Lucio Dalla
Stornello lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1984
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:12
Non mi toccare
Don't touch me
Vuoi farmi morire
You want to make me die
Sapessi ieri come ero lontano, lontano
If you only knew how far away I was yesterday, far away
Ho bisogno di dormire
I need to sleep
Ma che voglia di te
Oh, how I long for you
Lassù credevo di impazzire
Up there I thought I was going crazy
In mezzo al cielo fra miliardi e miliardi di stelle
In the middle of the sky among billions and billions of stars
Ero solo da morire
I was so lonely I could die
Così ho acceso la radio
So I turned on the radio
Tra gli auguri
Amidst the wishes
Ma come gli auguri
But how the wishes
Si sentiva cantare
He felt like singing
E io lì solo, ci pensi, da solo
And there I was, you think, all alone
A guardare le stelle, le stelle
Watching the stars, the stars
Ma che andassero a cagare
But they can go screw themselves
Così ho capito che tra poco è Natale
So I realized that Christmas is almost here
E che ero lì come uno scemo
And that I was there like a fool
E che dovevo tornare
And that I had to come back
Perché spegni la luce
Why do you turn off the light?
Vuoi far finta di dormire?
Do you want to pretend to sleep?
So che ti piace se ti guardo
I know you like it when I look at you
Se ti parlo magari sorridi
If I talk to you, maybe you'll smile
Mentre fai finta di dormire
While you pretend to be asleep
Va bene, allora ascoltami un po'
Alright, then listen to me a bit
Lo sai che prima di partire
You know that before I left
Mi son sentito gelare le mani guardando di fuori
I felt my hands freeze looking outside
Non hai l'idea che confusione
You have no idea the confusion
A un certo momento le stelle del cielo si son messe a girare
At a certain moment, the stars in the sky started to spin
E hanno fatto una strada d'argento
And they made a silver road
Che i miei occhi non potevano guardare
That my eyes couldn't bear to see
Sono stati i pastori i primi a passare
It was the shepherds who first came along
Seguiti dai re magi sui loro elefanti
Followed by the magi on their elephants
E gli angeli cominciavano a cantare
And the angels started to sing
Ma non è niente, una cosa da niente
But it's nothing, just a little thing
Se penso a una casa col sole in cima alla collina
If I think of a house with the sun on top of the hill
E che tra poco, tra poco è mattina
And that soon, soon it will be morning
Tra un'ora ti svegli, mi guardi e sorridi
In an hour you'll wake, look at me and smile
Natale
Christmas
Natale
Christmas
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Key vocabulary
- così
- like thisA1
- fai
- doA1
- fuori
- outsideA1
- guardando
- watchingA1
- guardare
- watchA1
- ieri
- yesterdayA1
- lì
- thereA1
- lontano
- farA1
- luce
- lightA1
- magari
- maybeA1
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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.