Lucio Dalla
Il bambino di fumo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1971
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:22
Il bambino di fumo canta sulla città
The smoke child sings over the city
Per chiamare i cavalli che corrono oltre i tetti
To call the horses that run beyond the rooftops
Ma lassù
But up there
Stringe solo criniere di nebbia
It only holds manes of fog
Ma lassù
But up there
Solo smog
Just smog
Solo smog
Just smog
Il bambino di fumo canta sulla città
The smoke child sings over the city
Come un gabbiano sperduto tra il cemento
Like a seagull lost among the concrete
Ma lassù
But up there
Non arriva l'odore del mare
The scent of the sea doesn't arrive
Ma lassù
But up there
Solo smog
Only smog
Solo smog
Only smog
La città avvelena i suoi bianchi cavalli
The city poisons its white horses
La città li imprigiona dentro neri cristalli
The city imprisons them in black crystals
Con i flash, le réclames
With the flashes, the ads
Ogni sera esploderà
Every evening it will explode
Il bambino di fumo piange sulla città
The smoke child cries over the city
Con gli occhi azzurri bruciati dal dolore
With blue eyes burned by pain
Ma lassù
But up there
Anche il pianto diventa carbone
Even the tears turn to coal
Ma lassù
But up there
Solo smog
Only smog
Solo smog
Only smog
Solo smog
Only smog
Ragazzo di fumo
Boy of smoke
Lo smog, smog, smog
The smog, smog, smog
Ma p'cché, ragazz' di fum'
But why, boy of smoke?
Smog, smog e fumo
Smog, smog and smoke
Fumo
Smoke
Smog, smog
Ragazzo di fumo
Boy of smoke
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Key vocabulary
- bambino
- boyA1
- fumo
- smokeB2
- canta
- singsA2
- città
- cityA1
- chiamare
- callA1
- cavalli
- horsesB1
- corrono
- runA1
- oltre
- beyondA1
- tetti
- roofsB2
- lassù
- up thereC1
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About this song
Lucio Dalla was an Italian singer and composer in the pop and singer-songwriter tradition. He was known for his long recording career with major labels and for composing music for television and film.