‘Money Heist’ season 5’s first bank of episodes or ‘Volume 1’ just dropped on Netflix . As the show started trending on social media, one of the top searches on Google was the meaning of “Bella Ciao,” the iconic song that every fan of the show has on their lips.

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The song was sung by Berlin and Professor the night before their heist at the Royal Mint of Spain. 

Now, Tokyo,  one of the main characters, provide the actual insight into the song and how they were introduced to it during one of her narrations in the show.

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“The life of The Professor revolved around one idea: Resistance. His grandfather, who had fought against the fascists in Italy, taught him the song—and he taught it to us,” she said, reports News18.

The actual lyrics of the song goes like this, “Una mattina mi son alzato…O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao…Una mattina mi son alzato…E ho trovato l’invasor.” 

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When translated to english, it means, “One morning I awakened…Oh Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful! Bye! Bye!…One morning I awakened…And I found the invader.”

According to Oprah Daily, Bella Ciao is an Italian folk song, which was used as an anthem for the anti-fascist resistance and sung worldwide, reports News 18. 

The  craze of ‘Money Heist’ is so much in India that a Jaipur-based private firm has given its employees a holiday for them to watch season five of the hit Netflix series.

The Netflix series shows two heists pulled off by a group of thieves, led by the enigmatic The Professor (Alvaro Morte) — one on the Royal Mint of Spain, and one on the Bank of Spain.