Traduzione del testo della canzone He Was My Brother - Paul Simon

He Was My Brother (originale)

He was my brother
Five years older than I
He was my brother
Twenty-three years old the day he died
Freedom writer
They cursed my brother to his face
Go home outsider
This town’s gonna be your burying place
He was singing on his knees
An angry mob trailed along
They shot my brother dead
Because he hated what was wrong
He was my brother
Tears can’t bring him back to me
He was my brother
And he died so his brothers could be free
He died so his brothers could be free

He Was My Brother (traduzione)

Era mio fratello
Cinque anni più di me
Era mio fratello
Ventitré anni il giorno in cui morì
Scrittore di libertà
Hanno maledetto mio fratello in faccia
Vai a casa come estraneo
Questa città sarà il tuo luogo di sepoltura
Cantava in ginocchio
Una folla inferocita si trascinava dietro
Hanno sparato a mio fratello
Perché odiava ciò che non andava
Era mio fratello
Le lacrime non possono riportarlo da me
Era mio fratello
E morì così che i suoi fratelli potessero essere liberi
Morì in modo che i suoi fratelli potessero essere liberi