Hobby [English translation]

Giorgio, remember when we sat

at a desk together in the mechanics curriculum?

You were very good—I, on the other hand, was not—

and for class assignments, I copied from you.

Giorgio, remember when you had

to leave school during the mechanics curriculum?

You had to work—to give your family a hand.

I, on the other hand, could stay—I continued the curriculum.

Giorgio, is it true, that, other than your work,

in the evening, as a hobby, you spend time on mechanics?

You think I finished the curriculum and indeed I am a graduate—

yet I have a huge handicap: I understand nothing.

• Artist:Luigi Tenco
• Album:Luigi Tenco Canta Tenco, De André, Jannacci, Bob Dylan (1972)