Lucio Battisti
Il leone e la gallina lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 3:34
La gallina coccodé
The hen goes cluck-cluck
Spaventata in mezzo all'aia
Frightened in the middle of the yard
Fra le vigne e i cavolfiori mi sfuggiva gaia
Among the vines and the cauliflowers, she slipped away cheerfully
Penso a lei e guardo te
I think of her and look at you
Che già tremi perché sai
You already tremble because you know
Che fra i boschi o in mezzo ai fiori
That among the woods or in the midst of flowers
Presto mia sarai
Soon you will be mine
Arrossisci finché vuoi corri fuggi se puoi
Blush as much as you want, run away if you can
Ma non servirà, ma non servirà
But it won't help, but it won't help
C'era un cane un po' barbone
There was a dog, a bit of a stray
Che legato alla catena
Tied to the chain
Mi ruggiva come un leone ma faceva pena
He roared like a lion but was quite a sight
Penso a lui e guardo me
I think of him and look at me
Che minaccio chissà ché
What a threat, who knows what it is
Mascherato da leone ma ho paura di te
Masked as a lion but I'm scared of you
Arrossisci tu che puoi
You blush if you can
Io ruggisco se vuoi
I can roar if you want
Ma cosa accadrà, ma cosa accadrà
But what will happen, but what will happen
Sono io che scelgo te
It's me who chooses you
O sei tu che scegli me
Or is it you who chooses me
Sembra quasi un gran problema ma il problema non c'è
It seems like a big problem but there’s really no problem at all
Gira gira la gran ruota
Round and round goes the great wheel
E la terra non è vuota
And the earth is not empty
Ad ognuno la sua parte saper vivere è un arte
To each their part, knowing how to live is an art
Arrossisci finché vuoi corri fuggi se puoi
Blush as long as you want, run away if you can
Ma non servirà, ma non servirà
But it won't help, but it won't help
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Key vocabulary
- ché
- becauseA1
- corri
- runA1
- cosa
- thingA1
- già
- alreadyA1
- legato
- tiedA1
- mezzo
- middleA1
- presto
- soonA1
- problema
- problemA1
- puoi
- canA1
- quasi
- almostA1
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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.