Mina
Se non ci fossi tu lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1966
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:28
Se tu non fossi qui
If you weren't here
Se tu non fossi qui
If you weren't here
Povera me
Oh poor me
Sarei una cosa morta
I would be a dead thing
Una candela spenta
A burnt-out candle
Una donna inutile
A useless woman
E se tu mi lasciassi davvero
And if you really left me
Che varrebbe lottare da sola?
What would it be worth to fight alone?
Come pensare ad amare di nuovo
How could I think of loving again?
Lo potresti tu?
Could you do it?
Se tu non fossi qui
If you weren't here
Potrei trovare un altro
I could find another
Questo lo so
I know this
Sarebbe un triste cambio e so che dal dolore
It would be a sad change and I know that from the pain
Dovrei nascondermi
I would have to hide
Io andrei a piangere
I would go crying
A piangere chiamandoti
Crying while calling you
Se tu non fossi qui
If you weren't here
Accanto a me, con me
Beside me, with me
Se tu non fossi qui
If you weren't here
Potrei trovare un altro
I could find another
Questo lo so
This I know
Sarebbe un triste cambio e so che dal dolore
It would be a sad change and I know that from the pain
Dovrei nascondermi
I would have to hide
Io andrei a piangere
I would go and cry
A piangere chiamandoti
Crying while calling you
Se tu non fossi qui
If you weren't here
Accanto a me, con me
Next to me, with me
Key vocabulary
- fossi
- ditches
- qui
- hereA1
- povera
- poorA2
- sarei
- I would be
- cosa
- thingA1
- morta
- dead
- candela
- candleC1
- spenta
- extinguished
- donna
- womanA1
- inutile
- uselessA2
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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.”