia | and all the hungry people there |
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| Isetavan concimes e tratores | Were exspecting fertilizers and tractors |
| Pro aer pius late e pius pane | to get more milk and more bread, |
| Invetze' totu an dadu a sos sinnyores | they’ve given all to the rich, instead |
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| A Rovelli, Moratti e s'Agacane | To Rovelli, to Moratti, to the Aga Khan, |
| Povèrinu e miseru s'anzone | poor thing is the lamb |
| K'iseta late da-e su mariane: | who expects milk of a fox |
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| D'issu poi si prèa' su bucone | Now we’re getting them a poisoned bait. |
| Orgòsolo fiera e corazosa | Orgosolo so proud and brave, |
| Totu canta sa popolatzione | and all its population |
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| Totu custu a' cumpresu e minaçosa | Have well understood all this, and threatening |
| E si arma' de fuste pro iscaçare | gets armed with truncheons to drive away |
| Cussas trupas fascistas e odiosas | these fascist and hateful troops |
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| Ki custrint'est a segu' de torrare | That are forced to back out |
| Lassande sas muntannyas e pianos | leaving the highlands and the plains |
| Atraversende de nou su mare. | and to sail back home. |
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| Non ke banditos ma ke partijanos | Not bandits, but partisans |
| An dimostradu a sos capitalistas | have shown to capitalists |
| Ki solu cun su fuste e cun sas manos | that only with truncheons and with hands |
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| Orgòsolo ke manda' a sos fascistas | Orgosolo has driven fascists away, |
| Orgòsolo ke manda' a sos fascistas | Orgosolo has driven fascists away. |
