Dove andate? [English translation]

1

Where, where are you going?

And why have your swords been unsheathed,

if they were resting inside their scabbard?

You think it has not been much,

the blood spilt on land and sea

to drag the enemy in chains

and to cause your destruction.2

Not even the wolves, not even the lions,

are so merciless towards the animals of their own species.

What is driving you?

What is dragging you

to quench your desire for violence?

Nobody comes to answer me,

nobody can hide the fear on his face.

You are pushed by a tragic fate,

and brothers kill brothers

since the time the Earth was stained by Remus’ blood.3

Where, where are you going?

And why have your swords been unsheathed,

if they were resting inside their scabbard?

You had just been hiding them.

1. Inspired by the Epode VII by Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)

http://nonnumadanda.blogspot.it/2011/02/horace-epode-7.html2. The Romans defeated Carthage enslaving the people and destroying the city.3. Remus was killed by his brother Romulus, the progenitor of Ancient Rome. Rome was founded and still bases its foundations on murder.

• Artist:Giorgio Gaber
• Album:Sexus et politica