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With God On Our Side

Bob Dylan
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OriginalTraduzione e interpretazione di Erica Boschiero
WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE

My name it is nothing, my age it means less
The country I come from is a part of the Free West
I was taught and brought up there its laws to abide
And that the land that I live in has God on its side
Oh the history books tell it, they tell it so well
The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
The cavalries charged, the Indians died
For the country was young with God on its side

Oh the Spanish-American War had its day
And the Civil War too Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes I's made to memorize
With guns in their hands And God on their side.
Oh the first World War, it came and it went
The reason for fighting I never could get
But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead when God's on your side

And then the second World War, it came to an end
We forgave the Germans and now we are friends
Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they fried
The Germans now, too, have God on their side

I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war starts It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.

But now we have weapons of chemical dust
And if fire them we're forced to, why then fire them we must
One push of the button and a shot the worldwide
And you never ask questions when God's on your side
tho many a long hour I've thought on this
That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you, you will have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side
And now as I leave you, I'm weary as hell
The confusion I'm feelin', there ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head and drop to the floor
That if God's on our side, he'll stop the next war.
CON DIO DALLA SUA

Il mio nome non conta, e nemmeno l’età
Il mio paese è lontano da qua
Mi ha insegnato a obbedire all’autorità
Che la terra in cui vivo ha Dio dalla sua.

I libri di storia lo raccontano già
Il fucile sparava e l’indiano voilà
Il fucile sparava e l’indiano goodbye
Era nata l’America, e con Dio dalla sua.

La guerra di Spagna è finita da un po’
E la guerra civile è un ricordo che ho
Con ogni suo eroe che riposa laggiù
L’arma ben stretta in mano e con Dio dalla sua.

Poi la Grande Guerra, baionette e cognac
E poi dritti all’assalto, dritti all’aldilà
Ma l’abbiamo accettata con la mano sul cuor
Non si contano i morti quando hai Dio dalla tua.

Poi arrivò la Seconda con i suoi trofei
Perdonammo i Tedeschi, celebrammo gli Ebrei
Quando il fumo scomparve e ogni nome con lui
Anche ogni tedesco ora ha Dio dalla sua.

Da sempre odio i Russi, ho imparato da voi
Se verrà un’altra guerra sarà a Mosca, vedrai
La dovremo temere, e fuggire lontano
E accettare ogni rischio con Dio stretto in mano.

Pertanto ho pensato, nel buio che ho
Che a tradir Gesù Cristo fu chi lo baciò
E non dico più nulla, giudicatelo voi
Se anche Giuda Iscariota ebbe Dio dalla sua.


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