Lucio Battisti
Perché non sei una mela lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1980
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 3:30
Perché non sei una mela
Why aren't you an apple
Con la buccia tutta lucida e croccante?
With a shiny, crunchy skin?
Io ti vorrei una mela
I would like you as an apple
Vera, semplice, spontanea, rilassante
Real, simple, spontaneous, relaxing
E non un orologio
And not a watch
Dal meccanismo sofisticato, complicato, incomprensibile
With a sophisticated mechanism, complicated, incomprehensible
Non generale, tattico, romantico, crudele
Not general, tactical, romantic, cruel
Né schiava umile né santa con candele
Neither a humble slave nor a saint with candles
Io ti vorrei una mela
I would like you as an apple
Bella liscia, senza spine, luccicante
Beautifully smooth, without thorns, sparkling
Perché non sei una mela
Why aren't you an apple
Naturalmente forte, viva, indipendente?
Naturally strong, alive, independent?
Non una mosca che si avvicina
Not a fly that comes near
E quando fai per prenderla, s'allontana
And when you reach for it, it pulls away
Non una formula chimica eccitante di gelosia
Not an exciting chemical formula of jealousy
Più frasi come "non sono tua"
More phrases like 'I am not yours'
Perché non sei una sfera
Why aren't you a sphere
Rotondamente logica, affascinante?
Roundly logical, captivating?
Perché non sei una sfera
Why aren't you a sphere
Dove guardare il mio futuro sorridente?
Where to look for my smiling future?
Certo sospetti un imbroglio
Sure, you suspect a trick,
Perciò non sei come voglio
That's why you're not what I want.
Che sia così forse meglio?
Is it better this way, perhaps?
E chi lo sa, chi lo sa?
And who knows, who knows?
Comunque io ti vorrei una mela
Anyway, I would like you an apple,
Tu-ru-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun
Why aren't you an apple?
Perché non sei una mela?
Tu-ru-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun,
Tu-tu-tu-tun-tu-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun
Tu-tu-tu-tun-tu-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun.
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Key vocabulary
- mela
- apple
- buccia
- peel
- lucida
- lucidC1
- croccante
- crisp
- vorrei
- I would like
- vera
- true
- spontanea
- spontaneousB2
- rilassante
- relaxing
- orologio
- clockC1
- meccanismo
- mechanismA2
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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.