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Goodbye, beautiful Lugano - Giorgio Gaber, Enzo Jannacci, Lino Toffolo, Otello Profazio and Silverio Pisu Goodbye, beautiful Lugano (1964 This or that) Author: Pietro Gori (1894) Goodbye, beautiful Lugano,/ oh sweet, pious land,/ driven away without guilt/ the anarchists go away/ and depart singing/ with hope in their hearts. And it is for you exploited ones,/ for you workers,/ that we are shackled/ like the criminals;/ and yet our idea/ is nothing but an idea of love. Anonymous comrades,/ friends who remain,/ the social truths propagated by the strong:/ this is the revenge/ that we ask of you. But you who drive us away/ with a vile lie,/ bourgeois republic,/ one day you will be ashamed/ and today we accuse you/ in the face of the future. Bandits without respite,/ we will go from land to land/ to preach peace/ and to banish war: peace among the oppressed,/ war against the oppressors. Helvetia, your government/ becomes a slave to others,/ offends the traditions of a strong people/ and insults the legend of your William Tell. Farewell, dear companions,/ friends of Lugano,/ farewell, snow-white/ mountains of Ticino,/ the knights-errant/ are dragged north.