Sergio Endrigo — La ballata dell'ex song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La ballata dell'ex" by Sergio Endrigo.

Lyrics

Andava per i boschi con due mitra e tre bombe a mano
La notte solo il vento gli faceva compagnia
Laggi? nella vallata? gi? pronta l’imboscata
Nell’alba senza sole eccoci qua
Qualcuno il conto oggi pagher?
Andava per i boschi con due mitra e tre bombe a mano
Il mondo? un mondo cane ma stavolta cambier?
Tra poco finiranno i giorni neri di paura
Un mondo tutto nuovo sorger?
Per tutti l’uguaglianza e la libert?
In soli cinque anni questa guerra? gi? finita
? libera l’Italia l’oppressore non c'? pi?
Si canta per i campi dove il grano ride al sole
La gente? ritornata gi? in citt?
Ci son nell’aria grandi novit?
E scese dai suoi monti per i boschi fino al piano
Passava tra la gente che applaudiva gli alleati
Andava a consegnare mitra barba e bombe a mano
Ormai l’artiglieria non serve pi?
Un mondo tutto nuovo sorger?
Per tutti l’uguaglianza e la libert?
E torna al suo paese che? rimasto sempre quello
Con qualche casa in meno ed un campanile in pi?
C'? il vecchio maresciallo che lo vuole interrogare
Cos? per niente per formalit?
Mi chiamano Danilo e sono qua
E vogliono sapere perch? come quando e dove
Soltanto per vedere se ha diritto alla pensione
Gli chiedono per caso come? andata quella sera
Che son partiti il conte e il podest?
E chi li ha fatto fuori non si sa
E chi li ha fatto fuori non si sa Se il tempo? galantuomo io son figlio di nessuno
Vent’anni son passati e il nemico? sempre l?
Ma i tuoi compagni ormai non ci son pi?
Son tutti al ministero o all’aldil?
Ci fosse un cane a ricordare che
Andavi per i boschi con due mitra e tre bombe a mano…
Un mondo tutto nuovo sorger?
Per tutti l’uguaglianza e la libert?

Lyrics translation

He went through the woods with two machine guns and three hand bombs
At night only the wind kept him company
Over there? in the Valley? gi? ambush ready
In the sunless Dawn here we are
Someone the bill today pagher?
He went through the woods with two machine guns and three hand bombs
The world? a dog world but this time will change?
The dark days of fear will soon end
A whole new sorger world?
For all equality and freedom?
In just five years this war? gi? unfinished
? free Italy the oppressor there? pi?
They sing for the fields where the wheat laughs in the sun
People? back already? in the city?
Are there big news in the air?
And he went down from his mountains into the woods unto the floor
Passed among the people applauding the allies
He was going to deliver beard miter and hand bombs
No more artillery?
A whole new sorger world?
For all equality and freedom?
And back to your country what? always remained that
With a few houses less and a bell tower more?
C'? the old marshal who wants to question him
Cos? not at all for formality?
They Call Me Danilo and I'm here
And they want to know why? like when and where
Just to see if he's entitled to a pension
Do they ask him how? gone that night
That the count and the podest are gone?
And who took them out is not known
And who made them out do not know if the weather? gallantuomo I am nobody's son
Twenty years have passed and the enemy? always l?
But your comrades are no more?
Are they all at the ministry or aldil?
There was a dog to remember that
You went through the woods with two machine guns and three hand bombs…
A whole new sorger world?
For all equality and freedom?