Francesco Guccini — Il 3 Dicembre Del '39 song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Il 3 Dicembre Del '39" by Francesco Guccini.

Lyrics

Il tre dicembre del trentanove a stare al mondo volli provar:
mio padre uomo ligio al partito nome Benito mi volle dar.
Mia madre, santa donna di Dio, aggiunse un Pio per contentar
uno zio prete che per commosso ringraziamento mi battezzò…
Appena giunto su questa terra ci fu la guerra e il genitor
che fu dei primi ad andar via dall’Albania mai piùtornò:
mia madre allora cercòlo zio per dirgli «Pio, che mangerà?»
Egli rispose di aver pazienza; «La Provvidenza, vi aiuterà…»
La provvidenza ci ha poi aiutati con i soldati della Wermacht,
poi dopo l'8 seguii gli eventi, e fui parente dello zio Sam:
mia madre, donna di gran pietà, cercòin politica verginità…
sulla sua porta ci scrisse «Mary», scordai la lupa, mi chiamai Jack…
Quarantacinque, finìla guerra, ma in questa terra pace non c'è,
il parabellum fanno cantare per festeggiare la libertà:
mia madre allora che fiutòl'aria fu proletaria e si sposò
un pezzo grosso del C.L.N. e io divenni «Benski-Stalin»…
I giorni passano, i tempi cambiano, i fronti cadono, la piazza calmasi,
restaurazione, televisione, boom economico, seicento Fiat…
Mia madre, donna di grande amore, sentìnel cuore l’error di un dì:
fu clericale, democristiana, e nella lana fede trovò…
Ora ho una fabbrica, solo un affanno: un miliardo all’anno appena mi dà!
Io son per la D.C., ma di sinistra e socialista diventerò…
Mia madre donna ormai d’etàmorìin odore di santità…
Io chiesa, nobili e terzo stato sempre ho fregato solo per me…

Lyrics translation

The third of December of the thirty-nine to stay in the world I wanted to prove:
my father man ligio to the party name Benito wanted to give me.
My mother, holy woman of God, added a Pius to please
an uncle priest who for a moving Thanksgiving baptized me…
As soon as he arrived on this earth, there was war and the father
who was one of the first to leave Albania never returned:
my mother then looked for uncle to tell him " Pio, what will he eat?»
He replied that he had patience; " Providence will help you…»
Providence then helped us with the soldiers of the Wermacht,
then after 8 I followed events, and I was related to Uncle Sam:
my mother, a woman of great pity, sought in politics virginity…
on his door he wrote "Mary", I forgot the Wolf, my name was Jack…
Forty-five, the war is over, but there is no peace in this land,
parabellum make them sing to celebrate freedom:
my mother then who sniffed the air was proletarian and married
a big shot of the C. L. N. and I became " Benski-Stalin»…
The days pass, the times change, the fronts fall, the square calms down,
restoration, television, economic boom, six hundred Fiat…
My mother, woman of great love, felt in her heart the error of a day:
she was clerical, Christian-Democratic, and in the wool of faith found…
Now I have a factory, just a breath: a billion a year as soon as he gives me!
I'm for D.C., but left and socialist I'll become…
My mother, a woman of age, died in the smell of holiness.…
I church, nobles and third state always I cheated just for me…