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Nuvolari è basso di statura Nuvolari è al di sotto del normale Nuvolari ha cinquanta chili d'ossa Nuvolari ha un corpo eccezionale Nuvolari ha le mani come artigli Nuvolari ha un talismano contro i mali Il suo sguardo è di un falco per i figli I suoi muscoli sono muscoli eccezionali! Gli uccelli nell'aria perdono l'ali Quando passa Nuvolari! Quando corre Nuvolari mette paura... Perché il motore è feroce Mentre taglia ruggendo la pianura Gli alberi della strada Strisciano sulla piana Sui muri cocci di bottiglia Si sciolgono come poltiglia Tutta la polvere è spazzata via! Quando corre Nuvolari Quando passa Nuvolari La gente arriva in mucchio E si stende sui prati Quando corre Nuvolari Quando passa Nuvolari La gente aspetta il suo arrivo Per ore e ore E finalmente quando sente il rumore Salta in piedi e lo saluta con la mano Gli grida parole d'amore E lo guarda scomparire Come guarda un soldato a cavallo A cavallo nel cielo di Aprile! Nuvolari è bruno di colore Nuvolari ha la maschera tagliente Nuvolari ha la bocca sempre chiusa Di morire non gli importa niente... Corre se piove, corre dentro al sole Tre più tre per lui fa sempre sette Con l'"alfa" rossa fa quello che vuole Dentro al fuoco di cento saette! C'è sempre un numero in più nel destino Quando corre Nuvolari... Quando passa Nuvolari Ognuno sente il suo cuore è vicino In gara Verona è davanti a Corvino Con un tempo d'inferno Acqua, grandine e vento Pericolo di uscire di strada Ad ogni giro un inferno Ma sbanda, striscia, è schiacciato Lo raccolgono quasi spacciato! Ma Nuvolari rinasce come rinasce il ramarro Batte Varzi e Campari Borzacchini e Fagioli Brilli-Peri e Ascari Nuvolari © 1976 Roberto Roversi, Lucio Dalla Tazio Nuvolari was a storied Italian racing driver whose career went from 1920-1950. Ferdinand Porsche called him "the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future." |
Nuvolari is short in stature, Nuvolari is way below average. Nuvolari has 50 kilograms of bones, Nuvolari has an exceptional body. Nuvlari has hands like talons, Nuvolari has a talisman against evils. His gaze is of a falcon for its sons, his muscles are exceptional muscles! The birds in the air lose their wings when Nuvolari passes! When Nuvolari races he instills fear . . . because the engine is raging as it cuts, roaring the lowlands. The trees of the road creep on the plain. On the walls, shards of bottles dissolve like slush. All the dust is swept away! When Nuvolari races, when Nuvolari passes, people arrive in heaps and extend onto the meadows. When Nuvolari races, when Nuvolari passes, people await his arrival for hours and hours. And finally when they hear the sound, they jump to their feet and salute him by hand. They shout to him words of love and they watch him disappear like they watch a cavalryman on horseback in the April sky! Nuvolari is brown colored, Nuvolari has a cutting guise, Nuvolari has a mouth always closed, dying means nothing to him . . . He races if it rains, he races inside the sun, three plus three for him is always seven. With his red Alfa he does what he wants inside the fire of a hundred lightning bolts! There is always one more number in destiny when Nuvolari races . . . When Nuvolari passes, each one senses his heart is nearby In competition Verona is ahead of Corvino. With a temperature of Hell, water, hail and wind, the danger of going off the road, at every lap an inferno - but he swerves, he sneaks, he is crushed. They gather him up almost doomed! But Nuvolari is reborn as is reborn the lizard. He is beating Varzi and Campari, Borzacchini and Fagioli, Brilli-Peri and Ascari. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Automobili was the third and final album of collaboration between Lucio Dalla and the poet Roberto Roversi. The album is a selection of songs from their theatrical production called "The Future of the Automobile and Other Stories," which was broadcast by state television RAI. Roversi wanted the album to present all the songs from the show and objected to Dalla choosing to present only half of them. Roversi ended up disavowing the album project, signing his contribution with the pseudonym "Norisso." |
I began exploring Italian popular songs as part of learning Italian. Here are my translations for some of my favorite "canzoni" by Italian singers, songwriters, and bands whose work I admire. It's a work in progress that can serve as a curated introduction to Italian popular music, with an emphasis on the 1950s through the 1990s. If you speak Italian, send me a message if you see lyrics I've misunderstood.

