Mina
Se tu non fossi qui lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1966
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:03
Se tu non fossi qui
If you weren't here
Se tu non fossi qui
If you weren't here
Povera me
Poor me
Sarei una cosa morta
I would be a dead thing
Una candela spenta
A candle extinguished
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 to think about 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 and cry
A piangere chiamandoti
Cry out calling for you
Se tu non fossi qui
If you weren't here
Accanto a me, con me
Next to 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 crying
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.”