Translation of the song Libertà (Inno dei briganti) artist Italian Folk

Ammu pusato chitarra e tammure

We laid aside our guitars and drums

Pecché sta musica s'adda cagna'

for this tune has to change now.

Simmo briganti e facimmo paure

We are outlaws, fear is our tune

E cu' 'a scuppetta vulimmo canta'

and now we want to sing with guns,

E cu' 'a scuppetta vulimmo canta'

and now we want to sing with guns.

E mo' cantammo sta nova canzona

So let's sing now this new song

Tutta la gente se l'adda 'mpara'

that all you people are going to learn.

Nuie cumbattimmo p' 'o rre Burbone

Don't give a damn of the Bourbon king,

E 'a terra è 'a nostra e nun s'adda tucca'

this is our land and nobody takes it,

E 'a terra è 'a nostra e nun s'adda tucca'

this is our land and nobody takes it.

Tutte 'e paise d' 'a Basilicata

All the villages in Basilicata

Se so' scetate e vonno a lutta'

are rising up and want to fight,

Pure 'a Calabria mo' s'è arrevotata

even Calabria is now insurging

E stu nemico facimmo tremma'

and we're going to scare the enemy,

E stu nemico facimmo tremma'

and we're going to scare the enemy.

Chi ha visto 'o lupo e s'è miso paure

You saw the wolf and got so scared,

Nun sape buono qual e' 'a verità

but you don't know the truth yet.

'O vero lupo ca magna e criature

The real wolf who eats children

È 'o piemuntese c'avimm' a caccia'

is the Piedmontese so let's drive him away

È 'o piemuntese c'avimm' a caccia'

is the Piedmontese so let's drive him away

Femmene belle ca date lu core

All ye fair maidens who give your heart

Si lu brigante vulite salva'

if you really want to save the outlaw

Nun lo cercate, scurdateve 'o nomme

don't look for him, forget his name,

Chi ce fa guerra nun tene pietà

we're at war with a merciless enemy,

Chi ce fa guerra nun tene pietà

we're at war with a merciless enemy.

Ommo se nasce, brigante se more

You were born as a man, you die as an outlaw,

Ma fino all'urdemo avimm' a spara'

we'll shoot and fight up to the last.

E si murimmo menate nu sciore

And if we die, so bring us a flower

E 'na preghiera pe sta libertà

and an oath for our liberty,

E 'na preghiera pe sta libertà

and an oath for our liberty.