Lucio Battisti
Anima latina lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1974
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 6:38
Scende ruzzolando
Rolling down
Dai tetti di lamiera
From the metal roofs
Indugiando sulla scritta
Linger on the writing
"Bevi Coca Cola"
"Drink Coca Cola"
Scende dai presepi vivi
Descending from the living nativity
Appena giunge sera
As evening arrives
Quando musica e miseria
When music and misery
Diventan cosa sola
Become one and the same
La gioia della vita
The joy of life
La vita dentro agli occhi dei bambini denutriti
The life within the eyes of malnourished children
Allegramente malvestiti
Cheerfully mismatched
Che nessun detersivo potente può aver veramente sbiaditi
That no powerful detergent can truly fade away
E corre sulle spiagge atlantiche
And it runs on the Atlantic shores
Seguendo il calcio di un pallone
Chasing the kick of a ball
Per finire nel grembo di grosse mamme antiche dalla pelle marrone
To end up in the embrace of ancient big mothers with brown skin
E s'agita nel sangue delle genti dai canti
And it stirs in the blood of peoples with songs
E dalle risa rinvigorite
And from the invigorated laughter
Che nessuna forza, per quanto potente, può aver veramente piegate
That no force, no matter how powerful, can truly bend
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Key vocabulary
- calcio
- soccerA2
- dentro
- insideA2
- grosse
- bigA2
- potente
- powerfulA2
- ruzzolando
- rolling
- tetti
- roofsB2
- lamiera
- sheet metal
- indugiando
- lingering
- scritta
- writingB1
- bevi
- drinkB1
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About this song
Lucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter and composer in pop and Italian songwriting. He is known for songs that defined the late 1960s and 1970s era of Italian popular music.