Maddalena [English translation]

They took his house and his garden from him

in the name of the great Holiness

so Judas began playing hide and seek

with the mirror and his dignity

Then came God, he who gives and takes everything

he called a taxi and let his wife get in it

and Judas went to die in the night

killed by wine, women and blows.

Magdalene took him by his jacket

She lived in the wrecked slums

in the midst of a community of alcoholics

who believed in a heavenly kingdom

And it was love and revolution

Long talks about the road and fully-lived life

but Judas, more than any other sermon

loved Magdalene's sweet moans.

The worst then went down in one night

Judas was caught and thrown in jail

Jesus Christ had run away amongst the crowd

and Judas said he knew nothing about it.

but when he saw Magdalene in the parlor

she was sick, she lost a tooth

The inspector said "it was Jesus Christ,

he brought here all the opium from the East"

and he came back to his love with the loot:

"thirty dinars for seven shots, Marsala, thank you"

then he read, written twice at the ticket office

the sign of a big multiplex

It said "Jesus Christ at the station"

a brand new, indeed moving movie

with a truly extraordinary cast:

there was also the Almighty God!

The cinema is a dark bulk of people

the great actors are stars to gaze at

therefore no one saw, down under, between the seats

that those two began to fuck.

"Magdalene, I love you so much

he wanted heaven and I want to stay here

let them kill him, it's fine

after all, he told everyone he would resurrect.

But my only heaven is in your hips

sweet breasts for worn out eyes

soft, red sugary lips

How beautiful is this earthly life."

From the screen, God saw them and raised his voice:

"I'll throw my bolts at you, Judas Iscariot.

My son is dying on the cross

and it's such an idiotic mortal's fault."

And then Magdalene stood up and yelled from the top of her heart:

"God, I'm not afraid of you

You, who made a son without making love,

what can you know about this all?

Let Judas be and look somewhere else

here, look down my neckline

and I'll preserve myself from your envy

because God can't enjoy himself like a creature."

God ran away in heaven, and out of rage

put on a huge yard

to build a powerful court

that could shut Magdalene up.

Judas and Magdalene, they're still together

and they roam around, hidden amongst the crowd

and they go down the river to make love

on a little boat that sails upstream.