Sud America - Paolo Conte

Il giorno tropicale era un sudario

davanti ai grattacieli era un sipario

campa decentemente e intanto spera

di essere prossimamente milionario

Luomo ch venuto da lontano

ha la genialit di uno Schiaffino

ma religiosamente tocca il pane

e guarda le sue stelle uruguaiane.

Ah Sudamerica

E i ballerini aspettano su una gamba

lultima carit di unaltra rumba

Ah Sudamerica

Era ancestrale il gesto tropicale,

un arco dal sereno al fortunale,

per dirti quanto grande la questione

tra il danneggiato e lassicurazione.

Si arrende il vento ai suoi capelli spessi

di Dio ti dice che sta li a due passi

ma mentre va indicando laltopiano

le labbra fanno il verso dellaeroplano.

Ah Sudamerica

E i ballerini aspettano su una gamba

lultima carit di unaltra rumba

The tropical day was a shroud

in front of the skyscrapers was a curtain

he lives decently and in the meantime he hopes

to be a millionaire in the near future

The man who came from afar

has the genius of a Schiaffino

but religiously touches the bread

and look at its Uruguayan stars.

Ah South America

And the dancers wait on one leg

the last charity of another rumba

Ah South America

The tropical gesture was ancestral,

an arc from the serene to the stormy,

to tell you how big the matter is

between the injured party and the insurance.

The wind surrenders to her thick hair

God tells you that he is there a stone's throw away

but as he goes pointing to the plateau

his lips make the noise of the airplane.

Ah South America

And the dancers wait on one leg

the last charity of another rumba