Bella ciao

This is a very old melody from Northern Italy which became an anti-fascist anthem sung by our partisans. It is still a very popular folksong in Italy and it's a very special song for many of us. I would like to dedicate it to my friend Matthew Vaughan (matthewvaughan) who did a splendid and very moving rendition of this song. Please check his channel. Thanks Matthew for everything you're doing and for your splendid "rise up singing project" . Here are the Italian lyrics and a very correct Matthew's English translation.

BELLA CIAO

Una mattina mi son svegliato
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao
Una mattina mi son svegliato
Ed ho trovato l'invasor

O partigiano portami via
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao
O partigiano portami via
Che mi sento di morir

E se io muoio da partigiano
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao
E se io muoio da partigiano
Tu mi devi seppellir

Mi seppellirai lassù in montagna
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao
Mi seppellirai lassù in montagna
Sotto l'ombra di un bel fior

E tutti quelli che passeranno
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao
E tutti quelli che passeranno
Mi diranno "che bel fior"

Questo è il fiore del partigiano
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao
Questo è il fiore del partigiano
Morto per la libertà

FARE THEE WELL, MY BEAUTY

I woke up one morning
(Fare thee well, my beauty)
I woke up one morning
and found the invader

O, partisan, take me away
(Fare thee well, my beauty)
O, partisan, take me away
I feel I'm dying

And if I die as a partisan,
(Fare thee well, my beauty)
And if I die as a partisan,
you must bury me

You'll bury me up on the mountain
(Fare thee well, my beauty)
You'll bury me up on the mountain
in the shade of a beautiful flower

And all the passers-by
(Fare thee well, my beauty)
And all the passers-by
Will say "What a lovely flower!"

This is the flower of the partisan
(Fare thee well, my beauty)
This is the flower of the partisan
who died for freedom

Category:

Music

Tags:

• bella
• ciao
• matthewvaughan
• anti-fascist
• resistenza
• partigiani
• partisans

[miox1973]

Grazie per la tua visita al canale ... ma ... come non apprezzare questa fantastica canzone così magistralmente interpretata. Sei un GRANDE!

[marcoacca]

@miox1973 Grazie per l'ascolto! CIao, M.

[PEKASEKA]

bravo,bravo,bravo. zivela srbija

[marcoacca]

Grazie! Ciao, Marco

[nondepouk]

magnifique!!! I knowed only the tune of this song. now you make me discover magnificently this beautiful song of freedom. thanks a lot my friend

[marcoacca]

It's avery very old and beautiful song. Merci mon ami. Ciao, Marco.

[monicasmix]

Beautiful!! Brilliant!! Brava!!!!

Monica

[lorafee1]

excellent your fingerstyle and nice voice

Ciao Lor@

[rapsody230]

sono fiera che QUASI tutti gli stranieri (vecchi) conoscano "bella ciao"!!!!

[PEKASEKA]

@WoodenMosquito everything is ok.I see that you know the Serbian language )))))

[WoodenMosquito]

@PEKASEKA i love Serbians, u pichku materinu. I hope you won't get offended. Any serbian that I know would laugh ; p

[rivoluzionario69]

5 stelle viva la libertà

[marycigarettes]

this is great.. i love the singing tone on this

[kmikze]

the part from 0:14 to 0:20 sounds a bit like the song from the Silent Hill game soundtrack ("Promise")

[PEKASEKA]

Bravo , tu BELLISSIMO VOCE