Mina
La nonna Magdalena lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1960
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:14
La nonna Magdalena
Grandma Magdalena
È rotonda come luna piena
She's round like a full moon
È pigra, mucho pigra
She's lazy, much lazy
Ma se baila che vitalità
But when she dances, what vitality!
La nonna Magdalena
Grandma Magdalena
Tra i bonghito e i bonghi si dimena
Amid the bongo and the drums, she sways
E ride, ride e baila
And she laughs, laughs and dances
Donna piena de felicità
A woman full of happiness
Sotto al sole ardente della Martinica
Under the burning sun of Martinique
Ogni negro sonnecchiando se ne sta
Every black man dozes off quietly
Ma la nonna Magdalena
But Grandma Magdalena
Lo risveglia con un cha-cha-cha
Wakes him up with a cha-cha-cha
Madonna de pilar, la nonna baila
Madonna de pilar, Grandma dances
Fa tutto traballar, la nonna baila
She makes everything sway, Grandma dances
Ma chi la può fermar, la nonna baila
But who can stop her, Grandma dances
La nonna Magdalena, Magdalena
Grandma Magdalena, Magdalena
Il cha-cha-cha lei continua a bailar
She keeps dancing the cha-cha-cha
La nonna Magdalena
Grandma Magdalena
È rotonda come luna piena
She’s round like a full moon
È pigra, mucho pigra
She’s lazy, very lazy
Ma se baila che vitalità
But if she dances, what vitality
La nonna Magdalena
Grandma Magdalena
Tra i bonghito e i bonghi si dimena
Among the bongo and the drums, she sways
E ride, ride e baila
And laughs, laughs, and dances
Donna piena de felicità
A woman full of happiness
Sotto al sole ardente della Martinica
Under the burning sun of Martinique
Ogni negro sonnecchiando se ne sta
Every black man is dozing away
Ma la nonna Magdalena
But Grandma Magdalena
Lo risveglia con un cha-cha-cha
Wakes him up with a cha-cha-cha
Madonna de pilar, la nonna baila
Madonna de Pilar, Grandma dances
Fa tutto traballar, la nonna baila
Everything makes her dance, grandma's grooving
Ma chi la può fermar, la nonna baila
But who can stop her, grandma's jiving
La nonna Magdalena, Magdalena
Grandma Magdalena, Magdalena
Madgdalena
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Key vocabulary
- nonna
- grandmother
- magdalena
- Magdalene
- rotonda
- roundaboutB2
- luna
- moonB1
- piena
- fullA1
- pigra
- lazy
- mucho
- much
- baila
- dances
- vitalità
- vitality
- dimena
- wriggles
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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.”