NLO - Писмо до Сицилия (Pismo do Sitsiliya) Лирицс транслатион то енглисх

Letter to Sicily

Buongiorno caro mafioso1,
The Bulgarian mafia says hello, sends its regards!
I'm fine here - everything's coming up roses,
Although it might not show when you look at me.
 
You only operate in Sicily,
I control the entire country.
The shovel's heavy on your shoulder,
And I don't even think about war!
 
At the mechanic's, at the kindergarten,
At every university and theatre, in every shop,
Far and wide, my name is the parola2 -
One for all, all for one!
 
Buongiorno, caro mafioso!
You can see for yourself that everything with me is just dandy!
Life is at ours', at yours' it's just prosaic,
The Bulgarian Mafia sends its regards!
 
Over private businessmen under the 35-th3,
I have power over the national services.
I don't have wages, I get by with the bribes,
While I'm wanted from Vidin to Burgas4.
 
Although the lev is not a lira5,
I accept it in its current condition.
He who speaks, does not die6,
But suffers from a chronic deficit.
 
At the mechanic's, at the kindergarten,
At every university and theatre, in every shop,
Far and wide, my name is the parola2 -
One for all, all for one!
 
Buongiorno, caro mafioso!
You can see for yourself that everything with me is just dandy!
Life is at ours', at yours' it's just prosaic,
The Bulgarian Mafia sends its regards!
 

• 1. Italian: Good morning dear mafioso
• Italian: word, Bulgarian: password
• 3. The 35-th Bulgarian parliament (1986-1990) made the transition from communism to democracy in 1989, allowing for private business to exist widely for the first time since 1944. The song hints that the parliament greatly helped the mafia establish itself during this period, masking it as private business.
• 4. Vidin and Burgas - two cities at the opposite sides of Bulgaria. A line between them would cover half the country but not the capital.
• 5. lev - Bulgarian currency, lira - Italian currency at the time the song came out, more valuable than a lev. The lev suffered several incidents of over-inflation around the time the song came out.
• 6. A reference to Italian mafia's 'speak and die' mantra, expressed like Hristo Botev's classic poem Hadji Dimitar - 'He who falls while fighting for freedom, does not die'

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