Mina
Tintarella di luna lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1959
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:00
Abbronzate, tutte chiazze,
Tanned, all splotchy,
Pellirosse un po' paonazze
Redheads a bit flushed,
Son le ragazze che prendono il sol
They are the girls who soak up the sun,
Ma ce n'è una
But there's one,
Che prende la luna
Who takes the moon,
Tintarella di luna,
Moon tan,
Tintarella color latte
Milk-colored tan,
Tutta notte stai sul tetto
All night you stay on the roof,
Sopra al tetto come i gatti
On the roof like cats,
E se c'è la luna piena
And if there's a full moon,
Tu diventi candida
You become radiant
Tintarella di luna,
Moonlit tan,
Tintarella color latte
Milk-colored tan
Che fa bianca la tua pelle
That makes your skin so white
Ti fa bella tra le belle
It makes you beautiful among beauties
E se c'è la luna piena
And if there's a full moon
Tu diventi candida
You become radiant
Tin tin tin raggi di luna
Tin tin tin moonbeams
Tin tin tin baciano te
Tin tin tin kiss you
Al mondo nessuna è candida come te
No one in the world is as radiant as you
Tintarella di luna,
Moonlit tan,
Tintarella color latte
Milk-colored tan,
Tutta notte stai sul tetto
All night you stay on the roof,
Sopra al tetto come i gatti
On the roof like cats,
E se c'è la luna piena
And if there's a full moon,
Tu diventi candida
You become pure white,
Tin tin tin raggi di luna
Tin tin tin, rays of moon,
Tin tin tin baciano te
Tin tin tin, they kiss you,
Al mondo nessuna è candida come te
No one in the world is as pure as you,
Tintarella di luna,
Moonlit tan,
Tintarella color latte
Milk-colored tan
Tutta notte stai sul tetto
All night you stay on the roof
Sopra al tetto come i gatti
Up on the roof like the cats
E se c'è la luna piena
And if there's a full moon
Tu diventi candida
You become pure white
E se c'è la luna piena
And if there's a full moon
Tu diventi candida
You become pure white
E se c'è la luna piena
And if there's a full moon
Tu diventi candida, candida, candida
You become pure white, pure white, pure white
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Key vocabulary
- abbronzate
- tanned (fem. pl.)
- chiazze
- spots
- pellirosse
- red-skin
- po
- little
- paonazze
- purplish (spots)
- son
- they are
- ragazze
- girlsA2
- prendono
- they takeA1
- sol
- sun
- ce
- here
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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.”