Fiaba — L'omino di latta song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "L'omino di latta" by Fiaba.

Lyrics

C’era una mela col bruco, la cornacchia col lupo ed un uomo colle mani grandi
che faceva i balocchi, ne riempiva tre sacchi
Cocci a cui dava la vita con le agili dita (chissà quante volte avrai gettato
certamente, in passato) si muovevano soli
Forse un carro curvo dalla strada un po' sconnessa lento arriverà,
l’uomo colla barba lunga e la bisaccia piena d’oro gli dirà: — Ti regalo uno
zecchino, voglio quello strano omino —
— Eccolo che arriva, già mi tremano le gambe, viene proprio qua-,
disse quell’omino figlio della latta e della stoppa, che lo sa
— Fa vedere da vicino! No quello… l’omino!-
Scappa sopra il pentolino, sul sacco di lino, nel tino
— Eccoti qua piccolino… Dai vecchio! Prendi uno zecchino… facciamo due,
oggi è stata una buona giornata per me. -
Il carro dei mostri che gira le strade ti porta lontano, mostrarti vorrà!
Il carro dei mostri, che gira le strade, che gira e che gira e che gira…
Erano rinchiusi dentro il carro, fra le sbarre (e lui era la) l’uomo cane,
l’orso triste, l’aspica e cos’altro solo Dio lo sa
— Vieni un poco più vicino, prenditi quel lanternino.-
— State lì da molto? -
— Siamo qui rinchiusi solo da un eternità -
— Certo che vi credo, ma non vedo lo motivo della crudeltà -
— Sempre mostri siamo stati e perciò veniam mostrati-
Colle mani sue di latta dita nei lucchetti, gli scatti — Che succede qui dentro?
Scappano sui tetti, negli anfratti, di scatto
— Anche il gatto… -
E l’omino di latta

Lyrics translation

There was an apple with the caterpillar, the crow with the Wolf and a man with big hands
he was playing ball, he was filling three sacks of it.
Shards to which he gave life with his nimble fingers (who knows how many times you have thrown
of course, in the past) they moved alone
Maybe a curved wagon from the road a little bumpy slow will come,
the man with the long beard and the saddlebag full of gold will tell him — - I give you one
zecchino, I want that strange little man —
- Here he comes, my legs are already shaking, he's coming right here-,
said the little man Son of the tin and the Wick, who knows it
- Get a close look! No, that ... the little man!-
Run over the pot, over the linen sack, into the VAT
- Here you are, little man. Take a tick ... let's make two,
today was a good day for me. -
The monster wagon that runs the streets takes you far, show you will want!
The chariot of monsters, that turns the streets, that turns and that turns and that turns…
They were locked inside the wagon, between the bars (and he was there) the dog man,
the sad bear, the aspic and what else only God knows
- Come a little closer, Get that Lantern.-
- Have you been there long? -
- We've only been locked up here forever — -
Of course I believe you, but I don't see the reason for the cruelty. -
- We have always been monsters and therefore we are shown-
With his tin hands, fingers in the locks, the shots - what's going on in here?
They run on the roofs, in the crevices, shooting
- Even the cat… -
And the Tin Man