Occidentali's Karma

• By: Francesco Gabbani

Lyrics:

[Italiano]

[English]

Essere o dover essere

To be or to have to be

Il dubbio amletico

The Hamletian doubt

Contemporaneo come l'uomo del neolitico.

Contemporary like a man from the Neolithic.

Nella tua gabbia 2x3 mettiti comodo.

In your 2x3 cage, make yourself comfortable.

Intellettuali nei caffè

Intellectuals in cafés

Internettologi

Internetologists

Soci onorari al gruppo dei selfisti anonimi.

Honorary members of the anonymous selfie group.

L'intelligenza è démodé

Intelligence is out of fashion

Risposte facili

Easy answers

Dilemmi inutili

Useless dilemmas

AAA cercasi (cerca sì)

AAA wanted (yes, search)

Storie dal gran finale

Stories with a grand finale

Sperasi (spera sì)

Hope (yes, hope)

Comunque vada panta rei

Whatever happens, everything flows

And singing in the rain

And singing in the rain

Lezioni di Nirvana

Nirvana lessons

C'è il Buddha in fila indiana

There’s Buddha in a single file

Per tutti un'ora d'aria, di gloria.

For everyone, an hour of fresh air, of glory.

La folla grida un mantra

The crowd shouts a mantra

L'evoluzione inciampa

Evolution stumbles

La scimmia nuda balla

The naked monkey dances

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

La scimmia nuda balla

The naked monkey dances

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

Piovono gocce di Chanel

Drops of Chanel are falling

Su corpi asettici

On aseptic bodies

Mettiti in salvo dall'odore dei tuoi simili.

Save yourself from the smell of your kind.

Tutti tuttologi col web

Everyone's a know-it-all on the web

Coca dei popoli

Coca of the people

Oppio dei poveri

Opium of the poor

AAA cercasi (cerca sì)

AAA wanted (yes, search)

Umanità virtuale

Virtual humanity

Sex appeal (sex appeal)

Sex appeal (sex appeal)

Comunque vada panta rei

Whatever happens, everything flows

And singing in the rain

And singing in the rain

Lezioni di Nirvana

Nirvana lessons

C'è il Buddha in fila indiana

There’s Buddha in a single file

Per tutti un'ora d'aria, di gloria

For everyone, an hour of fresh air, of glory

La folla grida un mantra

The crowd shouts a mantra

L'evoluzione inciampa

Evolution stumbles

La scimmia nuda balla

The naked monkey dances

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

La scimmia nuda balla

The naked monkey dances

Occidentali's Karma.

Occidentali's Karma.

Quando la vita si distrae cadono gli uomini.

When life gets distracted, men fall.

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

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Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

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La scimmia si rialza

The monkey gets back up

Namasté Alé

Namasté Alé

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Lezioni di Nirvana

Nirvana lessons

C'è il Buddha in fila indiana

There’s Buddha in a single file

Per tutti un'ora d'aria, di gloria.

For everyone, an hour of fresh air, of glory.

La folla grida un mantra

The crowd shouts a mantra

L'evoluzione inciampa

Evolution stumbles

La scimmia nuda balla

The naked monkey dances

Occidentali's Karma.

Occidentali's Karma.

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

La scimmia nuda balla

The naked monkey dances

Occidentali's Karma

Occidentali's Karma

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
dubbio /ˈdub.bjo/ B2	noun - doubt
intelligenza /in.tel.liˈdʒɛn.tsa/ B2	noun - intelligence
scimmia /ˈʃim.mja/ A2	noun - monkey
caffè /kafˈfɛ/ A1	noun - coffee
umanità /u.ma.niˈta/ B1	noun - humanity
evoluzione /e.vo.luˈtsjone/ B2	noun - evolution
mantra /ˈmæn.trə/ B2	noun - mantra
gloria /ˈɡlɔː.ri.ə/ B1	noun - glory
dilemma /dɪˈlɛm.ə/ B2	noun - dilemma
risposta /riˈspɔ.sta/ A2	noun - answer
storia /ˈstɔ.ri.a/ A1	noun - story
cerca /ˈtʃɛr.ka/ A2	verb - to search
salvo /ˈsal.vo/ B1	adjective - safe
popoli /ˈpɔ.po.li/ B1	noun - peoples
virtuale /vir.tuˈa.le/ B2	adjective - virtual
sperare /speˈra.re/ A2	verb - to hope

Grammar:

• Essere o dover essere

  ➔ Infinitive verbs

  ➔ The phrase uses the infinitive form of the verbs "essere" (to be) and "dover" (to have to), indicating a state of being or obligation.

• La folla grida un mantra

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The present simple tense is used here to describe a habitual action, where "la folla" (the crowd) regularly performs the action of shouting.

• Comunque vada panta rei

  ➔ Subjunctive mood

  ➔ The phrase implies uncertainty or a hypothetical situation, using the subjunctive mood to express that regardless of the outcome, things will flow.

• La scimmia nuda balla

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The present continuous tense is used to describe an action that is currently happening, where "la scimmia nuda" (the naked monkey) is dancing.

• Piovono gocce di Chanel

  ➔ Impersonal constructions

  ➔ The phrase uses an impersonal construction to express that drops of Chanel are falling, without specifying a subject.

• Tutti tuttologi col web

  ➔ Noun phrases

  ➔ The phrase consists of a noun phrase "tutti tuttologi" (everyone is a know-it-all) that describes a generalization about people in relation to the web.

• Quando la vita si distrae cadono gli uomini

  ➔ Complex sentences

  ➔ This complex sentence contains a subordinate clause "quando la vita si distrae" (when life gets distracted) that provides a condition for the main clause.