The Tito's Testament. - first part
The <em>Tito's Testament</em> is one of the most famous songs by one of the greatest italian singer-songwriter: Fabrizio De Andre. He was born in Genova in 1940 and he died in Milan in 1999. In almost 40 years of artistic activity, he recorded thirteen albums, plus a some single songs. Many texts of his songs tell stories of marginalized rebels, prostitutes and were considered by some critics as genuine poetries , so as to be inserted in various school anthologies of literature.
The Tito's Testament tells about one of two robbers (Tito) that was crucified on Calvary with Jesus Christ. With this song De Andre wanted to stigmatize the bad implementation of the Ten Commandments.
From now I`m want to ask sorry for the translation that is surely not exact (or precise)
You shall have no other gods before me, this made me think
Different peoples came from east, told at the end this was equal
They believed in another one different to you, but they didnt hurt me
They believed in another one different to you, but they didnt hurt me
Don't say the God's name, don't say it vain
with a knife put in my flank, i cried out my pain and my grief
but perhaps he was tired or perhaps too busy, He did not hear my grief
but perhaps he was tired or perhaps too busy, He did not hear my grief
Honor your father, honor your mother, and also their stick
Kiss the hand that hit your nose, because you asked it a morsel
When my father's heart stopped, I didnt feel the pain
When heart's my father stopped, I didnt feel the pain
Remember to observe holy days, it's easy for us robbers
get in temples who regurgitate psalms by slaves and their masters
without to end tied to altars throats slit like animals,
without to end tied to altars throats slit like animals.



