Translation of the song lyrics Sud America - Paolo Conte

Sud America (original)

Il giorno tropicale era un sudario
davanti ai grattacieli era un sipario
campa decentemente e intanto spera
di essere prossimamente milionario
Luomo ch venuto da lontano
ha la genialit di uno Schiaffino
ma religiosamente tocca il pane
e guarda le sue stelle uruguaiane.
Ah Sudamerica
E i ballerini aspettano su una gamba
lultima carit di unaltra rumba
Ah Sudamerica
Era ancestrale il gesto tropicale,
un arco dal sereno al fortunale,
per dirti quanto grande la questione
tra il danneggiato e lassicurazione.
Si arrende il vento ai suoi capelli spessi
di Dio ti dice che sta li a due passi
ma mentre va indicando laltopiano
le labbra fanno il verso dellaeroplano.
Ah Sudamerica
E i ballerini aspettano su una gamba
lultima carit di unaltra rumba

(translation)

The tropical day was a shroud
in front of the skyscrapers was a curtain
he lives decently and in the meantime he hopes
to be a millionaire in the near future
The man who came from afar
has the genius of a Schiaffino
but religiously touches the bread
and look at its Uruguayan stars.
Ah South America
And the dancers wait on one leg
the last charity of another rumba
Ah South America
The tropical gesture was ancestral,
an arc from the serene to the stormy,
to tell you how big the matter is
between the injured party and the insurance.
The wind surrenders to her thick hair
God tells you that he is there a stone's throw away
but as he goes pointing to the plateau
his lips make the noise of the airplane.
Ah South America
And the dancers wait on one leg
the last charity of another rumba