Lucio Dalla
La canzone di Orlando lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 1:37
Se tutti i monti fossero seminati a grano
If all the mountains were sown with grain
Se i cavalli in branco ritornassero al piano
If the horses in herds returned to the plain
Volando tra erbe e fiori
Flying through grasses and flowers
Io raccontando i miei amori
I recounting my loves
Avrei ancora vent'anni
I would still be twenty years old
Anser, anser che va
Anser, anser goes
Ma nevica sulla mia mano
But it's snowing on my hand
E il mio cavallo è ormai lontano
And my horse is now far away
Notte e nebbia negli occhi
Night and fog in my eyes
Il ferro sui miei ginocchi
The iron on my knees
Arco e freccia non scocchi
Bow and arrow, do not shoot
Anser, anser che va
Goose, goose, that goes
Acqua di luce alla foce
Water of light at the mouth
Con una corsa veloce
With a quick run
Bagnami con un sorriso solo
Drench me with just a smile
Se i monti sono foreste
If the mountains are forests
E le strade nelle tempeste
And the roads in the storms
Io mi fermerò in volo
I will stop in flight
E potrò raccontare la mia vita passata
And I will be able to tell my past life
E ti saprò aspettare
And I will know how to wait for you
Anser, anser che va
Answer, answer as you go
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Key vocabulary
- tutti
- everyoneA1
- monti
- mountainsA2
- fossero
- were
- seminati
- sown
- grano
- grain
- cavalli
- horsesB1
- branco
- pack
- ritornassero
- returned
- piano
- planA1
- volando
- flyingB1
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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.