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39669 No.1379  

I want to condivide with you this beautiful Italian song, for I think it incarnates the steampunk essence, namely steam and anarchy.

It is inspired by the Italian Anarchist Fireman Pietro Rigosi

Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avSZ5eIZzTw

Folk cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5VSHL5hZso

I will now post the lyrics and the english translation.

>> No.1380  

La Locomotiva

Non so che viso avesse, neppure come si chiamava
con che voce parlasse, con quale voce poi cantava
quanti anni avesse visto allora, di che colore i suoi capelli
ma nella fantasia ho l'immagine sua,
gli eroi son tutti giovani e belli,
gli eroi son tutti giovani e belli,
gli eroi son tutti giovani e belli.

Conosco invece l'epoca dei fatti, qual'era il suo mestiere:
i primi anni del secolo, macchinista, ferroviere,
i tempi in cui si cominciava la guerra santa dei pezzenti
sembrava il treno anch'esso un mito di progresso,
lanciato sopra i continenti,
lanciato sopra i continenti,
lanciato sopra i continenti.

E la locomotiva sembrava fosse un mostro strano
che l'uomo dominava con il pensiero e con la mano
ruggendo si lasciava indietro distanze che sembravano infinite
sembrava avesse dentro un potere tremendo,
la stessa forza della dinamite,
la stessa forza della dinamite,
la stessa forza della dinamite.

Ma un'altra grande forza spiegava allora le sue ali
parole che dicevano: "gli uomini sono tutti uguali"
e contro ai re e ai tiranni scoppiava nella via
la bomba proletaria, ed illuminava l'aria
la fiaccola dell'anarchia,
la fiaccola dell'anarchia,
la fiaccola dell'anarchia.

Un treno tutti i giorni passava per la sua stazione
un treno di lusso, lontana destinazione
vedeva gente riverita, pensava a quei velluti, agli ori
pensava al magro giorno della sua gente attorno,
pensava a un treno pieno di signori,
pensava a un treno pieno di signori,
pensava a un treno pieno di signori.

Non so che cosa accadde, perché prese la decisione
forse una rabbia antica, generazioni senza nome
che urlarono vendetta, gli accecarono il cuore
dimenticò pietà, scordò la sua bontà,
la bomba sua la macchina a vapore,
la bomba sua la macchina a vapore,
la bomba sua la macchina a vapore.

E sul binario stava la locomotiva
la macchina pulsante sembrava fosse cosa viva
sembrava un giovane puledro che appena liberato il freno
mordesse la rotaia con muscoli d'acciaio,
con forza cieca di baleno,
con forza cieca di baleno,
con forza cieca di baleno.

E un giorno come gli altri, ma forse con più rabbia in corpo
pensò che aveva il modo di riparare a qualche torto
salì sul mostro che dormiva, cercò di mandar via la sua paura
e prima di pensare a quel che stava a fare,
il mostro divorava la pianura,
il mostro divorava la pianura,
il mostro divorava la pianura.

Correva l'altro treno ignaro, quasi senza fretta
nessuno immaginava di andare verso la vendetta
ma alla stazione di Bologna arrivò la notizia in un baleno:
"notizia di emergenza, agite con urgenza,
un pazzo si è lanciato contro al treno,
un pazzo si è lanciato contro al treno,
un pazzo si è lanciato contro al treno."

Ma intanto corre corre corre la locomotiva
e sibila il vapore, sembra quasi cosa viva
e sembra dire ai contadini curvi, il fischio che si spande in aria:
fratello non temere, che corro al mio dovere,
trionfi la giustizia proletaria,
trionfi la giustizia proletaria,
trionfi la giustizia proletaria.

Intanto corre corre corre sempre più forte
e corre corre corre corre verso la morte
e niente ormai può trattenere l'immensa forza distruttrice
aspetta sol lo schianto e poi che giunga il manto
della grande consolatrice,
della grande consolatrice,
della grande consolatrice.

La storia ci racconta come finì la corsa
la macchina deviata lungo una linea morta
con l'ultimo suo grido di animale la macchina eruttò lapilli e lava
esplose contro il cielo, poi il fumo sparse il velo,
lo raccolsero che ancora respirava,
lo raccolsero che ancora respirava,
lo raccolsero che ancora respirava.

