Partigiano Reggiano [English translation]

1

Black cat, my bone.

A bit of beef, boom boom.2

Black cat, ma belle.3

Pitfalls are swarming, bang bang.

It’s like that.

It’s like that.

But, a free world.

A free dream.

A free song.

Like a Partisan from Reggio.

And free song.

Free love.

A single heart.

Like a Partisan from Reggio.

Black cat, my bone.

The sky is puking, boom boom.

Black cat, ma belle.

The humanic beast, bang bang.4

Oh, goodbye, beauty.5

Goodbye, my beauty.

But, a free world.

A free dream.

A free song.

Like a Partisan from Reggio.

And free song.

Free love.

A single heart.

Like a Partisan from Reggio.

Black cat, keep quiet.6

A bit of beef, boom boom.

Let’s dance, ma belle.

Riding the devil, bang bang.

It’s like that.

Do like this.

But, a free world.

A free dream.

A free song.

Like a Partisan from Reggio.

And free song.

Free love.

A single heart.

Like a Partisan from Reggio.

A free world.

A free dream.

A free song.

Like a Partisan from Reggio.

And free song.

Free love.

A single heart.

Like a Partisan from Reggio.

1. Parmigiano Reggiano = Parmesan cheese; a very popular kind of cheese from the cities of Parma and Reggio Emilia.

partigiano = partisan (both as 'biased' and as 'guerrilla fighter').

In Italy, partisans fought for freedom against nazi-fascists during WWII.

partigiano reggiano {a wordplay like ‟Partisan cheese”} = a partisan from Reggio Emilia.

Zucchero was born in the province of Reggio Emilia, and he probably sees himself as a kind of ‟partisan” - free, a non-conformist, and true to himself.2. (dialectal) slémpito = energy, vigour.

See here.3. (French) ma belle = my beautiful (woman).

Compare with bella ciao below.4. La Bête Humaine {The Human Beast} is an 1890 novel by Émile Zola.

In Isaac Asimov’s science fiction story …That Thou art Mindful of Him, humanics is the ‟science of humans”, drawing a parallel to robotics (the science of robots).5. Bella ciao {Goodbye, (my) beauty} is a famous song that was sung by Italian partisans during WWII.6. (dialectal) sta’ boun {sta’ buono} = keep quiet.