Mina
Il mio nemico è ieri lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1970
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:06
Il mio nemico è ieri
My enemy is yesterday
Un giorno troppo grande
A day too grand
Perché si possa avere
So that one can have
Due volte nella vita
Twice in a lifetime
Il mio nemico è ieri
My enemy is yesterday
Quando tu non sapevi
When you didn't know
Che poi mi avresti avuta
That you would have had me then
E ti sembrava un sogno
And it felt like a dream
Adesso questo amore
Now this love
Nemmeno lo assapori
You don't even savor it
Ti sembra naturale
Does it seem natural to you
Pretenderlo da me
To expect that from me
Adesso le mie labbra
Now my lips
Se vuoi le puoi baciare
If you want, you can kiss them
Ma ti ricordi ieri
But do you remember yesterday
Cos'ero io per te
What was I to you
Cos'ero io per te
What was I to you
Il mio nemico è ieri
My enemy is yesterday
Quando tu mi spiavi
When you were watching me
In cima a un batticuore
At the top of a racing heart
E me lo nascondevi
And you were hiding it from me
Amore, no, mio amore
Love, no, my love
Devi dimenticare
You have to forget
Quel che son stata ieri
What I was yesterday
È stato troppo grande
It was too overwhelming
Non lo sarò mai più
I will never be that again
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Key vocabulary
- nemico
- enemyB1
- ieri
- yesterdayA1
- giorno
- dayA1
- troppo
- too muchA1
- grande
- bigA1
- possa
- can
- due
- twoA1
- volte
- timesA1
- vita
- lifeA1
- sapevi
- knew
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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.”