La società de li magnaccioni [English translation]

Make room, we're coming through,

the young men of this beautiful Rome,

we are handsome boys, works of art,1

and we make all girls fall in love.

And we make all girls fall in love.

We don’t give a damn, what do we care

if the innkeeper has put water in the wine,

so we’ll say, we’ll tell him:

“You’ve put water and we won’t pay you.”

But anyway we are the ones

who answer him back in unison:

“Better the wine of the Roman Castles

than this dirty society”.

And if by chance the landlord comes

and all of a sudden demands to pay the rent,

then we answer: Mister landlord,

we’ve already paid and won’t pay anymore.

We’ve already paid and won’t pay anymore.

Again, we don’t give a damn, what do we care

if the innkeeper has put water in the wine,

so we’ll say, we’ll tell him:

“You’ve put water and we won’t pay you.”

But anyway we are the ones

who answer him back in unison:

“Better the wine of the Roman Castles

than this dirty society”.

We enjoy chicken,

lambs and hens

because they have no fish bones,

they aren’t like the salt cod.

The society of big gluttons,

the society of youth,

we like to eat and drink

and we dislike working.

Bring us another bottle2

that we’ll drink it

and then we’ll answer him:

“Well, so what’s weird?”

And when the wine, well,

comes down our throats, well,

into our gullets, well,

it makes a bump, well,

To make it short, to make it brief,

let’s call the waiter: “Get us something to drink

to drink, to drink, ah, ah”.

1. Literally: made with a paintbrush.2. Literally: another liter.

• Artist:Lando Fiorini