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This Land Is Your Land

Woody Guthrie
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A Native American verse. Followed by an Italian translation. Una...
Maybe you've been working as hard as you're able,
But you've just got crumbs from the rich man's table,
And maybe you're thinking, was it truth or fable,
That this land was made for you and me.

Woodland and grassland and river shoreline,
To everything living, even little microbes,
Fin, fur, and feather, we're all here together,
This land was made for you and me.

Forse hai lavorato duro quanto puoi
ma hai avuto solo briciole dalla tavola del ricco,
e forse stai pensando: ma era vero o era finto
che questa terra era fatta per te e per me.

Boschi, prati e le rive dei fiumi
per ogni essere vivente, anche i minuscoli microbi,
la penna, la pelliccia e la piuma, siamo tutti insieme qui,
questa terra è stata fatta per te e per me.
This land is your land, but it once was my land,
Until we sold you Manhattan Island.
You pushed our Nations to the reservations;
This land was stolen by you from me.

Questa terra è la tua terra, ma un tempo era mia,
finché non ti abbiamo venduto l'isola di Manhattan.
Hai cacciato le nostre Nazioni nelle riserve,
questa terra tu la hai rubata a me.


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