invitatelo al bar
il leghista è il politico popolano
che ha imparato dai padroni
a tenere il cuore nella tasca
dei pantaloni
dalla politica nazionale
a lasciar cadere il cervello
lungo la spina dorsale
per scodinzolare dietro il leader
il leghista valligiano
contro il pericolo levantino
si è rifugiato in un tombino
ogni fiume un confine
non una via da navigare
il credo da ricordare :
il sud è mafioso
il papa un turco
tangentopoli a Milano
un complotto
contro l’onore padano
invitatelo al bar
se federalismo è partire da sé
la colpa non è
degli altri
giugno 97
the Leaguist is the people's politician
who has learned from bosses
to keep his heart in his trouser pockets
from national politics
to drop his brain along the spine
wagging his tail behind
one's leader
from Balkan politicians he's learned
to hand out carving knives
as if anyone were a skillful surgeon
as defence against new comers
he fences off territory
marks all the corners
Albanians overboard
is his national sport
the one living in flat land
does not know of all the races
he is himself an explosive blend
scared by the Arab threat
the Leaguist from a valley
has hidden in the street hole
down the alley
every river a border
not a route for barges
a belief badge on his shirt:
the south is Mafia
the Pope's a Turk
bribery in Milan
slander
of the most honest man
let's have him for a drink
federalism is starting from oneself
not push others off the brink