La torre di Babele [English translation]

Don’t stop!

You must build up your tower,

the Tower of Babel

bigger and bigger

higher and higher, nicer and nicer

… Are you or are you not the masters of the earth?

Tear all of the secrets out of nature

and there will be nothing

that will scare you

and you’ll be the ones who make the earth rotate

with a thread, like a top,

from the heights of a star.

And that star will be the headquarters

to conquer

whatever still has to be conquered,

and from that star,

through the whole universe,

the man spreads out to outdo himself.

Don’t stop!

You must build up your tower,

the Tower of Babel,

whatever it costs,

even war after war,

are you or are you not the masters of the earth?

Don’t stop!

You must build up your tower,

the Tower of Babel,

it must be done, and serves to demonstrate

that the man is greater

than any other animal!

• Artist:Edoardo Bennato
• Album:La torre di Babele