Lucio Dalla
Nun parlà lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1996
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:53
La luna era piantata lì in mezzo al cielo
The moon was planted there in the middle of the sky
Una lampadina accesa sopra il mare
A light bulb lit above the sea
Che era di un colore inchiostro quasi nero
That was an ink-like color, almost black
Nel silenzio lo sentivo respirare
In the silence, I felt it breathe
Non lo so
I don’t know
Ma sembrava che il mare volesse parlare con me
But it seemed like the sea wanted to talk to me
Fosse più solo di me
It was lonelier than I am
Nun parlà, nun parlà, nun parlà, nun parlà
Don't speak, don't speak, don't speak, don't speak
'Stamme'ccà, 'stamme'ccà, 'stamme'ccà, 'stamme'ccà
Stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here
Sotto' è stelle una varca de' notte s' addorme nun sape cchè ffà
Under the stars, a boat of night sleeps, not knowing what to do
Stattene' ccà ccu' mme
Stay here with me
Mmieze'strada I rumori, le voci, le moto, le luci dei bar
In the middle of the road, the noises, the voices, the vehicles, the lights of the bars
Stattene' ccà ccu' mme
Stay here with me
Io in quel mare dall'accento un po' bagnato un po' napoletano
I in that sea with an accent a little wet, a little Neapolitan
Ho provato a fare il bagno
I tried to take a swim
Così la solitudine che avevo accumulato
So the loneliness I had built up
Sparì dietro a un fulmine lontano
Disappeared behind a distant lightning
Non lo so
I don’t know
Ma sentivo la calma del mare che entrava in me
But I felt the calm of the sea entering me
Non pensavo che a te e a me
I thought only of you and me
Nun parlà, nun parlà, nun parlà, nun parlà
Don't talk, don't talk, don't talk, don't talk
'Stamme'ccà, 'stamme'ccà, 'stamme'ccà, 'stamme'ccà
Stay here, stay here, stay here, stay here
Sotto' è stelle una varca de' notte s' addorme nun sape cchè ffà
Under the stars a boat of night falls asleep not knowing what to do
Stattene' ccà ccu' mme
Stay here with me
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Key vocabulary
- mare
- seaA1
- mezzo
- middleA1
- mmieze'strada
- middle of roadA1
- nero
- blackA1
- notte
- nightA1
- parlà
- to speakA1
- parlare
- speakA1
- provato
- testedA1
- quasi
- almostA1
- so
- I knowA1
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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.