Ho visto un re

Come on, come on, count on...oh well, yeah well...
- I saw a king.
- Did you see who he is?
- He saw a king!
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- A king who was crying sitting on the saddle
he cried so many tears, so many that
he even wet the horse!
- Poor king!
- And poor horse too!
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- The emperor took away from him
a beautiful castle...
- Oh, what a mess!
- ...of thirty-two that he had.
- Poor king!
- And poor horse too!
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- I saw a bishop...
- Did you see who he is?
- He saw a bishop!
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- He too, he was crying, making
a great noise, even bit a hand.
- Whose hand?
- The hand of the sacristan!
- Poor bishop!
- And poor sacristan too!
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- It's the cardinal who took away from him
an abbey...
- Oh poor Christ!
- ...of thirty-two that he had.
- Poor bishop!
- And poor sacristan too!
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- I saw a rich man...
- Did you see who he is?
- He saw a rich man! A sir!
- He...Oh, well; yeah, well.
- The poor man was crying on a glass of wine
and every gulp, every drop went...
- Watered down the wine?
- Yes, it all diluted!
- Poor man!
- And poor wine too!
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- The bishop, the king, the emperor
have half ruined him
they took away
three houses and a building
of thirty-two that he had.
- Poor man!
- And poor wine too!
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- I saw a peasant.
- Did you see who he is?
- A farmer!
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- The bishop, the king, the rich man, the emperor,
even the cardinal, have half ruined him
they took away:
the house
the farmhouse
the cow
the violin
the persimmon box
the transistor radio
the Little Tony records
the wife!
- And then, what else?
- A military son
they even killed his pig...
- Poor lad!
- In the sense of the pig...
- Oh, well; yeah, well.
- But he, he didn't cry, in fact: he laughed!
Ah! Ah! Ah!
- But do you know why, right?
- No!
- The thing is that us peasants...
Us peasants...
We must always be happy
because our crying hurts the king
hurts the rich man and the cardinal
they become sad if we cry,
we must always be happy
because our crying hurts the king
hurts the rich man and the cardinal
they become sad if we cry!