Raffaella Carrà
Io ti amo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1984
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:59
Io ti amo
I love you
Se sapessi quanto Io ti amo
If you only knew how much I love you
Ti accarezzo mentre piano piano
I caress you while slowly
Ti dico che ti amo
I tell you that I love you
sempre uguale
always the same
Una frase forse un po' banale
A phrase perhaps a bit cliché
Me ne rendo conto ma ti chiamo
I realize it but I call you
Per dirti che ti amo
To tell you that I love you
Lasciami
Let me go
Non aver pietà
Have no mercy
Preferisco star male
I'd rather feel pain
Che sapere che tu non mi ami
Than know that you don’t love me
Che mi baci e invece pensi a un'altra
That you kiss me while thinking of someone else
Scusa tanto
I'm really sorry
Se qualche volta ho pianto
If I've cried sometimes
Ma che strano
But how strange
Più ci penso e più mi sei lontano
The more I think about it, the more you're far away from me
E mi accorgo che tu lentamente
And I realize that slowly
Mi esci dalla mente
You're slipping from my mind
Lasciami
Leave me
Non aver pietà
Have no mercy
Preferisco star male
I'd rather feel pain
Che sapere che tu non mi ami
Than to know that you don't love me
Che mi baci e invece pensi a un'altra
Than for you to kiss me while thinking of another
Scusa tanto
I'm so sorry
Se qualche volta ho pianto
If I've cried sometimes
Preferisco star male
I'd rather feel pain
Che sapere che tu non mi ami
Than to know that you don't love me
Che mi baci e invece pensi a un' altra
Than for you to kiss me while thinking of another
Scusa tanto
I'm so sorry
Se qualche volta ho pianto
If I have cried a few times
Key vocabulary
- amo
- loveB1
- sapessi
- if you knew
- quanto
- how muchA1
- accarezzo
- caress
- piano
- planA1
- dico
- I sayA1
- sempre
- alwaysA1
- uguale
- equalA2
- frase
- sentenceA2
- forse
- maybeA1
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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.