Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Bella ciao


One morning I awakened
Oh Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful! Bye! Bye!
One morning I awakened
And I found the invader
Oh partisan carry me away
Oh Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful! Bye! Bye!
Oh partisan carry me away
Because I feel death approaching
And if I die as a partisan
(And if I die on the mountain)
Oh Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful! Bye! Bye!
And if I die as a partisan
(And if I die on the mountain)
Then you must bury me
Bury me up in the mountain
(And you have to bury me)
Oh Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful! Bye! Bye!
Bury me up in the mountain
(And you have to bury me)
Under the shade of a beautiful flower
And the people who shall pass
(And all those who shall pass)
Oh Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful! Bye! Bye!
And the people who shall pass
(And all those who shall pass)
Will tell me: "what a beautiful flower"
(And they will say: "what a beautiful flower")
This is the flower of the partisan
(And this is the flower of the partisan)
Oh Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful! Bye! Bye!
This is the flower of the partisan
(And this is the flower of the partisan)
Who died for freedom

5 comments:

mom & pop bloggers said...

wow! this is great..we support Iranian people's struggle unlike our president.

Georg said...

Bonjour Hiva,

Thats a very old song and someone gave it a new surrounding.

When looking at photos or movies from Iran, I am always astonished at that great number of beautiful girls. The men, too, have good looks but - to me - they frequently make me think of Italians from Sicily. The good looks of the too much loved ones.

To be more serious: could it be that a majority of the people voted for Amadinejad?

Georg

Hiva said...

Hi Geogre,

Thanks for the compliment:)
No there is no way he won this election. Despite all he did to bribe some rural people by distributing rice and cash among them, he couldn't have more than 10 million votes.
the idea that poor voted for him and intellectuals who are minority voted for Mousavi is not right...21 million Iranian voted for khatami 8 years a go. This time after 4 years of Ahmadineja, people was so disgusted that even those who never voted before came out to get rid of him. how come all of a sudden that 21 million shrink to 9 million..
Trust me George, they cheated badly

Lithium said...

Hi Hiva, my name is Altay and I am living in Turkey, istanbul. I am very interested with the old folk songs of Iran. My favourites are Kavir Del from Marjan and Do Panjare from Googosh :) I have seen that video on facebook and at first I thought that the song was sung in Persian. Later on I realised that it was in Italian. You know that Bella Ciao was translated to a lot of languages. Is there a Persian version of that song?

Hiva said...

Hi Altay,

I don't think 'Bella Cia' translated in Persian or at least I never heard of it.
I let you know in case it does. I like old folk songs too, there is kind of nostalgia in them :)