Translation of the song lyrics Un'idea - Giorgio Gaber

Un'idea (original)

Un’idea, un concetto, un’idea
finch?
resta un’idea?
soltanto un’astrazione
se potessi mangiare un’idea
avrei fatto la mia rivoluzione.
In Virginia il signor Brown
era l’uomo pi?
antirazzista
un giorno sua figlia spos?
un uomo di colore
lui disse: «Bene»
ma non era di buonumore.
Ad una conferenza
di donne femministe
si parlava di prender coscienza
e di liberazione
tutte cose giuste
per un’altra generazione.
Un’idea, un concetto, un’idea
finch?
resta un’idea?
soltanto un’astrazione
se potessi mangiare un’idea
avrei fatto la mia rivoluzione.
Su un libro di psicologia
ho imparato a educare mio figlio
se cresce libero il bimbo
?
molto pi?
contento
l’ho lasciato fare
m'?
venuto l’esaurimento.
Il mio amico voleva impostare
la famiglia in un modo nuovo
e disse alla moglie
«Se vuoi, mi puoi anche tradire».
Lei lo trad?
lui non riusciva pi?
a dormire.
Un’idea, un concetto, un’idea
finch?
resta un’idea?
soltanto un’astrazione
se potessi mangiare un’idea
avrei fatto la mia rivoluzione.
Aveva tante idee
era un uomo d’avanguardia
si vestiva di nuova cultura
cambiava ogni momento
ma quand’era nudo
era un uomo dell’Ottocento.
Ho voluto andare
ad una manifestazione
i compagni, la lotta di classe
tante cose belle
che ho nella testa
ma non ancora nella pelle.
Un’idea, un concetto, un’idea
finch?
resta un’idea?
soltanto un’astrazione
se potessi mangiare un’idea
avrei fatto la mia rivoluzione
la mia rivoluzione, la mia rivoluzione.

(translation)

An idea, a concept, an idea
until
remains an idea?
only an abstraction
if I could eat an idea
I would have made my revolution.
In Virginia, Mr. Brown
he was the man more?
anti-racist
one day his daughter married?
a black man
he said, "Good"
but he wasn't in a good mood.
At a conference
of feminist women
there was talk of becoming aware
and liberation
all right things
for another generation.
An idea, a concept, an idea
until
remains an idea?
only an abstraction
if I could eat an idea
I would have made my revolution.
In a psychology book
I learned how to educate my son
if the child grows free
?
much more?
happy
I let him do it
m '?
exhaustion came.
My friend wanted to set up
the family in a new way
and he said to his wife
"If you want, you can also betray me."
She traded him?
he could not anymore?
to sleep.
An idea, a concept, an idea
until
remains an idea?
only an abstraction
if I could eat an idea
I would have made my revolution.
He had so many ideas
he was a man of the vanguard
he dressed in a new culture
he changed every moment
but when he was naked
he was a man of the nineteenth century.
I wanted to go
at a demonstration
the comrades, the class struggle
many beautiful things
that I have in my head
but not yet in the skin.
An idea, a concept, an idea
until
remains an idea?
only an abstraction
if I could eat an idea
I would have made my revolution
my revolution, my revolution.