0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%E2%80%93Nicky_correspond...
edit: I meant the correspondence between the third cousin, Wilhelm II, and Tsar Nicholas.
Sleep tight, my darling
while this mess goes on
sleep well, as tomorrow
we'll see the kings again
exchanging pleasantries
good friends as before
they're cousins, and amongst relatives
you don't need formalities,
again will turn friendly
the personal relations.
And reunited among them
with no sign of remorse
they'll give a nice speech
on Peace and Labour
to that dumb people
spared by the gun.
Some of the older English references[1] also seem negative: "English had it as cullion a 16c. term of contempt for a man, "a mean wretch" (Shakespeare) also "a testicle" (Chaucer), from Middle English coujon, coilon (late 14c.), from Old French coillon "testicle; worthless fellow, dolt," from Latin coleus."
I find that I can quite easily imagine the poet seeing people dying for these 'friends' while the stupid public (popolo cojone) attends a nice speech.
0: https://hinative.com/questions/10051415?locale=en-US#answer-...
But yeah, I could not think of a better word in english, "traduttore traditore" as the saying goes :)
Very much the case in 19th century Europe, where most of the royalty was related.