Canzoni contro la guerra - La Brigata Lolli

AUSCHWITZ (Song for a Child in the Wind)
Versione inglese di Riccardo Venturi
I died as a young child
Together with other children
By hundreds through a chimney
And now, I'm in the wind
And now, I'm in the wind
In Auschwitz 'twas always snowing
The smoke rose so slowly
In that cold winter day
And now I'm in the wind
And now I'm in the wind
In Auschwitz, so many people
In silence, like in a grave
I tell you, I cannot smile
Here, in this cold wind
Here, in this cold wind.
I wonder, how can a man
Kill his brothers and sisters?
And yet, we are millions
Like dust brought by the wind
Like dust brought by the wind
And yet the gun's still roaring
And yet the human beast has
Not quenched his bloodthirst
And the wind brought us away
And the wind brought us away
I wonder, when will it happen
That mankind finally learns
To live without killing
And the wind finally stops
And the wind finally stops
I wonder, when will it happen
That mankind finally learns
To live without killing
And the wind finally stops
And the wind finally stops.
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