🎵 Luyện Nghe Bài Hát: L'italiano (L Asciatemi Cantare) - Toto Cutugno

 Lasciatemi cantare
 con  chitarra in mano
 lasciatemi cantare
  canzone piano piano
 lasciatemi cantare
  ne sono fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero
 
 Buongiorno Italia gli spaghetti  dente
 e un partigiano  Presidente
 con  sempre nella mano destra
  canarino sopra la finestra
 Buongiorno  con i suoi artisti
 con troppa America  manifesti
 con le canzoni, con 
 con  cuore
 con più donne sempre  suore
 Buongiorno Italia
 buongiorno Maria
  gli occhi pieni di malinconia
 buongiorno Dio
 lo sai che  sono anch’io
 
 Lasciatemi cantare
 con la chitarra  mano
 lasciatemi cantare
 una  piano piano
 Lasciatemi cantare
  ne sono fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero
 
 Buongiorno Italia che  si spaventa
 con la crema  barba da menta
  un vestito gessato sul blu
 e la moviola  domenica in TV
 Buongiorno Italia col  ristretto
 le calze nuove nel primo 
 con  bandiera in tintoria
 e una  giù di carrozzeria
 Buongiorno Italia
 buongiorno Maria
 con gli  pieni di malinconia
 buongiorno Dio
 lo sai che ci  anch’io
 
 Lasciatemi cantare
 con la chitarra in 
 lasciatemi cantare
 una  piano piano
 Lasciatemi cantare
  ne sono fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero.
 
 Lasciatemi cantare
 con la  in mano
 lasciatemi cantare
 una canzone  piano
 Lasciatemi cantare
  ne sono fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero.
 
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 English translation:
 
 Let me 
  the guitar in my hands
 Let me 
 I’m  Italian
 
 Good morning Italy,  spaghetti al dente [1]
 And a partisan  president [2]
 With the car radio always in  right hand [3]
 And a canary over the 
 
  morning Italy with your artists [4]
 Too much America on  posters [5]
 With  with love, with heart
 With more  less and less nuns [6]
 
 Good morning Italy, good morning  [7]
 With eyes full  melancholy
  morning my God
 You know that I’m here  [8]
 
 Let me sing with the guitar  my hand
 Let  sing a song softly softly
 Let me sing because I’m proud  that
 I’m an Italian, a  Italian
 
 Good morning  that is not afraid at all
 With the mint shaving 
 With  gessato dress in blue [9]
 And  moviola on Sunday on the TV [10]
 
 Good  Italy with espresso coffee
 New socks in the  drawer
 With  flag in the laundry
 And a Seicento with an old bodywork 
 
  morning Italy, good morning Maria
 With sweet  of melancholy
  morning my God
 You  that I’m here too
 
 Let me sing with the guitar  my hand
 Let me sing a  softly softly
 Let me sing because I’m  of that
  an Italian, a real Italian
 
 Pa ra ra ra ra ra ra Pa ra ra ra ra  ra
 Pa  ra ra ra ra ra Pa ra ra ra ra ra ra
 Pa ra pa ra ra pa ra pa Pa  pa ra ra pa ra pa
 Pa ra pa, pa ra pa Pa ra pa,  ra pa [12]
 
 Let me  with the guitar in my hand
 Let me  a song softly softly
 Let me sing because I’m proud  that
 I’m an Italian, a real 
 
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 [1] Spaghetti al dente means Spaghetti not very cooked; in Italy it  a long standing issue the problem of how long to cook spaghetti. In the south it is preferred to boil them not very much, while in the north they are boiled for a lot of time (spaghetti scotti).
 [2] In the 80’s the president of the  Republic was Sandro Pertini; he was a partisan against the fascism during the Second World War.
 [3] In the nouveau  Italy of the 80’s the car radio was a status symbol.
  It is well known that Italy is the country of saints, poets, and sailormans…
 [5] The first of a  of verses full of political criticism: after the Second World War the Italian culture was invaded by the American myth, il mito Americano.
 [6] There are two different meanings of this  The first one is related to a social analysis: in the modern Italy the number of nuns decreased due to secularization of the society. The second one is moral: women of our times forgot the holy principles of the ancient society; note that in Italy is usual to call suora, nun, a girl that doesn’t go with a man if he doesn’t have serious intentions (marriage).
  Maria is la Madonna, the mother of Christ.
 [8] This is the key of the interpretation of the text. The Author, with eyes full of melancholy for seeing Italy in so bad conditions, is frightened  God having forgot him.
 [9] Gessato is an elegant 
 [10] Moviola is the replay of the relevant moments of  football matches of the day, on Sunday evening. Football matches were played on Sunday but it was not possible to see them live on television, so Moviola was very popular.
 [11] Seicento (600) was a very popular small car produced by FIAT Auto,  symbol of Italian industry (now in deep crisis). The fact the auto has an old bodywork is another symbol of the moral decandence of Italy in the 80’s.
 [12] Full of desperation, Toto didn’t find  to express his thoughts.