L'italien [English translation]

It's me, it's the Italian

Is there anyone?

Is there any woman?

From here I can hear the dog

And if you're not dead

Let me in without grudge

I'm coming home a little late, I know

18 years late, that's true

But I've found my matches

In a street of Massachusetts!

It's a journey full of rigours

For a boy in my age

Let me in, open the door

I really can't any longer

If you're here, let me in

You don't know how it was over there

I'm coming back home

I've worked as everything:

As thief, tightrope walker,

Marshal-of-Lodgings1

Actor, poacher,

Emperor and pianist,

I've known other women, true but

I play really poorly the draughts2, you know...

At the time when I was a gold digger

They3 took me everything, I'm still crying on it

Time passed by over that

When my back was turned

Let me in, open the door

I really can't any longer

If you're here, let me in

You don't know how it was over there

It's me, it's the Italian

I'm back from very far away4

The road was poor

And, after so many years,

After so many heartaches

I'm dreaming of a chair

Open the door, you're here, I know it

I'm so weary, you know

I no longer have any luck but one:

That you haven't got your chance yet

But it's no longer the same dog

And someone turned off the light

Let me in, someone open a door5

I really can't any longer

If there's someone here, let me in

I'll tell how it was over there

1. Maréchal-des-logis is a sub-officer rank used by some units of the French Armed Forces (Wikipedia)2. There's a pun here: le jeu de dames (the draughts) has for literal translation "the ladies' game".3. the ladies from the previous pun4. It can also figuratively mean "It's been a close call".5. In this last chorus, you refers to several people

• Artist:Serge Reggiani