Radio Varsavia - Franco Battiato

E i volontari laici

Scendevano in pigiama per le scale

Per aiutare i prigionieri

Facevano le bende con lenzuola

E i cittadini attoniti

Fingevano di non capire niente

Per aiutare i disertori

E chi scappava in occidente

Radio Varsavia

L’ultimo appello è da dimenticare

E i commercianti punici

Prendevano sentieri di montagna

Per evitare i doganieri

Ed arrivare in Abissinia

La Cina era lontana

L’orgoglio di fantastiche operaie

Che lavoravano la seta

Le biciclette di Shangai

Radio Varsavia

L’ultimo appello è da dimenticare

And lay volunteers

They went down the stairs in their pajamas

To help the prisoners

They made bandages with sheets

And the astonished citizens

They pretended not to understand anything

To help the deserters

And who fled to the West

Radio Warsaw

The last appeal is to be forgotten

And the Punic traders

They took mountain trails

To avoid the customs officers

And get to Abyssinia

China was far away

The pride of fantastic workers

Who worked silk

The bicycles of Shanghai

Radio Warsaw

The last appeal is to be forgotten