
Dalida
Bambino lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:32
Bambino, bambino
Baby, baby
Ne pleure pas, bambino
Don't cry, baby
Les yeux battus
With your beaten eyes
La mine triste et les joues blêmes
Looking so sad and pale-cheeked
Tu ne dors plus
You can't sleep anymore
Tu n'es que l'ombre de toi-même
You're just a shadow of yourself
Seul dans la rue
Alone in the street
Tu rôdes comme une âme en peine
You wander like a lost soul
Et tous les soirs sous sa fenêtre on peut te voir
And every night under her window we can see you
Je sais bien que tu l'adores
I know well that you adore her
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Et qu'elle a des jolis yeux
And that she has pretty eyes
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Mais tu es trop jeune encore
But you’re still too young
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Pour jouer les amoureux
To play the lovers
Et gratta, gratta sur le tuo mandolino
And scratch, scratch on your mandolin
Mon petit bambino
My little bambino
Ta musique est plus jolie
Your music is more lovely
Que tout le ciel de l'Italie
Than all the sky of Italy
Et canta, canta de ta voix câline
And sing, sing with your soothing voice
Mon petit bambino
My little bambino
Tu peux chanter tant que tu veux
You can sing as much as you like
Elle ne te prend pas au sérieux
She doesn't take you seriously
Avec tes cheveux si blonds
With your hair so blonde
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Tu as l'air d'un chérubin
You look like a cherub
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Va plutôt jouer au ballon
Go play with the ball instead
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Comme font tous les gamins
Like all the kids do
Tu peux fumer comme un monsieur des cigarettes
You can smoke like a gentleman with your cigarettes
Te déhancher sur le trottoir quand tu la guettes
Swaying on the sidewalk when you spot her
Tu peux pencher sur ton oreille ta casquette
You can tilt your cap to your ear
Ce n'est pas ça, que dans son cœur, te vieillira
It's not that, which will age you in your heart
L'amour et la jalousie
Love and jealousy
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Ne sont pas des jeux d'enfant
Are not child's play
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Et tu as toute la vie
And you have all your life
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Pour souffrir comme les grands
To suffer like the grown-ups
Et gratta, gratta sur le tuo mandolino
And scratch, scratch on your mandolin
Mon petit bambino
My little bambino
Ta musique est plus jolie
Your music is more beautiful
Que tout le ciel de l'Italie
Than all the sky of Italy
Et canta, canta de ta voix câline
And sing, sing with your gentle voice
Mon petit bambino
My little bambino
Tu peux chanter tant que tu veux
You can sing as much as you want
Elle ne te prend pas au sérieux
She doesn't take you seriously
Si tu as trop de tourments
If you have too many troubles
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Ne le garde pas pour toi
Don't keep it all inside
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Va le dire à ta maman
Go tell your mama
(Bambino, bambino)
(Bambino, bambino)
Les mamans c'est fait pour ça
Moms are made for this
Là, blotti dans l'ombre douce de ses bras
There, nestled in the sweet shadow of her arms
Pleure un bon coup, et ton chagrin s'envolera
Cry it out, and your sorrow will fly away
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Key vocabulary
- battus
- beatenA1
- blonds
- blondA1
- chanter
- singA1
- dire
- sayA1
- encore
- againA1
- fait
- actA1
- fenêtre
- windowA1
- fumer
- smokeA1
- garde
- guardA1
- grands
- tallA1
About this song
Dalida was a French singer and actress of Egyptian origin, associated with French pop and disco. She is known for chart records such as the long run of “Bambino” and for “J’attendrai,” the first disco hit with French lyrics.