O padrone [English translation]

The boss is worthless.1

He always tells us to work

And we [can] only eat the bitter part2

For that dirt measly salary that he gives us.

The boss today came to us,

He wanted to tell us:

"Be careful, everything is going to blow up"

And then an explosion hit us to death3.

[There is] so much light, there is no more misery,

In Paradise we are [finally] going well

And no-one wants to boss us around.

The Lord is worthless1

[And] always tells [us] to pray:

If we pray Holy Mary

Something on the Earth may change.

The Lord today came to us,

He wanted to tell us:

"What's the matter with you?

Even in Heaven you must work"

[There is] so much light, it's impossible to stay here in Paradise:

Not even the dead [ones] are going well,

And we have not even bitter parts to eat4.

1. a. b. lit. "does not worth two pennies"2. lit. "We only eat the lemon"3. lit. "hit us there".4. lit. "We have no lemon to eat"

• Artist:Pino Daniele
• Album:Terra Mia (1977)