S’i’ fosse foco [English translation]

Were I fire, I would burn the world.

Were I wind, I would pound it with storms.

Were I water, I would drown it.

Were I God, I would cast it in the abyss.

Were I the Pope, I would be jolly then,

I would fool all the Christians.

Were I an emperor, do you know what I would do?

I would behead everyone.

Were I death, I would go to my father.

Were I life, I would flee from him.

Similarly I would do with my mother.

Were I Cecco, as I am and was,

I would take the young and graceful women,

and I would leave the old and ugly ones to the others.

Were I fire, I would burn the world.

Were I wind, I would pound it with storms.

Were I water, I would drown it.

Were I God, I would cast it in the abyss.

• Artist:Fabrizio De André
• Album:Volume III (1968)