I ragazzi giu nel campo

I don't generally post lyrics or poetry, and I certainly don't write any, but I heard this today and thought it was very good.


The boys down in the field
Pay no attention to time
But throw themselves in rivers
To catch the prize cross

The boys down in the field
Chase after a crazy man
They throttle him with their hands
And burn his body on the seashore

Come away from the moon and the morning star
That shower these boys with the vast sky's caresses

The boys down in the field
Chase after the bourgeois people
They cut to pieces
The heads of their enemies
And of the faithful

The boys down in the field
Gather branches and rosemary
And camouflage pits and potholes
To catch the girls

The boys down in the field
Chase after a rich man
And make him pull out his gold teeth
Which they take to the market

Come away from the moon and the morning star
That shower these boys with the vast sky's caresses

The boys down in the field
Have no memory
Thats why they sell their ancestors
Because they're gripped by sadness

-Pier Paolo Pasolini


Hear it sung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dct_vQWOp0g