Mina
Stranger Boy lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1963
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:55
Stranger boy, ragazzo mio
Stranger boy, my boy
Io non so dove andrai
I don't know where you'll go
Nella sera di vento
In the evening of wind
Adesso che ci salutiamo
Now that we're saying goodbye
Stranger boy, ragazzo mio
Stranger boy, my boy
Che il mattino creò
That the morning created
Fra fantasmi di case
Among ghosts of houses
Stupite sotto un cielo chiaro
Astonished under a clear sky
Guardiamo indovinelli d'ombra
We watch riddles of shadow
Alberi e sole lungo un fiume d'autunno
Trees and sun along an autumn river
Ma non dice parole la tua bocca
But your mouth doesn't speak words
Che dimentica labbra che cercava
That forgets lips that were searching
Stranger boy, ragazzo mio
Stranger boy, my boy
Inventato da un blues
Created by a blues
Esaltato da un whisky svanito
Exalted by a vanished whisky
Col fumo leggero di questa sigaretta
With the light smoke of this cigarette
Che mi brucia le dita
That burns my fingers
Ragazzo mio, ragazzo dolce
My boy, sweet boy
Stranger boy
Guardiamo indovinelli d'ombra
Let's look at shadow riddles
Alberi e sole lungo un fiume d'autunno
Trees and sun along an autumn river
Ma non dice parole la tua bocca
But your mouth doesn't say a word
Che dimentica labbra che cercava
That forgets lips it once sought
Stranger boy, ragazzo mio
Stranger boy, my boy
Inventato da un blues
Born from a blues
Esaltato da un whisky svanito
Lifted by a vanished whiskey
Col fumo leggero di questa sigaretta
With the light smoke of this cigarette
Che mi brucia le dita
That burns my fingers
Ragazzo mio, ragazzo dolce
My boy, sweet boy
Stranger boy
Stranger boy
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Key vocabulary
- ragazzo
- boyA1
- so
- I knowA1
- dove
- whereA1
- andrai
- you will go
- sera
- eveningA1
- vento
- windB1
- adesso
- nowA1
- salutiamo
- we greet
- mattino
- morningB1
- creò
- he created
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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.”