Francesco De Gregori
Poeti per l'estate lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1985
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:18
Vanno a due a due i poeti
Poets go in pairs,
Verso chissà che luna
Towards who knows which moon,
Amano molte cose, forse nessuna
They love many things, maybe none at all.
Alcuni sono ipocriti, gelosi come gatti
Some are hypocrites, jealous like cats.
Scrivono versi apocrifi, faticosi e sciatti
They write apocryphal verses, laborious and sloppy.
Sognano di vittorie e premi letterari
They dream of victories and literary awards,
Pugnalano alle spalle gli amici più cari
They stab their closest friends in the back.
Quando ne trovano uno ubriaco in un fosso
When they find one drunk in a ditch,
Per salvargli la vita gli tirano addosso
To save his life, they throw themselves at him,
Però quando si impegnano lo fanno veramente
But when they commit, they really mean it.
Convinti come sono di servire alla gente
Convinced as I am of serving the people
Firmano grandi appelli per la guerra e la fame
They sign big appeals for war and hunger
Vecchi mosconi ipocriti, vecchie puttane
Old hypocritical flies, old whores
Vanno a due a due i poeti
Poets walk in pairs
Poi ritornano quasi sempre
Then they almost always come back
Come gli alberi di Natale quando arriva dicembre
Like Christmas trees when December arrives
Si specchiano nelle vetrine dentro ai loro successi
They see themselves in shop windows amidst their successes
Poveri poeti soliti, quasi sempre gli stessi
Poor usual poets, almost always the same ones
Però l'avvenimento, il più spettacolare
But the event, the most spectacular one
è quando in televisione li vedi arrivare
is when you see them arrive on television
Profetici e poetici, sportivi ed eleganti
Prophetic and poetic, sporty and elegant
Pubblicare loro stessi come fanno i cantanti
Publishing themselves like singers do
Vanno a due a due i poeti
The poets go in pairs
Traversano le nostre stagioni
They cross our seasons
E passano poeti brutti e poeti buoni
And both ugly poets and good poets pass by
E quando fra i buoni poeti ne trovi uno vero
And when among the good poets you find a true one
è come partire lontano, come viaggiare davvero
it's like setting off far away, like truly traveling
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Key vocabulary
- vanno
- goA1
- poeti
- poets
- chissà
- who knowsB1
- luna
- moonB1
- molte
- many
- nessuna
- none
- alcuni
- some
- ipocriti
- hypocrites
- gelosi
- jealous
- gatti
- catsB2
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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.