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Inghjustizia

L'Arcusgi
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OriginalEnglish adaptation by Riccardo Venturi
INGHJUSTIZIAINJUSTICE
  
A l’alba, un nucente da li soi hè sradicatuAn innocent at dawn is torn from his family
Senz’un’ affollu è nisun’difesa.Defenceless, without help, without support.
Torna una volta, l’onore hè sprizzatuWhen he is back, you feel honour is contempted,
E d’un populu sanu si sente l’offesa.You feel offence is given to an entire people.
  
C’hè tanti feriti e tant’inghjuliatiSo many are wounded, so many humiliated,
Ch’in lu mondu sanu si sò pisatiSo many are oppressed throghout the world.
I diritti di l’omi a caternu lampatiThe rights of man are ridden roughshod over,
Omi di gran’valore, sò stat’imprigiunati.Men of great merit are cast in prison.
  
Soffia in lu mondu u ventu d’inghjustiziaThe world is swept by the wind of injustice,
Corre ‘ssu velenu, si sparghje pianu pianuThis poison is flowing, it spreads constantly,
Invad’e nazione, scacci’a demucraziaIt pours into the nation driving liberty away,
Calpighja u dirittu, avillisce l’umanu.It crushes underfoot the laws of mankind.
  
Stati arganti li vostri malfattiYou arrogant states, your evil actions,
Li vostr’assassinii seranu svilatiYour murders will be revealed one day,
Truverette sempre di pettu à un’armataYou will always find an army to face,
Un pugnu pisatu per stangavvi a stradaA clenched fist will always bar your way.
  
Di populu l’idea ùn si po’ inchjustràYou can never put in jail a people's idea,
Un s’azzitt’una voce chi mughja libertàYou can never silence a voice crying for liberty,
Più cresce a ripressione, più lotta piglia forzaThe more you oppress, the stronger is our struggle,
Un si sguass’una storia, ùn si schis’una lingua.You cannot wipe out history, you cannot shun a language.
  
Soffia in lu mondu u ventu d’inghjustiziaThe world is swept by the wind of injustice,
Corre ‘ssu velenu si sparghje pianu pianuThis poison is flowing, it spreads constantly,
Invad’e nazione, scacci’a demucraziaIt pours into the nation driving liberty away,
Calpighja u dirittu, avillisce l’umanu.It crushes underfoot the laws of mankind.
  
I muri di u putere dumane cascheranuThe walls of power are going to fall down,
Di li populi cechi l’ochji s’apreranuThe eyes of blind peoples are going to open wide,
Smariscerà lu bughju è u lume sbuceràDarkness is going to fade and light is appearing,
U soffiu di’a rivolta tandu sventulerà.The wind of revolution is going to sweep the world.
  
Soffia in lu mondu u ventu d’inghjustiziaThe world is swept by the wind of injustice,
Corre ‘ssu velenu, si sparghje pianu pianuThis poison is flowing, it spreads constantly,
Invad’e nazione, scacci’a demucraziaIt pours into the nation driving liberty away,
Calpighja u dirittu, avillisce l’umanuIt crushes underfoot the laws of mankind.
  
Soffia in lu mondu u ventu d’inghjustiziaThe world is swept by the wind of injustice,
Corre ‘ssu velenu, si sparghje pianu pianuThis poison is flowing, it spreads constantly,
Ma leva la sumenta e fiurisce la viaBut a seed is also spreading with it, you know,
Chi ci porta si sà, versu’a demucrazia.The flower-giving seed of democracy.


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