Crêuza de mä [English translation]

Shadows of faces faces of sailors

where you come from where are you going

from a place where the moon is shown naked

and the night pointed the knife at our throat

and to mount the donkey is still God

The Devil is in heaven and there he built the nest

we leave the sea to dry Andrea's bones

the fountain of the doves in the stone house.

And in the stone house guests will be

in Andrea's house that is not Sailor

people of Lugano faces pickpocket

those who prefer the wing of the bass

girls of the family, the smell of good

you can watch them without a condom.

And what will give to these empty bellies

what to drink, what to eat

fried fish, white Portofino

lamb brains in the same wine

lasagne to be cut to four sauces

pasticcio of sweet and sour rabbit with tiles.

And we will sail in the boat of wine on the rocks

emigrants of laughter with nails in our eyes

until the morning will grow that you can collect

brother of carnations and of girls

Lord of the rope running water and salt

that binds us and brings us into a creuza de mä *.

* The "Creuza de mä" is in Genoese dialect a suburban street that runs between two walls that usually determine the property boundaries

• Artist:Fabrizio De André
• Album:Crêuza de mä (1984)