L'odore [English translation]

Lying on the grass

just a moment before

making love.

A cricket is singing,

the air around here is so nice...

what a smell!

Slowly, I go back to caressing her petticoat...

it must be the zone!

We go looking for a better place

and there I find again

my tenderness.

She's such a dear girl,

I start feeling excited...

it's not a smell, it's actually a stink!

I attempt hugging her to close her nostrils...

it's unbearable!

I can't make it,

I'm starting to feel a little nauseous, too,

I'm feeling dizzy.

I don't ever feel bad in the city,

the air suits me better.

A bar made out of aluminum,

I sit down and I feel like a lord...

the smell is still there,

the smell is following me, it's everywhere now,

I can't, I have it on me now!

I go home, I sit on the bed, I lay down, I relax,

it's still there!

I sniff myself, I smell it stronger, an awful smell,

I take off my clothes, I'm naked now...

my smell, my smell...

What if it's me,

what if it's me, what if it's me!?

Wait, let's calm down, let's think!

I take a nice bath,

I wash, everywhere,

very carefully.

I put talcum powder, too,

I'm pure as a baby...

Damn!

Now I need to not get impressed, though...

It's making me puke!

I can't bear it,

this kind of smell won't go away

just with a wash.

It would take a rinse cycle,

low-foam detergents!

I cover myself in creams, perfumes,

from head to toe...

the stink it's stronger,

it's under my skin, I'm disgusted at my self,

such an ignorant, stinky body!

What am I going to do with all the people loving and appreciating me,

what will I do?

There's nothing to be done, the stink is stronger than before,

it's disgusting!

Me, someone who used to have so many friends, a hard worker,

I made a career, it's not right for me to lose it,

I'm a self-made man,

I'm a self-made man!

Someone who knows so many people, who came from nothing,

I'm in a good place, it's not right for me to lose it,

I'm a self-made man, I'm a self-made man,

I'm a self-made man...

I'm a shitty-made man!

• Artist:Giorgio Gaber