Ma a noi piace pensarlo ancora dietro al motore
mentre fa correr via la macchina a vapore
e che ci giunga un giorno ancora la notizia
di una locomotiva come una cosa viva,
lanciata a bomba contro l'ingiustizia,
lanciata a bomba contro l'ingiustizia,
lanciata a bomba contro l'ingiustizia.

>> No.1381  

THE STEAM ENGINE

How was his face like, what was his name, still I don’t know,
His voice when speakin’, his voice when singin’, I don’t know
What was his age at that time, what was the colour of his hair
But his image can I figure in my mind,
All heroes are so young and handsome,
All heroes are so young and handsome,
All heroes are so young and handsome!

Yet I know when all this id did happen, what was his job,
The first year of this cent’ry, a steam engine driver,
The years when ‘twas beginnin’ the holy war of the poor,
The train too seem’d to be the image of progress
Speeding along the whole world,
Speeding along the whole world,
Speeding along the whole world.

And the steam engine it look’d like a bizarre monster
That Man did dominated with his hands and his thought,
It did cover, with his roar, distances that one said would never end
It seem’d he had inside a terrific power,
The same power of dynamite,
The same power of dynamite,
The same power of dynamite.

Another great power was just spreading its wings,
‘Twas words that said All people are equal
And against kings and tyrants it blew up in the streets
The proletary bomb, and the air was lit up
By the light of Anarchy,
By the light of Anarchy,
By the light of Anarchy!

A train pass’d ev’ry by the station where he work’d,
I know it was a long-distance luxury train,
He saw respectable people and thought of velvet and gold,
He thought of the meagre day of his family and friends,
He thought of a train fill’d wi’ lords,
He thought of a train fill’d wi’ lords,
He thought of a train fill’d wi’ lords.

The steam engine it did stand on its track,
The pulsating machine seem’d to be a living thing,
It seem’d to be a young, a young and unbridled steed
Who did bit the rails with his steel muscles,
With the blind force of lightning,
With the blind force of lightning,
With the blind force of lightning.

I don’t know what it happen’d, why he took that decision,
Maybe the century-old rage of nameless generations
That cried for vengeance and blinded his heart,
He forgot his goodness, became merciless,
His bomb was the steam engine,
His bomb was the steam engine,
His bomb was the steam engine!

One day like all others, but maybe still more angry,
He thought he could someway make up for some wrong,
He got on the sleeping monster trying to drive his fear away
An’ before he could think of all what he was doing
The monster was eating up the plain,
The monster was eating up the plain,
The monster was eating up the plain.

The other rain did run unknowing, almost with no haste,
Nobody could imagine he was to run across vengeance,
But to the station of Bologna did the news spread in a flash,
"This is an emergency, you mustn’t waste time,
Someone’s racing madly off ‘gainst a train
Someone’s racing madly off ‘gainst a train,
Someone’s racing madly off ‘gainst a train."

But the steam engine is running, running and running,
The steam is whistling and seems to be a living thing,
And the whistle spreadin’ in the air says to peasants bent at work,
"My brother, don’t fear, I’m runnin’ to do my duty,
May people’s justice walk in triumph,
May people’s justice walk in triumph,
May people’s justice walk in triumph! "

The steam engine’s running faster, faster and faster,
It’s running, running, running towards death
And now nothing can stop the immense force of destruction,
He’s waiting for the crash and for the winding sheet
Of the Great Comforting Lady,
Of the Great Comforting Lady,
Of the Great Comforting Lady.

In history it is written how that run did end,
The engine was switched to a dead-end track,
With its last animal shout the machine did burst like a volcano
It blew up ‘gainst the sky, then smoke unwrapp’d its veil
They pick'd him up and he was still breathing,
They pick'd him up and he was still breathing,
They pick'd him up and he was still breathing.

But I like to imagine he’ s still runnin’ the motor,
I like to imagine he’s still making the engine fly,
So may the news come again, again one day to us
Of a steam engine, that like a living thing
Is running like a bomb against injustice,
Is running like a bomb against injustice,
Is running like a bomb against injustice!



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