7+3

• By: Ultimo
• Album: Solo

Lyrics:

[Italiano]

[English]

Tu porti bellezza dove prima non c'era

You bring beauty where there wasn't any before

E vedi l'incendio dentro una candela

And you see the fire inside a candle

Tu porti il silenzio quando il vento grida

You bring silence when the wind screams

Raggi di sole se il mio corpo gela

Sun rays if my body freezes

Tu porti sorrisi ad una depressione

You bring smiles to a depression

Lo scudo ad un bimbo in manifestazione

The shield to a child in a protest

Tu porti il profumo, ma senza indossarlo

You bring the perfume, but without wearing it

La pelle che vibra se mi cammini accanto

The skin that vibrates if you walk next to me

Tu porti una torcia al buio delle sere

You bring a torch to the darkness of the evenings

L'oceano celeste dentro il mio bicchiere

The celestial ocean inside my glass

La serenità a chi non ha un mestiere

Serenity to those who don't have a job

La mano che stringo se sto per cadere

The hand I squeeze if I'm about to fall

Tu, tu porti la vita verso una risposta

You, you bring life towards an answer

Soltanto portandola verso se stessa e ancora

Only by bringing it towards itself and again

Tu, tu porti un bel quadro ad un capolavoro

You, you bring a beautiful picture to a masterpiece

E il sasso di campagna a diventare oro

And turn the countryside stone into gold

Soltanto perché, semplicemente porti te

Only because, you simply bring yourself

Tu rispondi a tutto senza mai parlare

You answer everything without ever speaking

La parte mia che odio sai farla morire

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

Nel canto dei poeti porti nuove frasi

In the song of poets you bring new phrases

Planando emozioni sulle nostre mani

Gliding emotions on our hands

Tu porti le rondini a inseguire il rosso

You bring the swallows to chase the red

E un tramonto che rende stupendo il brutto

And a sunset that makes the ugly beautiful

Fasce di luce trafiggono siepi

Bands of light pierce through hedges

Sette più tre se vuoi formare un dieci

Seven plus three if you want to make a ten

Tu porti un bambino a camminar da solo

You bring a child to walk alone

Scoprendo che è a terra che diventa un uomo

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

Tu porti l'immenso dentro un mio discorso

You bring the immense into my speech

E se scrivo di te non metterò mai un punto e

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

Tu, tu porti la vita verso una risposta

You, you bring life towards an answer

Soltanto portandola verso se stessa e ancora

Only by bringing it towards itself and again

Tu, tu porti un bel quadro ad un capolavoro

You, you bring a beautiful picture to a masterpiece

E il sasso di campagna a diventare oro

And turn the countryside stone into gold

Ma soltanto perché, semplicemente porti te

But only because, you simply bring yourself

Tu porti te

You bring yourself

Tu porti te

You bring yourself

Tu porti te

You bring yourself

Tu porti te

You bring yourself

Tu porti te

You bring yourself

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Vocabulary in this song:

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

Grammar:

• 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'.