Roberto Vecchioni — La Gallina Maddalena song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La Gallina Maddalena" by Roberto Vecchioni.
Lyrics
Venne con la luna rossa,
venne con la luna piena,
dalle ceneri di Gramsci
democratica e serena.
Mangia, mangia per la strada
si credette faraona,
e fu invece solamente
la gallina Maddalena.
Era una gallina vecchia,
ma sembrava sempre nuova,
e ingrass? per quarant’anni,
senza fare mai le uova
Lyrics translation
He came with the red moon,
came with the full moon,
from the ashes of Gramsci
Democratic and serene.
Eat, eat on the street
she thought she was a pharaoh.,
and it was only
the Maddalena hen.
It was an old hen,
but it always seemed new,
and fertilizer? for forty years,
without ever making eggs