Raffaella Carrà
Troppo ragazzina lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1974
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:52
Troppo ragazzina
Too much of a girl
Nessuno la faceva mai ballare
No one ever made her dance
"Come sei carina"
"How pretty you are"
E intanto lei restava lì a guardare
And meanwhile she just stayed there watching
Con la voglia addosso
With the desire inside her
Di muovere soltanto qualche passo
To move just a few steps
Non vedeva l'ora
She couldn't wait
Di dimostrare a tutti che era grande
To show everyone that she was grown up
E anche lei era importante, ma...
And she was important too, but...
Troppo ragazzina
Too much of a girl
Al massimo le offrivano un gelato
At most they offered her an ice cream
Che poteva fare
What could she do?
E mica lo poteva rifiutare
And she couldn't refuse it
Un innamorato
A lovestruck
Valeva cento coni di gelato
Was worth a hundred ice cream cones
Solo che non c'era
Only she wasn't there
E non perché non fosse poi carina
And not because she wasn't cute then
Ma troppo ragazzina
But too much of a girl
Ah-ah-ah-ah
E così... sognava un po'
And so... she dreamed a little
Un vestito lungo
A long dress
Un ballo fatto a lume di candela
A dance done by candlelight
Lui che s'avvicina
He approaches
La bocca che la sfiora appena appena
His lips barely grazing hers
Suono di violini
Sound of violins
E tutt'a un tratto le scoppiava il cuore
And suddenly her heart exploded
Quanta fantasia
So much imagination
Che tenerezza, quanta fantasia
What tenderness, so much imagination
Troppo ragazzina
Still too much of a girl
Nessuno la faceva mai ballare
No one ever made her dance
"Come sei carina"
How lovely you are
E intanto lei restava lì a guardare
And meanwhile she stayed there watching
Un innamorato
A lovesick fool
Valeva cento coni di gelato
Worth a hundred ice cream cones
Solo che non c'era
Only she wasn't there
E non perché non fosse poi carina
And not because she wasn't lovely
Ma troppo ragazzina
But too much of a girl
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Mmmm
Ah-ah-ah-ah
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Key vocabulary
- importante
- importantA1
- lì
- thereA1
- lungo
- longA1
- massimo
- maximumA1
- muovere
- moveA1
- passo
- stepA1
- poi
- thenA1
- qualche
- someA1
- solo
- onlyA1
- soltanto
- onlyA1
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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.