Le Rital [English translation]

At school when I was little

I didn't have many friends

I'd loved being called Dupont,

Being a bit more light-eyed

I used to dream of being a blond child

I was a bit angry against my father

It's true I'm a stranger

It's been repeated enough

I've got raven hair

I come from deep in Italy

And I've got the accent of my country

Italian till in my skin

I'm rital1and remain it

And in verb and in gesture

Your seasons have become mine

My music is Italian

I'm rital in my angers

In my softnesses and my prayers

I've got the memory of my species

I'm rital and remain it

Arrivederci Roma

I love lovers of Verona

Spaghetti and Minestrones

And girls from Napoli

Turin, Roma and Tifosi2

And Mona Lisa by Da Vinci

Which alas is in Paris

My eyes faded by rains

Of our autumns and our nights

And in our silent mists

I was in a traveller mood

But from shortcuts to detours

I've always done the return

I'm rital and remain it

And in verb and in gesture

Your seasons have become mine

My music is Italian

I'm rital in my angers

In my softnesses and my prayers

I've got the memory of my species

I'm rital and remain it

Arrivederci Roma

La la la la la la la

It's true I'm a stranger

It's been repeated enough

I've got raven hair

My name of my own is Barzotti

And I've got the accent of my country

Italian till in my skin

Na na na na na na na

1. 'Rital' in French is a pejorative word to refer to an Italian immigrant. An equivalent in English is 'Eyetie' (UK) or 'Macaroni' (US)2. Italian word for sport fans/supporters

• Artist:Claude Barzotti
• Album:Le Rital (1983)