Giuseppe et Maria [English translation]

At any moment, they could arrive, they could surprise us

Entwined like this, your face has changed, during the night my angel

It’s this bloody war, that’s put thirty years on you

Get up, no more tears, you must flee now

It’s this bloody war, that’s put thirty years on you

No more tears, grab the kids and get going

Leave the photos on the mantelpiece, let them see the happiness that they’re destroying

Quickly join the flock of widows climbing the hill of the martyr village 1

And your menfolk will hold out, they’ll hold out until the end

Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees

Yes, I want you, it’s so strange to imagine

That this may be the last time

Yes, I want to follow you to the heights one last time

My love I will keep this night in my belly

And your breasts under your blouse that showed your breathing

And my hands on your skin which were no longer the tired hands of a builder

You know my angel, I will keep these moments in my heart

When you shouted out, for no reason, in happiness

And the children laughed, and the fallow garden, it was laughing too

My god, you were beautiful

And I’ll hear your voices, in my last breath, I will keep all that

Death holds no more fear, I’m so lucky to be leaving while in love with you

Perhaps they’ll shoot me behind the house

From each of the wounds our love will pour out

They’ll shoot me behind the house

And it’s in this place that Giuseppe and Maria will forever love each other

If you hear shouting, from afar, you must not turn back

It’s the cry of hope rising, rising, that will rise up there

Hug the children tightly and tell them that their father has left in love

And that you will be strong, and that you will be beautiful, that you’ll love them for us both

And that you will be strong, and that you will be beautiful, that you’ll love them for us both

1. Martyr (or martyred) village could well relate to this WWII atrocity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre

• Artist:Cali
• Album:L'espoir