Chiedi chi erano i Beatles [English translation]

If you want to touch the forehead of the time that flies by

In March full of dust, full of fire...

...and it's how the today's old man was the yesterday's boy.

If you want to listen to the step of a thousand thoughts not just for fun,

You ask who The Beatles were, ask who The Beatles were...

If you want to feel it on your arm—

The day running so far...

...and it's how a hemp rope was strung

Or how the fog was stuck between the days that were getting shorter.

If you want to touch the heart of the last snow with your fingertips,

You ask who The Beatles were, ask who The Beatles were...

Ask a 15-year-old girl about it,

You ask who The Beatles were, and she will answer...

...the pretty little girl with her gentle gaze,

The glasses and with a little voice.

But who were these Beatles? She will answer:

The Beatles, I don't know them, also, I don't know the world.

Yes, yes, I know about Hiroshima, but I know little about the rest, I really know little.

My father said that Europe was burning in the fire.

We still have to learn, we were born yesterday, we were born yesterday.

After the August holidays, I don't remember the sea anymore,

I don't remember the music, I'm tired to explain the things,

And, to stay calm, I take a picture of my grandmother in her last poses.

But who were these Beatles, but who were these Beatles?

You, who turned them on in your record players and shouted,

You, who waited for them and listened to them, burned them and then forgot about them,

You should teach us everything not just in words.

But who were these Beatles, who were these Beatles?

Because the falling rain dries quickly in the sun,

A river flows through a leather sofa...

But who were these Beatles?

At night I dream of endless cities,

And I hear many voices sing and down there people respond,

I swim between waves of the sun and walk on the sky of the sea.

But who were these Beatles, who were these Beatles?..