
Francesco De Gregori
Due zingari lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:17
Ecco, stasera mi piace così
Here, tonight I like it like this
Con queste stelle appiccicate al cielo
With these stars stuck to the sky
La lama del coltello nascosta nello stivale
The blade of the knife hidden in the boot
E il tuo sorriso trentadue perle
And your smile thirty-two pearls
Così disse il ragazzo
So said the boy
Nella mia vita non ho mai avuto fame
In my life, I've never been hungry
E non ricordo sete di acqua o di vino
And I don't remember thirst for water or wine
Ho sempre corso libero, felice come un cane
I've always run free, happy as a dog
Tra la campagna e la periferia
Between the countryside and the outskirts
E chissà da dove venivano i miei
And who knows where my roots came from
Dalla Sicilia o dall'Ungheria
From Sicily or Hungary
Avevano occhi veloci come il vento
They had eyes as fast as the wind
Leggevano la musica
They read the music
Leggevano la musica nel firmamento
They read the music in the heavens
Rispose la ragazza "ho tredici anni"
The girl replied, 'I'm thirteen'
Trentadue perle nella notte
Thirty-two pearls in the night
E se potessi ti sposerei
And if I could, I would marry you
Per avere dei figli con le scarpe rotte
To have children with broken shoes
Girerebbero questa ed altre città
They would wander this and other cities
Questa ed altre città
This and other cities
A costruire giostre e a vagabondare
Building carousels and wandering around
Ma adesso è tardi anche per chiacchierare
But now it's too late even to chat
E due zingari stavano appoggiati alla notte
And two gypsies leaned against the night
Forse mano nella mano e, e si tenevano negli occhi
Perhaps hand in hand and, and holding each other's gaze
Aspettavano il sole del giorno dopo
They were waiting for the sun of the next day
Senza guardare niente
Without looking at anything
Sull'autostrada accanto al campo
On the highway next to the field
Le macchine passano velocemente
Cars speed by quickly
E gli autotreni mangiano chilometri
And the trucks devour kilometers
Sicuramente vanno molto lontano
Surely they go very far
Gli autisti si fermano e poi ripartono
The drivers stop and then set off again
Dicono "c'è nebbia, bisogna andare piano"
They say, 'there's fog, we need to go slow'
Si lasciano dietro
They leave behind
Si lasciano dietro un sogno metropolitano
They leave behind a metropolitan dream
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Key vocabulary
- metropolitano
- subwayB2
- nascosta
- hiddenB2
- periferia
- peripheryB2
- rotte
- routesB2
- scarpe
- shoesB2
- stasera
- tonightB2
- stivale
- bootB2
- velocemente
- quicklyB2
- appiccicate
- stuck
- lama
- blade
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About this song
Francesco De Gregori is an Italian singer-songwriter and OMRI recipient associated with Italian cantautor music. He is known for writing lyrics that are often described as elegant and for his preference to be credited simply as an artist.