La mia estate con te

• By: FRED BONGUSTO

Lyrics:

[Italiano]

[English]

Io vorrei mandarti al diavolo

I would like to send you to hell

Con i miei problemi inutili

With my useless problems

Che son qui nell'anticamera della mente

That are here in the waiting room of my mind

Fanno ostacoli al mio quieto sopravvivere

They create obstacles to my quiet survival

Dammi il tempo per decidere

Give me time to decide

Se conviene aver le braccia tue

If it's worth having your arms

La tua faccia, contro il petto mio

Your face against my chest

E da solo camminare io

And to walk alone

Fare come non ci fossi tu

To act as if you weren't there

E gettarmi qualche amore via

And throw away some love

Fare finta di fregarmene

To pretend I don't care

Come se

As if

Questa estate con te

This summer with you

La mia estate con te

My summer with you

Non contasse più

No longer mattered

Non bastasse più

Was no longer enough

Non tornasse più

Would never return

Come se

As if

La mia estate con te

My summer with you

La mia vita con te

My life with you

No, non fosse mai

No, had never

Esistita mai

Existed

E vissuta mai

And had never

Quelle corse in automobile

Lived

Per sentieri impraticabili

Those car rides

Le risate incontenibili

Through impractical paths

E i silenzi interminabili

The uncontrollable laughter

Mi rendevano più libero

And the endless silences

Come quando sotto gli alberi

Made me feel freer

Scendevamo a far l'amore, noi

Like when under the trees

E i sensi s'accendevano

We would go make love, we

E i pensieri si spegnevano

And the senses would ignite

Tutte cose

And the thoughts would fade away

Che ho provato, io

All things

Non posso rinnegarle, io

That I have experienced

Non cercare

I cannot deny them

Di convincermi

Don't try

Come se

To convince me

Questa estate con te

As if

La mia vita con te

This summer with you

Non contasse più

My life with you

No, non fosse mai

No longer mattered

Esistita mai

No, had never

E vissuta mai

Existed

...

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
mandarti /manˈdarti/ B1	verb - to send you
problemi /proˈblemi/ A2	noun - problems
mente /ˈmente/ B1	noun - mind
tempo /ˈtempo/ A2	noun - time
braccia /ˈbrattʃa/ B1	noun - arms
faccia /ˈfattʃa/ A2	noun - face
petto /ˈpetto/ B1	noun - chest
camminare /kammiˈnare/ A2	verb - to walk
amore /aˈmore/ A2	noun - love
vita /ˈvita/ A2	noun - life
cose /ˈkoze/ B1	noun - things
corse /ˈkorze/ B2	noun - races
risate /riˈzate/ B1	noun - laughter
silenzi /siˈlɛntsi/ B2	noun - silences
libero /ˈlibero/ B2	adjective - free

Grammar:

• Io vorrei mandarti al diavolo

  ➔ Conditional tense (Vorrei + infinitive)

  ➔ "Vorrei" is the conditional form of "volere" (to want). Using "vorrei + infinitive" expresses a desire or a polite request.

• Che son qui nell'anticamera della mente

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'che' as subject.

  ➔ "Che" refers back to "problemi inutili" and acts as the subject of the verb "son".

• Dammi il tempo per decidere

  ➔ Imperative mood with indirect object pronoun ('mi')

  ➔ "Dammi" is the imperative form of "dare" (to give) with the indirect object pronoun "mi" (to me) attached. It means "give me".

• Se conviene aver le braccia tue

  ➔ Impersonal verb 'conviene' + infinitive

  ➔ "Conviene" means "it is convenient" or "it is advisable." Impersonal verbs don't have a specific subject. The infinitive "aver" (to have) follows.

• Fare come non ci fossi tu

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (imperfetto congiuntivo) in an unreal conditional clause.

  ➔ The phrase uses the "imperfetto congiuntivo" ("fossi") to express a hypothetical situation that is contrary to fact. The main clause (implied here as "Fare") is in the conditional mood.

• E gettarmi qualche amore via

  ➔ Reflexive verb ('gettarmi') + adverbial phrase ('via')

  ➔ "Gettarmi" is the reflexive form of "gettare" (to throw), meaning "to throw myself". "Via" is an adverbial phrase meaning "away". Together, "gettarmi ... via" suggests discarding something.

• Come se Questa estate con te La mia estate con te Non contasse più

  ➔ Hypothetical clause introduced by "come se" (as if) + subjunctive mood (imperfetto congiuntivo implied), repeated noun.

  ➔ "Come se" introduces a hypothetical situation or a comparison that is not real. The implied subjunctive shows that the statement is contrary to fact. The repetition of "estate con te" emphasizes the specific summer.

• Mi rendevano più libero

  ➔ Imperfect tense (rendevano) expressing a habitual action in the past.

  ➔ The imperfect tense "rendevano" indicates that the actions (corse in automobile, le risate, i silenzi) happened repeatedly or continuously over a period of time in the past.