Generale [English translation]

General, beyond this hill

Lies the murderer, German night

And in the meadow, there's a peasant

Bent on the sunset, looking just like a child

Who's fifty years old, with five sons

Born like rabbits

Gone away into the world, as soldiers

And not yet returned back home

General, behind the station

You can see the train that used to lead us towards the sun

It doesn't stop anymore, not even to let us pee

We go straight home without even thinking

That the war is beautiful, even if it hurts

That we will sing again

That we will make love again, with the nurses

General, the war is over

The enemy withdrew, he's defeated

There's no one behind the hill now

Only pine needles, silence and mushrooms

Good to eat, good to dry

Good to prepare the sauce at Christmas

When the children cry

And they don't want to go to sleep

General, these five stars

These five tears on my skin

What's their point in the noise of this train

Half empty and half full

And runs fast towards the return

In two minutes it will be day,

We're almost home, it's almost love.

• Artist:Francesco De Gregori
• Album:De Gregori (1978)