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Giovinezza was the fascist hymn of Benito Mussolini's Blackshirts, and was the unofficial anthem of Fascist Italy. It means youth.

Words by: Salvator Gotta (1924)

Music by: Giuseppe Blanc (1909)

Salve o popolo d'eroi
Salve o patria immortale
Son rinati i figli tuoi
Con la fe' nell'ideale
Il valor dei tuoi guerrieri,
La virtù dei pionieri
La vision dell'Alighieri
Oggi brilla in tutti i cuor.

Refrain:

Giovinezza, Giovinezza,

Primavera di bellezza

Della vita nell'asprezza

Il tuo canto squilla e va!

E per Benito Mussolini,

Eja eja alalà.

E per la nostra Patria bella,

Eja eja alalà.

Dell'Italia nei confini
Son rifatti gli italiani;
Li ha rifatti Mussolini
Per la guerra di domani.
Per la gloria del lavoro
Per la pace e per l'alloro,
Per la gogna di coloro
Che la patria rinnegan.

Refrain

I Poeti e gli artigiani
I signori e i contadini
Con orgoglio d'italiani
Giuran fede a Mussolini.
Non v'è povero quartiere
Che non mandi le sue schiere
Che non spieghi le bandiere
Del fascismo redentor.

Refrain

Hail, people of heroes,
Hail, immortal Fatherland,
Your sons were born again
With faith in the ideal.
Your warriors' valour,
Your pioneers' virtue,
Alighieri's vision,
Today shines in every heart.

Refrain:

Youth, Youth,

Spring of beauty,

In the hardship of life

Your song rings and goes!

And for Benito Mussolini,

Hip hip hooray.

And for our beautiful Fatherland,

Hip hip hooray.

In the Italian borders,
Italians have been remade.
Mussolini has remade them
For tomorrow's war,
For labour's glory,
For peace and for the laurel,
For the shame of those
Who repudiated our Fatherland.

Refrain

The poets and the artisans,
The lords and the countrymen,
With an Italian's pride
Swear fealty to Mussolini.
There's no poor suburb
That doesn't send its ranks,
That doesn't unfurl the flags
Of the redeeming Fascism.

Refrain

It gave a German song with German lyrics, set to the same tune as Giovinezza; "Hitlerleute" (Hitler's people) replacing "Giovinezza." [1]

See also: Horst-Wessel-Lied, Cara al Sol

• Giovinezza (mp3) Midi
• Giovinezza in Italian and English
• Giovinezza in Italian and German
• Giovinezza in Italian and Spanish