7+3 – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: Ultimo
• Album: Solo

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the beauty of the Italian language with Ultimo's '7+3,' a song that eloquently captures the essence of love. Through vivid imagery and heartfelt lyrics, this song provides a window into understanding Italian expressions of affection and the profound impact of love on personal growth and serenity.

[English]

You bring beauty where there wasn't any before

And you see the fire inside a candle

You bring silence when the wind screams

Sun rays if my body freezes

You bring smiles to a depression

The shield to a child in a protest

You bring the perfume, but without wearing it

The skin that vibrates if you walk next to me

You bring a torch to the darkness of the evenings

The celestial ocean inside my glass

Serenity to those who don't have a job

The hand I squeeze if I'm about to fall

You, you bring life towards an answer

Only by bringing it towards itself and again

You, you bring a beautiful picture to a masterpiece

And turn the countryside stone into gold

Only because, you simply bring yourself

You answer everything without ever speaking

You know how to make the part of me that I hate die

In the song of poets you bring new phrases

Gliding emotions on our hands

You bring the swallows to chase the red

And a sunset that makes the ugly beautiful

Bands of light pierce through hedges

Seven plus three if you want to make a ten

You bring a child to walk alone

Discovering that it's on the ground that he becomes a man

You bring the immense into my speech

And if I write about you I'll never put a period and

You, you bring life towards an answer

Only by bringing it towards itself and again

You, you bring a beautiful picture to a masterpiece

And turn the countryside stone into gold

But only because, you simply bring yourself

You bring yourself

You bring yourself

You bring yourself

You bring yourself

You bring yourself

...

[Italian]

Tu porti bellezza dove prima non c'era

E vedi l'incendio dentro una candela

Tu porti il silenzio quando il vento grida

Raggi di sole se il mio corpo gela

Tu porti sorrisi ad una depressione

Lo scudo ad un bimbo in manifestazione

Tu porti il profumo, ma senza indossarlo

La pelle che vibra se mi cammini accanto

Tu porti una torcia al buio delle sere

L'oceano celeste dentro il mio bicchiere

La serenità a chi non ha un mestiere

La mano che stringo se sto per cadere

Tu, tu porti la vita verso una risposta

Soltanto portandola verso se stessa e ancora

Tu, tu porti un bel quadro ad un capolavoro

E il sasso di campagna a diventare oro

Soltanto perché, semplicemente porti te

Tu rispondi a tutto senza mai parlare

La parte mia che odio sai farla morire

Nel canto dei poeti porti nuove frasi

Planando emozioni sulle nostre mani

Tu porti le rondini a inseguire il rosso

E un tramonto che rende stupendo il brutto

Fasce di luce trafiggono siepi

Sette più tre se vuoi formare un dieci

Tu porti un bambino a camminar da solo

Scoprendo che è a terra che diventa un uomo

Tu porti l'immenso dentro un mio discorso

E se scrivo di te non metterò mai un punto e

Tu, tu porti la vita verso una risposta

Soltanto portandola verso se stessa e ancora

Tu, tu porti un bel quadro ad un capolavoro

E il sasso di campagna a diventare oro

Ma soltanto perché, semplicemente porti te

Tu porti te

Tu porti te

Tu porti te

Tu porti te

Tu porti te

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bellezza /belˈlet.tsa/ B2	noun - beauty
incendio /inˈtʃɛn.djo/ B2	noun - fire, blaze
vento /ˈvɛn.to/ A1	noun - wind
corpo /ˈkɔr.po/ A1	noun - body
sorrisi /soˈriː.zi/ A2	noun - smiles
depressione /de.presˈsjo.ne/ B2	noun - depression
scudo /ˈsku.do/ B1	noun - shield
bimbo /ˈbim.bo/ A2	noun - baby, child
profumo /proˈfu.mo/ B1	noun - perfume, scent
pelle /ˈpɛl.le/ A2	noun - skin
torcia /ˈtor.tʃa/ B1	noun - torch
buio /ˈbwi.o/ A2	noun - darkness adjective - dark
oceano /oˈtʃɛ.a.no/ A2	noun - ocean
vita /ˈvi.ta/ A1	noun - life
quadro /ˈkwa.dro/ A2	noun - painting, picture
capolavoro /ˌka.po.laˈvo.ro/ C1	noun - masterpiece
sasso /ˈsas.so/ A2	noun - stone, rock
campagna /kamˈpaɲ.ɲa/ A2	noun - countryside
oro /ˈɔ.ro/ A2	noun - gold
odio /ˈɔ.djo/ B1	noun - hatred, hate
canto /ˈkan.to/ A2	noun - song, singing

Key Grammar Structures

• Tu porti bellezza dove prima non c'era

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in the relative clause introduced by 'dove'

  ➔ The use of the subjunctive mood 'c'era' (instead of 'era') after 'dove' implies uncertainty or a hypothetical situation, indicating that beauty did not exist there previously. This is a more advanced usage of subjunctive.

• Tu porti il silenzio quando il vento grida

  ➔ Use of 'quando' with the indicative mood

  ➔ 'Quando' usually takes the subjunctive when referring to a future or uncertain event, but in this case, it's used with the indicative 'grida' because it describes a general truth or a characteristic action.

• La serenità a chi non ha un mestiere

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun implied ('gli' or 'a loro' for 'a chi')

  ➔ The sentence implies that 'you' bring serenity *to those* who don't have a job. 'A chi' is the indirect object, and the corresponding indirect object pronoun ('gli' - to him/her, or 'a loro' - to them) is omitted but understood.

• Sette più tre se vuoi formare un dieci

  ➔ Conditional clause with 'se' + indicative (present)

  ➔ This is a first conditional structure. 'Se' (if) is followed by the present indicative 'vuoi' (you want), and the result is also in the present, implying a real and possible condition. This expresses a basic rule.

• Scoprendo che è a terra che diventa un uomo

  ➔ Cleft sentence structure with 'è...che'

  ➔ The structure 'è...che' is used to emphasize a particular part of the sentence. Here, it emphasizes that it is *on the ground* that he becomes a man, rather than in any other situation. The sentence emphasizes 'a terra'.