Quattro Cani [English translation]

Four dogs in the street:

the first one is a war dog

and he has no bones in his mouth nor violence;

he lives close to the walls and never speaks.

The second one is a mongrel

who knows hunger and tranquility

and the men's foot, and the street;

each time he dies, his tail grows back.

And the third one is a female dog, very often denies,

sometimes gives herself, then scatters her puppies

throughout the world,

because they are sons of the world,

the sons.

Four dogs in the street

and the road is already a square,

the evening is already night…

if there was the moon, we could sing.

The fourth one has a owner,

he does not know where to go, however goes there,

going back to their brothers , trusting in them;

sometimes stopping to smell the life,

the life.

Four dogs in the street

and the road is already a square,

the afternoon is already night

if there was the moon, we could sing.

• Artist:Francesco De Gregori
• Album:Rimmel (1975)