Lucio Dalla — 4/3/1943 song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "4/3/1943" by Lucio Dalla.
Lyrics
Dice che era un bell’uomo e veniva, veniva dal mare
Parlava un’altra lingua, pero' sapeva amare
E quel giorno lui prese a mia madre sopra un bel prato
L’ora piu' dolce prima di essere ammazzato
Cosi' lei resto' sola nella stanza, la stanza sul porto
Con l’unico vestito ogni giorno piu' corto
E benche' non sapesse il nome e neppure il paese
Mi aspetto' come un dono d’amore fin dal primo mese
Compiva 16 anni quel giorno la mia mamma
Le strofe di taverna, le canto' a ninna nanna
E stringendomi al petto che sapeva, sapeva di mare
Giocava a fare la donna con il bimbo da fasciare
E forse fu per gioco o forse per amore
Che mi volle chiamare come nostro signore
Della sua breve vita e' il ricordo piu' grosso
E' tutto in questo nome che io mi porto addosso
E ancora adesso che gioco a carte
E bevo vino per la gente del porto
Mi chiamo gesu' bambino
E ancora adesso che gioco a carte
E bevo vino per la gente del porto
Mi chiamo gesu' bambino
E ancora adesso che gioco a carte
E bevo vino per la gente del porto
Mi chiamo Gesu' Bambino
Lyrics translation
He says he was a handsome man and he came, he came from the sea
He spoke another language, but he knew how to love
And that day he took my mother over a beautiful meadow
Sweetest hour before you get killed
So she was alone in the room, the room on the harbor.
With the only dress every day shorter
And though he didn't know the name or even the country
I expected it as a gift of love from the first month
My mom turned 16 that day.
The tavern stanzas, he sang them at lullaby
And holding me to the chest that he knew, he knew of the sea
He played the girl with the baby to be swaddled
And maybe it was out of play or maybe out of love
Who wanted to call me Our Lord
His short life is the biggest memory
It's all in this name that I wear myself
And even now that I play cards
And I drink wine for the Port people
My name is Baby Jesus
And even now that I play cards
And I drink wine for the Port people
My name is Baby Jesus
And even now that I play cards
And I drink wine for the Port people
My Name Is Baby Jesus