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GUEST,renzo Lyr Add: Bella Ciao (Italian folk song) (63* d) RE: Lyr Add: Bella Ciao (Italian) 08 Jul 06


At the risk of being lumped in with the "Idiots", I have done my own translation of the lyrics I found above and which match exactly the words sung by a group called "les Italiens"...available at MSN Music.


Una mattina, mi son svegliato
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Una mattina mi son svegliato
Ed ho trovato l'invasor.

O partigiano portami via
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
O partigiano portami via
Che mi sento di morir.

E se io muoio da partigiano
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Se io muoio da partigiano
Tu mi devi seppellir.

Mi seppillirai lassu in montagna
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Mi seppillirai lassu in montagna
Sotto l'ombra d'un bel fior.

E la gente che passeranno
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
E la gente che passeranno
Mi diranno, "che bel fior"

Quest' e il fiore del partigiano
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Quest'e il fiore del partigiano
Morto per la Liberta.
________________________________________________________________

One morning I awoke
(O sweetheart goodbye, goodbye, goodbye)
One morning I awoke
To find the enemy upon me.

O comrade, carry me away
( O sweetheart, farewell, farewell,farewell)
O comrade carry me away
I'm about to die.

And if I die for my country
(O my love, adieu)
And if I die for my country
You must bury me.

Bury me up there on the mountain
( O sweetheart, goodbye!)
Bury me up there on the mountain
In the shade of a beautiful flower.

And the people who pass by
( O my dear one, so long)
And the people who pass by
Will say 'what a lovely flower!'

This is the flower of the partisan
( O sweetheart goodbye!)
This is the flower of the partisan
Who died for Freedom !


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