Mina
Pesci rossi lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1960
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:24
Credevo di esser soltanto
I thought I was just
Svanità e distratta
Empty and distracted
Ma dicono tutti che son diventata
But everyone says I've become
Un po' matta
A little crazy
La testa mi gira cantando
My head spins while singing
Veloci parole
Fast words
E dentro mi guizzano pesci
And inside, fish dart around me
Più rossi del sole
Redder than the sun
Vivo così
I live like this
Con i miei pensieri diventati
With my thoughts transformed
Pesci rossi imprigionati
Goldfish trapped
Vivo così
I live like this
Vivo così
I live like this
Con questa testa inondata
With this head drowned
D'acqua verde come il mare
In green water like the sea
Vivo così
I live like this
Desideri e volontà son volati
Desires and wills have flown away
Dove non sai pensare
Where you cannot think
Più non potrò mai cantare
I will never be able to sing again
Solo vivi così
Only live like this
Tra pesci rossi inargentati
Among silvered goldfish
Come pensieri vellutati
Like velvety thoughts
Dalla lunga coda blu
With a long blue tail
Ricordo lontana, lontana
I remember distant, distant
Una sera soltanto
One single evening
Fu quando la testa mi prese
It was when my head was taken
A suonare d'incanto
By the enchanting sound
Credevo che fossero voci
I thought they were voices
Pensieri o parole
Thoughts or words
Ma eran le feci, le feci
But they were the waste, the waste
Più rossi del sole
More red than the sun
Desideri e volontà son volati
Desires and will have taken flight
Dove non sai pensare
Where you can't think
Più non potrò mai cantare
I can never sing again
Solo vivi così
Just live like this
Tra pesci rossi inargentati
Among silvered goldfish
Come pensieri vellutati
Like velvety thoughts
Dalla lunga coda blu
With a long blue tail
Mmmm, dalla lunga coda blu
Mmmm, with a long blue tail
Un po' dalla lunga coda blu
A bit with a long blue tail
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Key vocabulary
- così
- like thisA1
- dicono
- sayA1
- parole
- wordsA1
- pensieri
- thoughtsA1
- sole
- sunA1
- soltanto
- onlyA1
- testa
- headA1
- credevo
- believed
- esser
- to be
- svanità
- vanity
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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.”