Che il Mediterraneo sia [English translation]

[In Arabic] The Mediterranean Sea

[In Italian] May the Mediterranean be

that ship going on its own

all music and all sail

on the wave that lets you fly

between science and the legend

of flamenco and of taranta1

and between algebra and magic

following those sailors' trail

and that neverending wave

may the Mediterranean be

Going, going, we're all the same,

overlooking the shores of the same sea,

and nobody's a pirate, nobody's a migrant,

we are all seafarers

[In French] Let's go, let's go, there is no barrier,

we are all children of the same sea

and nobody's a pirate, nobody's a migrant,

we are all seafarers

[In Italian] May the Mediterranean be

the fort without doors

where everyone can live

off the richness everyone brings

every man with its star

in the night of the dancing god

and every nation with its god

who watches over all sailors

and that never-stopping wave

may the Mediterranean be

Going, going to the same feast

with music made by different people,

from Naples creating melody

to Algeria's drums

[In French] Let's go, let's go to the same feast

with music which goes on, never stopping,

from Naples creating its melody

to Algeria's drums

[In Italian] May the Mediterranean be

that ship which has always been going,

sailing between North and South,

between East and West,

and in the sea of inventions,

that compass to sail,

Nina, Pinta and St. Maria,

and those sailors' braveness

and that neverending journey

may the Mediterranean be

[In Arabic] The Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea

[In Italian] May the Mediterranean be

that ship going on its own

between future and poetry

following those sailors' trail

and that neverending wave

may the Mediterranean be.

1. A kind of folk music and dance from Southern Italy