Gesù Bambino [English translation]

Jesus cute little child, Baby Jesus,

Let war come as soon as possible.

Let it be as clean as a cute little wound,

Let it be as short as a snowflake.

And let it take away the bad death and disease,

Let it last short time, let it be like a play.

You who know the station and all those who go there to sleep,

Let them have the opportunity, one day, to leave, they too.

Leave without a ticket, fly away without a ticket,

To be really free you don’t need any railway.

And let it rain a little less on those who haven’t an umbrella

And, after this war, let the weather be nicer.

Jesus cute little child, Baby Jesus bought in instalments,

Who knows whether this war should end before summer,

Because it would be nice for everybody to undress and go to the beach

And to have under your eyes, inside your heart, so many days still to spend.

And, on every birthday, to look at the sky and to be in harmony

And to feel no fear, being fear just a memory.

Jesus cute little child, Baby Jesus adrift,

If this war really has to be done, let it not be unkind.

You who saw everything and who know that everything is still nothing,

If this war really has to happen, let it not be made by the common people.

And then forgive everybody, everybody save someone,

And when it should be over, let nobody remember it.

And when it should be over, let nobody remember it.