Il cacciatore della notte [English translation]

Lonely darting in Eastern Europe's woods

Wanderer, only the wind can show him the way

He suddenly strikes and he's deadly

His eyes shines in the dark

He challenges the storm and the updraughs

Showing no mercy for his preys

Barn owl

Barn owl

Barn owl

Barn owl...

His screech echoes in the open fields

From Barletta-Andria-Trani to Emilia Romagna 1

From Laos to Paraguay to the Dutch Guiana

To the special administrative regions of Southern China

More precise than an archer, faster than a lightning

When he dives down

For voles, frogs and insects there's no hope

Such an ineffable hunter you are

Barn owl

Barn owl

Barn owl...

Go, rapacious bird! 2

Go, voracious bird!

You feast on rodents!

Wipe them out!

You are the heir of the Tytonidae family

Bright plumage makes you shine

The name "common gullible" doesn't harm your majesty 3

You are the king of the Strigiformes order

Barn owl

Barn owl

Barn owl...

Barn owl-Gianni Morandi 4

Barn owl...

1. respectively a province in the Apulia region (Southern Italy), and a region in Northern Italy.2. "rapace" both meaning "rapacious" and "bird of prey".3. "Allocco comune" is the name of a kind of owl, but it also literally means "common gullible". Known in English as "tawny owl", it is actually different from a barn owl.4. a pun on "barbagianni" ("barn owl") and Gianni Morandi, a popular Italian singer. The name "barbagianni" is a compound of the words "barba" ("uncle", in a Northern dialect, althought it sounds like the word for "beard" in standard Italian) and "Gianni", a male name.

• Artist:Nanowar of Steel
• Album:A Knight At The Opera (2014)