La ballata del marinaio [English translation]

A sailor in the middle of the ocean,

with a ship and a cannon

He went there to make his war

with an enemy he's never seen before

He's brought a woman's portrait with him

and some letter

and his dreams

A sailor in the middle of the ocean

trying to send an enemy to the bottom

They said that the enemy is a strange being

that he doesn't have a heart

that he doesn't know how to dream,

they said that whoever has dreams to defend,

has to fight against the enemy

A sailor in the middle of the ocean,

his enemy is already at the bottom,

but something remains on the waves

and he goes to see what cannot be

He finds a portrait of a woman and some letter,

dreams of a man

who's gone down to the bottom

• Artist:Luigi Tenco
• Album:Luigi Tenco Canta Tenco, De André, Jannacci, Bob Dylan (1972)