Francesco De Gregori
Ipercarmela lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1976
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:09
La cucina era vuota, il bicchiere a metà
The kitchen was empty, the glass half full
L'uomo guardava serio il muro e poi seguiva il fumo
The man looked seriously at the wall and then followed the smoke
Che saliva lento verso la lampadina
Rising slowly towards the light bulb
La stagione era quasi finita
The season was almost over
L'uomo pensava, "Questa è casa mia"
The man thought, 'This is my home'
Nella stanza del letto, la donna grassa e nervosa
In the bedroom, the fat and anxious woman
Guardava su un giornale a colori
Was looking at a colorful newspaper
La vita di una donna, bionda, famosa e ricca
The life of a woman, blonde, famous, and rich
Con qualche anno in meno, pensò
With a few years less, she thought
"Qualche anno di meno, lei somiglierebbe a me"
'A few years younger, she would look like me'
E il tempo passa come una colomba
And time passes like a dove
Sulla casa dell'uomo e della donna
Over the house of man and woman
Dentro una città pulita e violenta
Inside a clean yet violent city
La donna partorì una stella e la chiamò Carmela
The woman gave birth to a star and named her Carmela
Figlia di suo padre e sua madre
Daughter of her father and her mother
Fiocco rosa da crescere in fretta
A pink ribbon, growing up too fast
Rideva quasi sempre, piangere non piangeva mai
She laughed almost always, never did she cry
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Key vocabulary
- vuota
- empty
- uomo
- man
- guardava
- watched
- seguiva
- followed
- lampadina
- bulb
- pensava
- thought
- grassa
- fat
- bionda
- blonde
- pensò
- thought
- somiglierebbe
- resemble
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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.