| Non era vera, era un immagine, una chimera
| It wasn't true, it was an image, a chimera
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| non vedo quando, non vedo come,
| I don't see when, I don't see how,
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| è stato lo scherzo della ragione,
| it was the joke of reason,
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| con la coda dell' occhio,
| out of the corner of my eye,
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| ho visto male ho visto doppio,
| I have seen badly, I have seen double,
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| non fate caso al mio linguaggio,
| pay no attention to my language,
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| forse era solo, solo un miraggio
| maybe he was alone, just a mirage
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| Povero ragazzo, è diventato tutto pazzo,
| Poor boy, he's gone all crazy,
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| dice che ha visto la madonna, dice che sicuramente torna
| he says that he has seen the Madonna, he says that he will surely come back
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| Sono confuso è stato un momento
| I'm confused it was a moment
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| era un immagine in movimento,
| it was a moving image,
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| come una luce, come un abbaglio,
| like a light, like a glare,
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| ma forse era solo uno sbaglio
| but maybe it was just a mistake
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| Aveva bevuto, anzi era completamente ciucco,
| He had been drinking, indeed he was completely dumb,
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| chiamate i vigili, chiamate un dottore,
| call the brigade, call a doctor,
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| chiamate il sindaco il questore,
| call the mayor the commissioner,
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| dateci ascolto, dovrete prima o poi rendervi conto,
| listen to us, sooner or later you will have to realize,
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| prendete quell’impostore, prima che veda anche il signore
| take that impostor before he sees the gentleman too
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| Sono confuso è stato un momento
| I'm confused it was a moment
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| era un immagine in movimento,
| it was a moving image,
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| come una luce, come un abbaglio
| like a light, like a glare
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| ma forse era solo uno sbaglio
| but maybe it was just a mistake
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| Sono confuso è stato un momento
| I'm confused it was a moment
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| era un immagine in movimento,
| it was a moving image,
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| come una luce, come un abbaglio
| like a light, like a glare
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| ma forse era solo uno sbaglio
| but maybe it was just a mistake
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| Sono confuso
| I'm confused
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| avevo bevuto
| I drunk
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| non era vero
| it wasn't true
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| o forse era vero
| or maybe it was true
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| non era vero
| it wasn't true
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| ero confuso
| I was confused
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| o forse era vero | or maybe it was true |