Raffaella Carrà
E mia madre lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1976
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:56
E mia madre era una donna come me,
And my mother was a woman like me,
Con l'aria dolce di chi non sa,
With the sweet air of someone who doesn't know,
Di chi ha subito sempre in vita sua,
Of someone who's always suffered in her life,
E non s'aspetta niente di più.
And doesn't expect anything more.
E al buio solo io,
And in the dark only I,
Sentivo il pianto suo,
Felt her crying,
E un giorno lei
And one day she
E mia madre amava i fiori e le pazzie,
And my mother loved flowers and craziness,
Parlare fino a tardi con me,
Talking late into the night with me,
Ma la notte non tornava quasi mai,
But she almost never came back at night,
E non dormivo senza di lei.
And I couldn't sleep without her.
Finché cadevo giù,
Until I was falling down,
E l'alba andava su,
And the dawn was rising,
E un giorno lei
And one day she
Poi di lei i passi sulle scale, lievi,
Then her footsteps on the stairs, lightly,
Lo scialle sulla lampada e poi,
The shawl on the lamp and then,
Io facevo sempre finta di dormire,
I always pretended to be asleep,
E invece spiavo i gesti suoi, solo lei.
And instead I spied on her gestures, only her.
E il trucco vecchio che,
And the old trick that,
Veniva giù da sé,
Came down by itself,
Dagli occhi suoi.
From her eyes.
E al buio solo io,
And in the dark, just me,
Sentivo il pianto suo,
I could feel her crying,
E un giorno lei
And one day she
Aveva un bel vestito nuovo e disse "usciamo!",
Had a beautiful new dress and said, 'Let's go out!'
Sembrava una bambina come me,
She looked like a little girl just like me,
E mi permise ri restarle affianco fino,
And she allowed me to stay by her side until,
A quando niente restò di lei.
Until there was nothing left of her.
E dopo me ne andai,
And then I left,
E in fretta la scordai,
And quickly forgot about her,
Dimenticai
I forgot
E mia madre era una donna come me,
And my mother was a woman like me,
Un passero di strada, così,
A street sparrow, just like that,
E adesso per favore tu va via,
And now please just go away,
Che voglio restar sola con me.
Because I want to be alone with myself.
E scusami se puoi,
And excuse me if you can,
Chissà che nome hai,
Who knows what name you have,
Che nome hai.
What name you have.
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Key vocabulary
- dolce
- sweetA2
- madre
- motherA2
- scale
- stairsA2
- trucco
- trickA2
- donna
- womanA1
- aria
- air
- aspetta
- wait
- sentivo
- I felt
- pianto
- cryB1
- giorno
- dayA1
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About this song
Raffaella Carrà was an Italian singer, dancer, actress, television presenter, and model known for her work in pop music and television, especially as a major European and Latin American pop culture figure from the 1970s and 1980s. She is also associated with trailblazing feminism in entertainment and with her influence as an LGBT and fashion icon.