Destra – Sinistra (English Translation) Lyrics – Giorgio Gaber
But I say that the fault is ours
It’s obvious that people aren’t very serious
When they talk about right or left
But what is the right? What is the left?
But what is the right? What is the left? [Verse 1] Taking a bath in the tub is right-wing
Taking a shower instead is left-wing
A packet of Marlboros is right-wing
One of contraband is left-wing
But what is the right? What is the left?
A nice light soup is right-wing
Minestrone is always left-wing
All the films they make today are right-wing
If they’re boring, they’re from the left
But what is the right? What is thе left?
Nice tennis or gymnastics shoеs
Still have a bit of a right-wing flavor
But wearing them all dirty and a little untied
Is silly more than it’s leftist
But what is the right? What is the left?
The blue jeans that are a sign of the left
The jacket takes them towards the right
The concert in the stadium is left-wing
The prices are a little right-leaning
But what is the right? What is the left?
Tights are almost always left-wing
The garter is more right-wing than ever
Pissing together is left-wing
The shitter, after all, is right-wing
But what is the right? What is the left?
The beautiful clear blue pool
It’s obviously a little right-wing
While the rivers, all the lakes and the sea too
They’re shitty more than they’re left-wing
But what is the right? What is the left?
Despite everything I still believe that it exists
It’s the addiction, the obsession
Of your diversity
Which, at the moment, no one knows where it went
Where? Nobody knows. Where? Nobody knows [Verse 2] I’d say that culatello is right-wing
Mortadella is left-wing
If Swiss chocolate is right-wing
Nutella is still left-wing
But what is the right? What is the left?
Liberal thought is right-wing
Now it’s good for the left too
No one knows if luck is right-wing
Bad luck is always left-wing
But what is the right? What is the left?
The strong salute with closed fist
Is an ancient gesture of the left
The one from the 20s, a bit Roman
Is asshole-like more than right-wing
But what is the right? What is the left? [Refrain] Ideology, ideology
Despite everything I still believe that it exists
It’s continuing to affirm
A thought and its reasoning
With the excuse of a contrast that isn’t there
If it is, who knows where? If it is, who knows where?
[Strofa 3] All the old moralism is left-wing
The lack of morals is right-wing
The Pope, too, ultimately
Is a little left-leaning
It’s the devil who’s gone right-wing
But what is the right? What is the left?
The response of the masses is left-wing
With a minor yielding to the right
I’m sure that the bastard is left-wing
The son of a bitch is right-wing
But what is the right? What is the left?
An open-minded woman is left-wing
A reserved one is already a little right-wing
But a looker is always an attraction
That works well for both left and right
But what is the right? What is the left? [Bridge] We all take it out on history
But I say that the fault is ours
It’s obvious that people aren’t very serious
When they talk about right or left
But what is the right? What is the left?
But what is the right? What is the left?
[Outro] Right, left
Right, left
Right, left
Right, left
Right, left
Enough!
