🎵 Luyện Nghe Bài Hát: L'italiano (L Asciatemi Cantare) - Toto Cutugno

 Lasciatemi cantare
  la chitarra in mano
 lasciatemi cantare
 una canzone piano 
 lasciatemi cantare
  ne sono fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero
 
  Italia gli spaghetti al dente
 e un partigiano come 
 con l’autoradio sempre nella mano 
 un  sopra la finestra
  Italia con i suoi artisti
  troppa America sui manifesti
 con  canzoni, con amore,
 con il 
 con  donne sempre meno suore
 Buongiorno Italia
 buongiorno Maria
 con gli occhi pieni di 
 buongiorno Dio
 lo sai che ci  anch’io
 
 Lasciatemi cantare
 con la chitarra in 
 lasciatemi cantare
 una canzone piano 
 Lasciatemi cantare
 perché  sono fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero
 
 Buongiorno  che non si spaventa
 con la crema da barba da 
 con un vestito gessato sul 
 e la moviola  domenica in TV
 Buongiorno  col caffe’ ristretto
  calze nuove nel primo cassetto
 con la bandiera  tintoria
 e una 600  di carrozzeria
 Buongiorno Italia
 buongiorno Maria
 con gli occhi pieni di 
 buongiorno Dio
 lo sai che  sono anch’io
 
 Lasciatemi cantare
  la chitarra in mano
 lasciatemi cantare
 una  piano piano
 Lasciatemi cantare
 perché ne  fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero.
 
 Lasciatemi cantare
 con  chitarra in mano
 lasciatemi cantare
 una canzone piano 
 Lasciatemi cantare
 perché ne sono 
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero.
 
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 English translation:
 
 Let me 
 With the guitar  my hands
 Let  sing
  an Italian
 
 Good morning Italy, the spaghetti al  [1]
  a partisan for president [2]
 With  car radio always in the right hand [3]
 And a canary over the 
 
 Good morning  with your artists [4]
 Too much America on the  [5]
 With songs,  love, with heart
 With more  less and less nuns [6]
 
 Good morning Italy, good morning Maria 
 With eyes full  melancholy
  morning my God
 You know that I’m  too [8]
 
 Let me sing with the guitar in  hand
 Let me  a song softly softly
  me sing because I’m proud of that
 I’m an Italian, a real 
 
 Good morning Italy  is not afraid at all
 With  mint shaving foam
 With a gessato  in blue [9]
 And the moviola on Sunday on  TV [10]
 
  morning Italy with espresso coffee
 New  in the first drawer
 With  flag in the laundry
 And a Seicento with an  bodywork [11]
 
 Good morning  good morning Maria
 With sweet eyes of 
 Good morning  God
 You know that I’m here 
 
 Let  sing with the guitar in my hand
 Let me sing a song softly 
 Let me  because I’m proud of that
 I’m an Italian, a real 
 
 Pa ra ra ra ra ra ra Pa  ra ra ra ra ra
 Pa ra ra ra ra ra ra Pa ra ra ra ra ra 
 Pa ra  ra ra pa ra pa Pa ra pa ra ra pa ra pa
  ra pa, pa ra pa Pa ra pa, pa ra pa [12]
 
 Let me  with the guitar in my hand
 Let me sing a song softly 
 Let  sing because I’m proud of that
 I’m an  a real Italian
 
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 [1] Spaghetti al dente means Spaghetti not very cooked; in Italy it is a long standing issue the problem of how long to cook spaghetti. In the south it is preferred to boil them not very much, while in the north they are boiled for a  of time (spaghetti scotti).
 [2] In the 80’s the president of the Italian Republic  Sandro Pertini; he was a partisan against the fascism during the Second World War.
 [3] In the nouveau riche Italy  the 80’s the car radio was a status symbol.
  It is well known that Italy is the country of saints, poets, and sailormans…
  The first of a series of verses full of political criticism: after the Second World War the Italian culture was invaded by the American myth, il mito Americano.
 [6] There are two different meanings of this verse. The first one is related to a social analysis: in the modern Italy the number of nuns decreased due to secularization of the society. The second one is moral: women of our times forgot the holy principles  the ancient society; note that in Italy is usual to call suora, nun, a girl that doesn’t go with a man if he doesn’t have serious intentions (marriage).
 [7] Maria is  Madonna, the mother of Christ.
 [8] This is the key of the interpretation of  text. The Author, with eyes full of melancholy for seeing Italy in so bad conditions, is frightened of God having forgot him.
  Gessato is an elegant suit.
 [10] Moviola  the replay of the relevant moments of the football matches of the day, on Sunday evening. Football matches were played on Sunday but it was not possible to see them live on television, so Moviola was very popular.
 [11] Seicento (600) was a very popular small car produced by FIAT Auto, the symbol of Italian industry  in deep crisis). The fact the auto has an old bodywork is another symbol of the moral decandence of Italy in the 80’s.
 [12] Full of desperation, Toto  find words to express his thoughts.