A la muntagna [English translation]

When the night falls on the mountain

the little sheep trembles with fear

if the wolf sees her, he eats her up

But life is hard for the wolf too

when the shepherd goes a-hunting

and the little sheep sleeps safe.

Up the mountain, the cruelest one

is not the wolf, but the outlaw.

When you see him, make the sign of the cross.

Up the mountain, when the night falls

the shepherd cannot live in peace, either,

when he hears a fearful song,

it's the outlaws singing together.

Those who know them know very well,

they've never liked the Bourbon king

but now they don't know a different story:

they don't like either the Savoy king.

The Bourbon king took to his heels,

a still more powerful king came instead:

governments change, rulers change

but nothing will change for the subjects.

If one doesn't accept this new law

so he has to try and become an outlaw,

but if he goes up the mountains

his life becomes a trial.

Against king Victor's soldiers

now there's only this band fighting

but an outlaw cannot change history

when he fights alone and without hopes.

And when they catch him up the mountain

he dies without fear and without regret,

and when they catch them in the villages

they say: How beautiful dying slain.