Si chiamava Gesù Lyrics in English Fabrizio De André
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Si chiamava Gesù by Fabrizio De André from Italian to English.
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Venuto da molto lontano
Came from far away
A convertire bestie e gente
Converting beasts and people
Non si può dire non sia servito a niente
You can't say it didn't help
Perché prese la terra per mano
Because he took the earth by the hand
Vestito di sabbia e di bianco
Dressed in sand and white
Alcuni lo dissero santo
Some said it holy
Per altri ebbe meno virtù
For others he had less virtue
Si faceva chiamare gesù
He called himself Jesus
Non intendo cantare la gloria
I'm not going to sing glory
Né invocare la grazia e il perdono
Nor invoke grace and forgiveness
Di chi penso non fu altri che un uomo
Of whom I think it was no other than a man
Come dio passato alla storia
As god passed to history
Ma inumano è pur sempre l'amore
But inhuman is still love
Di chi rantola senza rancore
Of those who hold it without a grudge
Perdonando con l'ultima voce
Forgiving with the last voice
Chi lo uccide fra le braccia di una croce
Who kills him in the arms of a cross
E per quelli che l'ebbero odiato
And for those who hated him
Nel getzemani pianse l'addio
In getzemani he mourned the farewell
Come per chi lo adorò come dio
As for those who adore him as god
Che gli disse sii sempre lodato
Who told him always praised
Per chi gli portò in dono alla fine
For those who brought him as a gift at the end
Una lacrima o una treccia di spine
A tear or a braid of thorns
Accettando ad estremo saluto
Accepting in extreme greetings
La preghiera e l'insulto e lo sputo
Prayer and insult and spitting
E morì come tutti si muore
And he died as everyone died
Come tutti cambiando colore
Like everyone else by changing color
Non si può dire che sia servito a molto
It cannot be said that it served much
Perché il male dalla terra non fu tolto
Because evil from the earth was not taken away
Ebbe forse un pò troppe virtù
He had perhaps a little too many virtues
Ebbe un volto ed un nome: gesù
He had a face and a name: jesus
Di maria dicono fosse il figlio
Of mary they say he was the son
Sulla croce sbiancò come un giglio
On the cross he bleached like a lily
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FABRIZIO DE ANDRE, GIAN PIERO REVERBERI
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