Procol Harum

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the Pale

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Nel Cosė Blu

(A Salty Dog)


'Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari performs
A Salty Dog
as Nel cosė blu
(Brooker-Reid-Zucchero-Panella)
on his recent album All the Best',
writes Enrico Mercuri from Rome


Online translation services are now pretty sophisticated: most would agree that this specimen captures the true flavour of a classic Cerdes-period Procol lyric.

 

In testa ho

A woman's guts

La frase che

words of revolution

Incendia un bosco in testa a me

The boss examines my fire-extinguisher

La frase che

words of revolution

Ho in testa e’

She's in the exam now

“E allora la baciai”

The Baccalaureate

E immaginai

Not a butterfly

Cobalto il cielo

Curry with extra chili

D’amore immenso intorno a lei

Armouring that intern from Immensee

E me ne andai

Mean Andy

E navigai

(He's a jolly road-mender)

E non lo so se piu’ tornai

Hasn't lost his pituitary gland.

 

 

In testa ho

A woman's guts

La frase che

words of revolution

Fa la tempesta in testa a me

I'll test your temporary singing

E se la neve

Never an easy lay

Non fa rumore

No more Pharaohs

“Allora lei mi amo’”

"Laura, lend me some bullets"

Di vento e dune

Di went to the beach

Di notti intere

Di buried a note

E bianche in mare insieme a lei

And the horse, Bianca, inseminated a lion.

E me ne andai

Mean Andy

Nel cosi’ blu

Blew cousin Nelly

E non lo so se piu’ tornai

He hasn't lost his pituitary gland.

 

 

In testa ho

A woman's guts

La frase che

words of revolution

Lei disse, resta in testa a me

I got tested in the rotating restaurant

E mi estasiai

The Stasi with emus

E dissi anch’io

spinning the anchor

“Per sempre amore mio”

"An armoured person on the M 10"

Abbiamo insieme

The madman fired on the church

Ingoiato il sole

With a goitre in his shoe

Dipinto d’infinito il mare

Dip into the horse infantry

E me ne andai

Mean Andy

E navigai

(He's a merry road-mender)

E non lo so se piu’ tornai.

Still hasn't lost his pituitary gland.

 


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