Francesco De Gregori
Renoir (2ª versione) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:22
Gli aerei stanno al cielo
Airplanes are to the sky
Come le navi al mare
Like ships are to the sea
Come il sole all'orizzonte la sera
Like the sun at the horizon in the evening
Come è vero che non voglio tornare
As true as it is that I don't want to go back
A una stanza vuota e tranquilla
To an empty and peaceful room
Dove aspetto un amore lontano
Where I wait for a distant love
E mi pettino i pensieri
And I brush my thoughts
Col bicchiere nella mano
With a glass in my hand
Chi di voi l'ha vista partire
Who among you saw her leave
Dica pure che stracciona era
Feel free to say she was a mess
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 took the train
E seduta accanto al finestrino
And sitting by 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 destiny
Ora i tempi si sa che cambiano
Now the times, we know, change
Passano e tornano tristezza e amore
Sadness and love come and go
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, as people say
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Key vocabulary
- aerei
- planesB1
- cielo
- skyA2
- orizzonte
- horizon
- vero
- true
- stanza
- roomA2
- vuota
- empty
- tranquilla
- calmA2
- pettino
- comb
- bicchiere
- glassC1
- dica
- say
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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.