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

 Lasciatemi cantare
  la chitarra in mano
 lasciatemi cantare
 una canzone piano 
 lasciatemi cantare
 perché  sono fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero
 
 Buongiorno Italia gli  al dente
  un partigiano come Presidente
 con l’autoradio sempre nella  destra
 un  sopra la finestra
 Buongiorno Italia con i suoi 
 con troppa  sui manifesti
 con  canzoni, con amore,
 con il 
 con più donne sempre  suore
 Buongiorno Italia
 buongiorno Maria
 con gli occhi pieni di 
 buongiorno Dio
 lo sai che ci sono 
 
 Lasciatemi cantare
  la chitarra in mano
 lasciatemi cantare
 una  piano piano
 Lasciatemi cantare
 perché ne sono 
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero
 
 Buongiorno Italia che non si 
 con  crema da barba da menta
 con un vestito gessato  blu
 e la moviola  domenica in TV
 Buongiorno Italia  caffe’ ristretto
 le calze nuove nel primo 
 con la bandiera  tintoria
 e una 600 giù di 
 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 canzone  piano
 Lasciatemi cantare
 perché ne  fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero.
 
 Lasciatemi cantare
 con la chitarra in 
 lasciatemi cantare
 una canzone piano 
 Lasciatemi cantare
  ne sono fiero
 sono l’italiano
 l’italiano vero.
 
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 English translation:
 
  me sing
 With the guitar  my hands
 Let  sing
  an Italian
 
 Good morning Italy, the spaghetti al dente 
 And a partisan for  [2]
 With the car radio always in the right hand 
 And  canary over the window
 
 Good morning Italy with your  [4]
 Too much America  the posters [5]
 With songs,  love, with heart
 With more women less  less nuns [6]
 
 Good morning Italy, good morning Maria 
 With eyes full  melancholy
  morning my God
 You know that I’m here  [8]
 
 Let me sing with the guitar in my 
  me sing a song softly softly
 Let me sing because I’m  of that
 I’m an  a real Italian
 
  morning Italy that is not afraid at all
 With  mint shaving foam
 With  gessato dress in blue [9]
 And the moviola on  on the TV [10]
 
 Good morning Italy  espresso coffee
 New socks in  first drawer
 With the flag in the 
 And  Seicento with an old bodywork [11]
 
 Good  Italy, good morning Maria
 With sweet eyes of 
 Good  my God
 You know that I’m here 
 
 Let me sing with the guitar in  hand
 Let me sing a song  softly
  me sing because I’m proud of that
 I’m an Italian, a real 
 
 Pa ra ra ra ra  ra Pa ra ra ra ra ra ra
 Pa ra ra ra ra ra ra Pa ra ra ra  ra ra
 Pa  pa ra ra pa ra pa Pa ra pa ra ra pa ra pa
 Pa ra pa, pa ra pa Pa ra pa, pa  pa [12]
 
 Let me  with the guitar in my hand
  me sing a song softly softly
 Let me sing because I’m proud of 
 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  boil them not very much, while in the north they are boiled for a lot of time (spaghetti scotti).
 [2] In the 80’s the president of the Italian Republic was Sandro Pertini; he was a  against the fascism during the Second World War.
 [3] In the nouveau riche Italy of  80’s the car radio was a status symbol.
 [4] It is well known that Italy is the country of saints,  and sailormans…
 [5] The first of a series of verses full  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 of the ancient society; note that in Italy is usual to call suora, nun, a girl that doesn’t go with a man if he  have serious intentions (marriage).
 [7] Maria is la Madonna, the mother of 
 [8] This is the key of the interpretation of the text. The Author, with eyes full of melancholy for seeing  in so bad conditions, is frightened of God having forgot him.
 [9]  is an elegant suit.
 [10] Moviola is 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  on television, so Moviola was very popular.
 [11] Seicento (600) was  very popular small car produced by FIAT Auto, the symbol of Italian industry (now 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 didn’t find words to express  thoughts.