
Carla Bruni
Il vecchio e il bambino lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:25
Un vecchio e un bambino si preser per mano
An old man and a child took each other's hands
E andarono insieme incontro alla sera
And they walked together into the evening
La polvere rossa si alzava lontano
The red dust was rising far away
E il sole brillava di luce non vera
And the sun shone with a light that wasn't real
L'immensa pianura sembrava arrivare
The vast plain seemed to stretch on forever
Fin dove l'occhio di un uomo poteva guardare
As far as the eye of a man could see
E tutto d'intorno non c'era nessuno
And all around there was no one
Solo il tetro contorno di torri di fumo
Only the grim outline of towers of smoke
I due camminavano, il giorno cadeva
The two walked on, as the day fell
Il vecchio parlava e piano piangeva
The old man spoke and quietly wept
Con l'anima assente, con gli occhi bagnati
With the absent soul, with tear-filled eyes
Seguiva il ricordo di miti passati
It followed the memory of past myths
I vecchi subiscon le ingiurie degli anni
The old endure the insults of time
Non sanno distinguere il vero dai sogni
They cannot tell the truth from dreams
I vecchi non sanno, nel loro pensiero
The old do not know, in their thoughts
Distinguer nei sogni il falso dal vero
To distinguish in dreams the false from the true
E il vecchio diceva, guardando lontano
And the old man said, gazing afar
"Immagina questo coperto di grano
"Imagine this covered in grain
Immagina i frutti e immagina i fiori
Imagine the fruits and imagine the flowers
E pensa alle voci e pensa ai colori
And think of the voices and think of the colors
In questa pianura, fin dove si perde
In this plain, as far as the eye can see
Crescevano gli alberi e tutto era verde
Trees were growing and everything was green
Cadeva la pioggia, segnavano i soli
Rain was falling, marking the suns
Il ritmo dell'uomo e delle stagioni"
The rhythm of man and the seasons
Il bimbo ristette, lo sguardo era triste
The child paused, his gaze was sad
E gli occhi guardavano cose mai viste
And his eyes looked at things never seen
E poi disse al vecchio con voce sognante
And then he said to the old man with a dreamy voice
"Mi piaccion le fiabe, raccontane altre"
"I love fairy tales, tell me more"
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Key vocabulary
- insieme
- together
- incontro
- meeting
- alla
- went
- sera
- will be
- polvere
- dust
- rossa
- red
- alzava
- was raising
- lontano
- far
- brillava
- was shining
- luce
- light
About this song
Carla Bruni is a French singer-songwriter and former supermodel, associated with chanson française. She is known for her chart-topping debut album Quelqu’un m’a dit (2002) and her subsequent No. 1 releases Comme si de rien n’etait (2008), alongside collaborations with artists including Harry Connick Jr., Marianne Faithfull, and Willie Nelson.