Mina
Emmanuelle lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:11
Cosa fai? Dove vai, Emanuelle?
What are you doing? Where are you going, Emanuelle?
Se non vuoi l'amore allora che cos'è che vuoi?
If you don't want love, then what is it that you seek?
Non lo sai, Emanuelle, non lo sai
You don't know, Emanuelle, you don't know
Che se troppo vuoi con niente ti ritroverai
That if you want too much, you'll find yourself with nothing
Cosa c'è, Emanuelle?
What's going on, Emanuelle?
Cosa c'è dentro di te
What's inside of you
Che ti fa vivere così?
That makes you live this way?
Anche se vivere come fai tu non si può
Even if living like you do isn’t possible
E io lo so, Emanuelle, io lo so
And I know it, Emanuelle, I know it
Che tu cerchi ormai qualcosa che non troverai
That you're now searching for something you won't find
Ma perché, Emanuelle, ma perché
But why, Emanuelle, but why
Cerchi sempre altrove tutto quello che
Do you always look elsewhere for everything that
Potrai trovare solamente in te?
You can only find within yourself?
È così, Emanuelle, è così
It is like this, Emanuelle, it is like this
E mentre il tempo fugge via
And while time slips away
Passa, corre, vola
It passes, it runs, it flies
E ti senti sempre più sola
And you feel more and more alone
Emanuelle
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Key vocabulary
- cosa
- thingA1
- fai
- doA1
- dove
- whereA1
- vai
- goA1
- vuoi
- wantA1
- amore
- love
- allora
- thenA1
- sai
- you knowA1
- troppo
- too muchA1
- niente
- nothingA1
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About this song
Mina, Italian vocalist and performer, is known for Italian pop that incorporates R&B, bossa nova, jazz, and disco. She is recognized for her influential mid-century breakthrough and a sustained chart-topping career marked by major hits such as “Tintarella di Luna” and “Grande, Grande, Grande.”