Mina
La canzone di Marinella lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1967
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:17
Questa di Marinella è la storia vera
This is Marinella's true story
Che scivolò nel fiume a Primavera
Who slipped into the river in Springtime
Ma il vento che la vide così bella
But the wind that saw her so beautiful
Dal fiume la portò sopra una stella
Carried her from the river to a star
Sola senza il ricordo di un dolore
Alone, without the memory of a pain
Viveva senza il sogno di un amore
She lived without the dream of a love
Ma un Re senza corona e senza scorta
But a king without a crown and with no guard
Bussò tre volte un giorno alla tua porta
Knocked three times one day at your door
Bianco come la luna il suo cappello
White as the moon, his hat
Come l'amore rosso il suo mantello
Like the love, red is his cloak
Tu lo seguisti senza una ragione
You followed him without a reason
Come un ragazzo segue un aquilone
Like a boy follows a kite
E c'era il sole e avevi gli occhi belli
And there was the sun and you had beautiful eyes
Lui ti baciò le labbra ed i capelli
He kissed your lips and your hair
C'era la luna e avevi gli occhi stanchi
There was the moon and you had tired eyes
Lui pose le sue mani sui tuoi fianchi
He placed his hands on your hips
Furono baci e furono sorrisi
There were kisses and there were smiles
Poi furono furono soltanto i fiordalisi
Then there were only the cornflowers
Che videro con gli occhi nelle stelle
That saw with their eyes into the stars
Fremere al vento e ai baci la tua pelle
Tremble in the wind and to kisses your skin
Dicono poi che mentre ritornavi
They say that while you were coming back
Nel fiume, chissà come, scivolavi
In the river, who knows how, you were slipping away
E lui che non ti volle creder morta
And he who wouldn’t believe you were dead
Busso cent'anni ancora alla tua porta
I knock a hundred years more at your door
Questa è la tua canzone Marinella
This is your song, Marinella
Che sei volata in cielo su una stella
You flew to the sky on a star
E come tutte le più belle cose
And like all the most beautiful things
Vivesti solo un giorno come le rose
You lived just one day like the roses
E come tutte le più belle cose
And like all the most beautiful things
Vivesti solo un giorno come le rose
You lived just one day like the roses
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Key vocabulary
- marinella
- seaside
- vera
- true
- scivolò
- slippedB1
- fiume
- riverA2
- primavera
- springB1
- vento
- windB1
- vide
- saw
- bella
- beautifulA1
- portò
- carriedA2
- stella
- starA2
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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.”