‘Bella ciao’: The tumultuous life of the antifascist anthem

The lyrics are so simple they fit in a single sentence: a partisan one morning meets the invader, senses he will die and asks his girl to bury him in the mountain, under the shade of a flower, so people will see it and say, “How beautiful!

Hidalgo ¡Tiene algo!

It is the flower of the partisan killed for freedom.” That’s it. Nothing more. Well: that, and the word “bella,” which is heard 18 times, and the word “ciao,” repeated 30 times.

Hidalgo ¡Tiene algo!

Lee la nota completa en El Pais.



Dejanos un comentario: