| Viva l’Italia, l’Italia liberata,
| Long live Italy, Italy liberated,
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| l’Italia del valzer, e del caff?.
| the Italy of waltzes and coffee.
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| L’Italia derubata e colpita al cuore,
| Italy robbed and struck in the heart,
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| viva l’Italia, l’Italia che non muore.
| long live Italy, the Italy that does not die.
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| Viva l’Italia, presa a tradimento,
| Long live Italy, taken by treason,
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| l’Italia assassinata dai giornali e dal cemento,
| Italy murdered by newspapers and concrete,
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| l’Italia con gli occhi asciutti nella notte scura,
| Italy with dry eyes in the dark night,
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| viva l’Italia, l’Italia che non ha paura.
| long live Italy, the Italy that is not afraid.
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| Viva l’Italia, l’Italia che? | Long live Italy, Italy what? |
| in mezzo al mare,
| in the middle of the sea,
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| l’Italia dimenticata e da dimenticare,
| Italy forgotten and to be forgotten,
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| l’Italia met? | half Italy |
| giardino e met? | garden and half? |
| galera,
| jail,
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| viva l’Italia, l’Italia tutta intera.
| long live Italy, all of Italy.
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| Viva l’Italia, l’Italia che lavora,
| Long live Italy, the Italy that works,
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| l’Italia che si dispera, e che si innamora,
| Italy that despairs and falls in love,
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| l’Italia met? | half Italy |
| dovere e met? | duty and met? |
| fortuna,
| fortune,
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| viva l’Italia, l’Italia sulla luna.
| long live Italy, Italy on the moon.
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| Viva l’Italia, l’Italia del 12 dicembre,
| Long live Italy, Italy of 12 December,
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| l’Italia con le bandiere, l’Italia nuda come sempre,
| Italy with flags, Italy as naked as ever,
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| l’Italia con gli occhi aperti nella notte triste,
| Italy with open eyes in the sad night,
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| viva l’Italia, l’Italia che resiste.
| long live Italy, the Italy that resists.
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| (Grazie a vero per questo testo e a elisa per le correzioni) | (Thanks to vero for this text and to elisa for corrections) |