Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

to everybody, to all "Italians"...All the best..I have a present for you /and for myself also/..A song...Piazza Grande, Lucio Dalla...I do not need translation, everything is imagination...Every small vilage has its Piazza Grande, and in everyone of us also its own Piazza Grande..So meet me there, stop by..I have my usuall espresso and cigarette..My ....I have not drink real espresso for years, here I have to drive 20 miles to have sth like..Or to my way home, more often landing in Italy or Germany, I run in airport led by my nose to the bar to have real espresso, which smells and tastes like real..I am home...

And my last task for this year...Unfortunatelly I can not provide words of these songs but I need words and english translation..."O Bella Ciao" and "Venceremos"..

Thank You...All the best...mb58

You can find here lyrics and translation for "O bella ciao":

http://www.marxists.org/subject/art/...bella-ciao.htm

As for "Venceremos"...it is not in Italian but in Spanish, so you'll have to write your request in the Spanish section. I will gladly translate it for you there.

On a second thought, I translated the song here, kindly asking an administrator to move it to its right place.
Thank you!



Venceremos - We'll win


Desde el hondo crisol de la patria
From deep down the crucible of the country
se levanta el clamor popular,
the popular clamor rises
ya se anuncia la nueva alborada,
the new dwan is being announced
todo Chile comienza a cantar.
all Chile starts singing.

Recordando al soldado valiente
Remembering the brave soldier
cuyo ejemplo lo hiciera inmortal,
whose example made him immortal
enfrentemos primero a la muerte,
we'd rather face death
traicionar a la patria jamás.
but never betray our country.

Venceremos, venceremos,
We will win, we will win
mil cadenas habra que romper,
they'll have to break thousands of chains
venceremos, venceremos,
We will win, we will win
la miseria (al fascismo) sabremos vencer.
we'll know how to nail the misery (the fascism).

Campesinos, soldados, mineros,
Peasants, soldiers, miners
la mujer de la patria tambien,
the country woman as well
estudiantes, empleados y obreros,
students, clerks and workers
cumpliremos con nuestro deber.
we'll do out duty.

Sembraremos las tierras de gloria,
We'll sow the land with glory
socialista sera el porvenir,
the future will be socialist
todos juntos haremos la historia,
we'll all write history together
a cumplir, a cumplir, a cumplir
let's do out duty, let's do our duty.

Thank You, Lady_A...