E la vita, la vita [English translation]

There's who only has love pains

[And] who still misses the penalty kick

There's who once has suffered

And then he said “I go [away]

But, where shall I go if I leave,

Always assuming that I'll leave?”

Hi1! To who makes road markin' wrong,

[And] to who – instead – poisons the grass snakies2.

Some guy does only right-foot shots

The other one had an accident

And there's always someone leaving,

But where does he go – if he leaves?

And life, life

Life is beautiful, is beautiful, beautiful,

'Tis enough to have an umbrela, an umbrela

Sheltering your head,

[And then] it seems a festive day.

And life, life

Life is strange, is strange, strange,

If just a person, a person

Lets it go to his head,

The whole party ends.

There's who once was very popular

And still has not changed his [political] 3 color.

There's who eats too much soup,

[And] who has to jump out of the window4

And there's still the bloke who's leaving,

But where is he gonna to stop – if he leaves?

Hi1! To who listens only the radio

And then misses5 the stadium.

There's who, deep in his heart, has a pain,

And there's who, still, has another problem6

And there's still the bloke who's leaving,

But where is he gonna to stop – if he leaves?

And life, life

Life is beautiful, is beautiful, beautiful,

'Tis enough to have an umbrela, an umbrela

Sheltering your head,

[And then] it seems a festive day.

And life, life

Life is strange, is strange, strange,

If just a person, a person

Lets it go to his head,

The whole party ends.

1. a. b. "Ciao" can be used as either "bye" or "hi".2. *snakes, mimicking “bissie” instead of “biscie”.3. either in a political or in a sport context4. An old Italian leitmotif for small children went something like this: “Either you eat all your soup, or you'll have to jump out of the window”5. Either because he went on the wrong day, or because he missed the right road. The song does not clarify6. This song was the jingle for “Canzonissima”, an Italian music show from the 70s. At this very point, they showed a small boy doing it in the potty.