92100 [English translation]

La la lalala lalalalalala...

What a smell of lemon and jasmine

it comes up from the ground when you walk

I feel strong, and I have heart of a lion

looking at these people smiling at me

Arabs, Normans, Phoneicians,

barbarians, Sicanians and four suitors of Penelope

They were three thousand of the Greeks

There was a black saint and the Africans

Centuries have past and the faces

have all remained just the same

We're the sons of those who ruled

Half of us Catholics, and half of us Muslims

I don't know how to live without this sun

This sea, I'm afraid

I can only live well when I'm home, 9-2-1001

I don't know how to live without this sun

this sea, I'm afraid and I cry...

I can only live well when I'm home, 9-2-100

The subjugation, the wars, the mafia

made the street dry and prickly

We live under the protection of the three giants

and we are people with ready hands

Germans, Japanese, and two French people

Stowaways, stupid Americans

Pippo Baudo2, Garibaldi3, and Goethe4

Sciascia5, Pirandello6, and Camilleri7

Earthquakes and landslides have gone by

The poor people have big cars

The faces of sycophantic politicians

Rule violations, obligations, and amnesties

I don't know how to live without this sun

This sea, I'm afraid

I can only live well when I'm home, 9-2-100

I don't know how to live without this sun

this sea, I'm afraid and I cry...

I can only live well when I'm home, 9-2-100

La la lalala lalalalalala...

The father says, "Oh son, don't make a mistake,

get away from this land, it's no good!"

but I was born here, and I gotta die here

But without the rhythm and the sound of bells

In this place we're all friends

If we litigate then we make peace

We'll understand everyone and be united

For this, we'll kill like dogs

Centuries have past and the faces

have all remained just the same

We're the sons of those who ruled

Half of us Catholics, and half of us Muslims

I don't know how to live without this sun

This sea, I'm afraid

I can only live well when I'm home, 9-2-100

I don't know how to live without this sun

this sea, I'm afraid and I cry...

I can only live well when I'm home, 9-2-100

La la lalala lalalalalala...

1. The CAP number of Agrigento, Sicily. CAP is basically the Italian equivalent of the American ZIP code system.2. Italian TV personality, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippo_Baudo3. Italian nationalist who helped to create the modern nation-state of Italy, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi4. The most famous German poet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe See also this article: http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art149.htm5. Italian author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Sciascia6. Italian dramatist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pirandello7. another writer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Camilleri