Francesco De Gregori
Renoir lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:38
Gli aerei stanno al cielo
Planes are in the sky
Come le navi al mare
Like ships are on the sea
Come il sole all'orizzonte la sera
Like the sun on the horizon at dusk
Come è vero che non voglio tornare
As true as it is I don't want to go back
A una stanza vuota e tranquilla
To an empty and quiet room
Dove aspetto un amore lontano
Where I await a distant love
E mi pettino i pensieri
And I comb through my thoughts
Col bicchiere nella mano
With a glass in hand
Chi di voi l'ha vista partire
Who among you saw her depart
Dica pure che stracciona era
Say whatever you want, she was a ragamuffin
Quanto vento aveva nei capelli
How much wind she had in her hair
Se rideva o se piangeva
Whether she laughed or she cried
La mattina che prese il treno
The morning she caught the train
E seduta accanto al finestrino
And sitting next to the window
Vide passare l'Italia ai suoi piedi
She saw Italy passing beneath her feet
Giocando a carte col suo destino
Playing cards with her fate
Ora i tempi si sa che cambiano
Now the times, we know, they change
Passano e tornano tristezza e amore
Sadness and love pass and return
Da qualche parte c'è una casa più calda
Somewhere there's a warmer home
Sicuramente esiste un uomo migliore
Surely there exists a better man
Io nel frattempo ho scritto altre canzoni
In the meantime, I've written other songs
Di lei parlano raramente
They rarely talk about her
Ma non è vero che io l'abbia perduta
But it's not true that I've lost her
Dimenticata come dice la gente
Forgotten like people say
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Key vocabulary
- aerei
- planesB1
- stanno
- they areA1
- cielo
- skyA2
- navi
- shipsB1
- mare
- seaA1
- sole
- sunA1
- orizzonte
- horizon
- sera
- eveningA1
- vero
- true
- stanza
- roomA2
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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.