Laura Pausini
Perché non torna più lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1993
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:37
Sempre giù buttate a terra contro i maschi a far la guerra
Always thrown down to the ground, fighting against the boys
Quante botte poi la mamma in camera vi darà
How many smacks will mom give you in the room?
Due bambine stesso sguardo pieno di allegria
Two little girls with the same joyful gaze
Che si provano le giacche del papà
Trying on their dad's jackets
Poi la vita cresce in fretta
Then life grows up fast
Come un fiume in piena
Like a river in flood
E le trovi ragazzine
And you find the girls
A parlare d'amore in un cortile
Talking about love in a courtyard
Perché non torna più?
Why doesn't it come back anymore?
Quella libertà
That freedom
Le risate a scuola fino a stare male
Laughing at school until it hurts,
Perché non torna più?
Why doesn't it come back anymore?
Chi mi a preso voi?
Who has taken me away from you?
Chi mi a preso voi?
Who has taken me away from you?
Stesso cuore stessa pelle questo è il patto fra sorelle
Same heart, same skin, this is the pact between sisters.
Anime che mai potrà dividere la realtà
Souls that reality can never divide.
Ma una notte con la luna piena di sfortuna
But one night with the full moon of misfortune,
Si sentiva una sirena che gridava al vento la sua pena
You could hear a siren crying to the wind her pain.
Perché non torna più?
Why doesn't it come back anymore?
La complicità
The complicity.
Di quei pomeriggi a raccontarsi tutto
Of those afternoons sharing everything
Perché non torna più?
Why doesn’t it come back again?
Quella nostra età
That age of ours
E il ricordo non consola quando cerco di vedermi ancora
And the memory doesn’t comfort me when I try to see myself again
Perché non torna più?
Why doesn’t it come back again?
La canzone che
The song that
Cantavamo nelle docce a squarciagola
We sang in the showers at the top of our lungs
Perché non torna più?
Why doesn’t it come back again?
La felicità
The happiness
Della nostra età
Of our age
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Key vocabulary
- camera
- roomA1
- contro
- againstA1
- cresce
- growsA1
- cuore
- heartA1
- due
- twoA1
- fino
- untilA1
- guerra
- warA1
- libertà
- freedomA1
- mai
- neverA1
- male
- badA1
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About this song
Laura Pausini is an Italian pop singer associated with adult contemporary and known for her powerful vocals and international chart success since her 1993 debut. She has sold tens of millions of albums worldwide, with multiple Italian chart-topping releases and a Golden Globe for her 2021 song “Io sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead.