Talk:Bella ciao

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I was about to revert the And.... My Italian is hmmmm.... not serious never learned at school...; The translation I found on the web was worse than those I pasted.... There is also some work to do about uppercase. Ericd 22:38, 5 Sep 2003 (UTC)

E seppellire lassù in montagna = Bury me up in the mountain

Is this OK ? Ericd 22:41, 5 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't see this until now, so I placed the explanation to "and" in the summary. The traslation now is OK, I think. Some minor poetical twist is lost, but it's difficult to give the same effect in English.

"Bury me up in the moutain" is ok, actually it's

"And bury me up in the mountain"

:-) At18 22:53, 5 Sep 2003 (UTC)


I think the traslation of "Che mi sento di morir" ought to be "Because I feel to be willing to die" rather than "Because I feel death approaching".

The Italian text is ambiguous and could have both meanings, but "Because I feel to be willing to die" seems to make more sense.

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[edit] the italian lyrics

hello folks, i'm a german but the lyrics of "bella ciao" are not written in the german article, so i read the english version. i think the lyrics are not right, so I corrected them.

Hi - I'm an Italian/English translator, have sung Bella Ciao more times than I can remember and it still brings tears to my eyes - so I've provided an "alternate translation" with singable rhythm - less literal word-for-word but closer to the meanings the song conveys... at least to those who sing it!

Lisa - Rome

[edit] Chorus in english translation

Every time I've heard this song in English (Chumbawamba and Leslie Fish versions mostly, I guess), the "O, Bella ciao, bella ciao..." lines are still sung in Italian, and it sounds fine that way, so I'd propose leaving it that way in the English translation in the article. Phr (talk) 04:45, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hungarian lyrics

Eljött a hajnal, elébe mentem,
Ó bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
Eljött a hajnal, elébe mentem,
És rámtalált a megszálló.

Ha partizán vagy, vigyél el innen,
Ó bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
Ha partizán vagy, vigyél el innen,
Mert ma érzem, meghalok!

Ha meghalok ma, mint annyi társam,
Ó bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
Ha meghalok ma, mint annyi társam,
Légy te az, ki eltemet.

A hegyvidéken temess el engem,
Ó bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
A hegyvidéken temess el engem,
Legyen virág a síromon.

Az arrajáró, ha megcsodálja,
Ó bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
Az arrajáró, ha megcsodálja,
Mondja azt, ez szép virág.

Az ő virága, a partizáné,
Ó bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,
Az ő virága, a partizáné,
Ki a szabadságért halt meg.

Gyerekember 08:08, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] copyright snip?

I came to the page and was surprised to see that it was severely truncated, supposedly because of copyright violations. Does anyone know the specifics? were it the lyrics? Some of the analysis about various versions of it from around the world seemed worthy and original. I don't think that was in violation. 75.175.15.126 (talk) 04:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)