Time is not the true account,

O beautiful, if I tell you,

Nor did you go in the well-decked ships.

This account.

Time,

Nor did you go back to the citadels of Troy.

Forever ah, forever ah, o beautiful, if I tell you.

Time,

This account isn't thus..

Forever ah, forever ah, forever ah,

O beautiful, if I tell you.

This account isn't thus..

Note:

This translation is based on the following Greek-alphabet rendition:

Αἰῶν οὔκ ἐστ' ἔτυμος,

Καλή, ἄν σ' ἠμί,

Οὐδ' ἔβας ἐν νηῦσιν εὐσέλμοις.

Λόγος οὗτος.

Αἰῶν,

Οὐδ' ἴκεο πέργαμα Τροίας.

Ἀτελ' ἆ, ἀτελ' ἆ, καλή, ἄν σ' ἠμί.

Αἰῶν,

Οὔκ ἐστ' ἐοῦτος λόγος αὐτός.

Ἀτελ' ἆ, ἀτελ' ἆ, ἀτελ' ἆ,

Καλή, ἄν σ' ἠμί.

Οὔκ ἐστ' ἐοῦτος λόγος αὐτός.

It doesn't make much sense, and is credited to a "free inspiration from Aristophanes" when it contains two or three quotes from Stesichorus which came to us via a dialogue by Plato. The text also doesn't match the video at all, cfr. my comment to the lyrics, where I try to make sense of the actual text, with not-too-satisfying results because it's another semi-nonsense mashup. The Italian "translation" has much more Aristophanes, but still has the Stesichorus quote "This account is not the true one", mistranslated. It doesn't match this text no matter how you try to interpret it.

Tempo | Time

No, questa storia non è favola | No, this story isn't a tale,

Cos'è, era un tempo lontano | What is it, it was a far-away time

Pieni di forza giovanile | Full of juvenile strength

Tempo | Time

In battaglia | In battle

Imbevuti di rabbia antica | [We were] soaked with ancient anger

Le frecce nascondevano il cielo | The arrows hid the sky

Con la lancia e lo scudo | With the spear and the shield

Eravamo terribili | We were terrible

Ora i capelli fioriscono | Now the hair flowers

Più bianchi dei cigni | Whiter than swans

Per colpa del tempo | Because of time