Lyrics of Agapito Malteni il ferroviere - Rino Gaetano

Agapito Malteni il ferroviere - Rino Gaetano
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Date of issue: 22.06.2015
Song language: Italian

Agapito Malteni il ferroviere

(original)
Agapito Malteni era un ferroviere
viveva a Manfredonia giù nel Tavoliere
buona educazione di spirito cristiano
ed un locomotore sotto mano.
Di buona famiglia giovane e sposato
negli occhi si leggeva: molto complessato
faceva quel mestiere forse per l’amore
di viaggiare sul locomotore.
Seppure complessato il cuore gli piangeva
quando la sua gente andarsene vedeva
perché la gente scappa ancora non capiva.
Dall’alto della sua locomotiva
La gente che abbandona spesso il suo paesello
lasciando la sua falce in cambio di un martello
ricorda nei suoi occhi nel suo cuore errante
il misero guadagno di un bracciante.
Una tarda sera partì da Torre a Mare
doveva andare a Roma e dopo ritornare
pensò di non partire o pure senza fretta
di lasciare il treno a Barletta.
Svelò il suo grande piano all’altro macchinista
buono come lui ma meno utopista
parlò delle città di genti emigrate
a Gorgonzola oppure a Vimercate.
E l’altro macchinista capì il suo compagno
felice e soddisfatto del proprio guadagno
e con le parole cercava di calmarlo
fu una mano ad addormentarlo.
(translation)
Agapito Malteni was a railway worker
he lived in Manfredonia down in the Tavoliere
good education with a Christian spirit
and a locomotive at hand.
From a good young family and married
in his eyes you could read: very complex
he did that job perhaps for love
to travel on the locomotive.
Although complexed, his heart was crying
when his people saw him go away
why people run away still did not understand.
From the top of his locomotive
People who often leave their village
leaving his sickle in exchange for a hammer
remember in the eyes of him in his wandering heart
the meager income of a farmhand.
One late evening he left Torre a Mare
he had to go to Rome and then return
he thought not to leave or even without haste
to leave the train in Barletta.
He revealed his grand plan to the other driver
good like him but less utopian
he spoke of the cities of emigrated people
in Gorgonzola or in Vimercate.
And the other driver understood his companion
happy and satisfied with their earnings
and with his words she tried to calm him down
it was a hand that put him to sleep.
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Artist lyrics: Rino Gaetano