Mi Ami Mi Odi – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: Elodie
• Album: Mi Ami Mi Odi

Lyrics & Translation

[Italian]

[English]

Ti sento anche senza rumore

I feel you even without sound

Bugie con un dolce sapore

Lies with a sweet taste

In fondo a un milione di sere (Ti sento)

Through a million nights (I feel you)

Suonare, chiamare il mio nome

Playing and calling my name

Sui tasti di un campionatore

On the keys of a sampler

Ma forse non voglio sapere (Adesso)

But maybe I don't want to know (Now)

Se in giro parlerai di me

If you talk about me everywhere

Poi di me, per farti notare solamente

Then about me, just to get noticed

Uomini parlano per me

Men talk for me

Come se mi leggessero la mente

As if they could read my mind

Ma la mia vita non è una premiere di Broadway

But my life is not a Broadway premiere

Titoli che infamano per due soldi

Headlines that slander for next to nothing

Tu chе riparo sei per me?

What kind of shelter are you for me?

Sotto la pioggia non mi dici niеnte

Under the rain you say nothing to me

Non capisco se

I don't understand if

Mi ami, mi odi

You love me, you hate me

Mentre un'altra notte brilla sul mio body, body

While another night shines on my body, body

Baby, move your body, body

Baby, move your body, body

Mi ami o mi odi

You love me or you hate me

Spengo queste voci mentre faccio vogueing, vogueing

I shut out these voices while I'm vogueing, vogueing

Nei tuoi occhi fuochi, vedo fuochi

Fires in your eyes, I see fires

Volavo via sopra un cavallo bianco

I flew away on a white horse

E tu, no, nella notte non c'eri più

And you, no, in the night you were gone

Mia, solo mia, non importa più tanto

Mine, only mine, it doesn't matter much anymore

Se poi a salvarmi non sarai tu

If in the end you won't be the one to save me

Mi ami, mi odi

You love me, you hate me

Mentre un'altra notte brilla sul mio body, body

While another night shines on my body, body

Nei tuoi occhi fuochi, vedo fuochi

Fires in your eyes, I see fires

Con te sono in paradiso

With you I'm in paradise

Morendo però col sorriso

But dying with a smile

Le braccia e le gambe leggere (In sogno)

Light arms and legs (In a dream)

Ragazze giocano con me in un hotel

Girls play with me in a hotel

Tutto molto divertente

All very amusing

Ma la mia vita non è fatta per questa runway

But my life is not made for this runway

Dici di me che faccio solo danni

You say I only cause trouble

Tu che riparo sei per me?

What kind of shelter are you for me?

Se quando piove non ci sei

If when it rains you're not there

Poi non capisco se

Then I don't understand if

Mi ami, mi odi

You love me, you hate me

Mentre un'altra notte brilla sul mio body, body

While another night shines on my body, body

Baby, move your body, body

Baby, move your body, body

Mi ami o mi odi

You love me or you hate me

Spengo queste voci mentre faccio vogueing, vogueing

I shut out these voices while I'm vogueing, vogueing

Nei tuoi occhi fuochi, vedo fuochi

Fires in your eyes, I see fires

Volavo via sopra un cavallo bianco

I flew away on a white horse

E tu, no, nella notte non c'eri più

And you, no, in the night you were gone

Mia, solo mia, non importa più tanto

Mine, only mine, it doesn't matter much anymore

Se poi a salvarmi non sarai tu

If in the end you won't be the one to save me

Mi ami, mi odi

You love me, you hate me

Mentre un'altra notte brilla sul mio body, body

While another night shines on my body, body

Nei tuoi occhi fuochi, vedo fuochi

Fires in your eyes, I see fires

(Move to the rhythm)

(Move to the rhythm)

(Move to the rhythm of the beat)

(Move to the rhythm of the beat)

(Move to the rhythm)

(Move to the rhythm)

(Move to the rhythm of the beat)

(Move to the rhythm of the beat)

(Dance all night, dance all night)

(Dance all night, dance all night)

(Dance all night, dance all night)

(Dance all night, dance all night)

(Move to the rhythm)

(Move to the rhythm)

(Move to the rhythm of the beat)

(Move to the rhythm of the beat)

(Move to the rhythm)

(Move to the rhythm)

(Move to the rhythm of the beat)

(Move to the rhythm of the beat)

(Dance all night, dance all night)

(Dance all night, dance all night)

(Dance all night, dance all night)

(Dance all night, dance all night)

Mi ami, mi odi

You love me, you hate me

Mentre un'altra notte brilla sul mio body, body

While another night shines on my body, body

Baby, move your body, body

Baby, move your body, body

Mi ami o mi odi

You love me or you hate me

Spengo queste voci mentre faccio vogueing, vogueing

I shut out these voices while I'm vogueing, vogueing

Nei tuoi occhi fuochi, vedo fuochi

Fires in your eyes, I see fires

Volavo via sopra un cavallo bianco

I flew away on a white horse

E tu, no, nella notte non c'eri più

And you, no, in the night you were gone

Mia, solo mia, non importa più tanto

Mine, only mine, it doesn't matter much anymore

Se poi a salvarmi non sarai tu

If in the end you won't be the one to save me

Mi ami, mi odi

You love me, you hate me

Mentre un'altra notte brilla sul mio body, body

While another night shines on my body, body

Nei tuoi occhi fuochi, vedo fuochi

Fires in your eyes, I see fires

(Mi ami, mi odi)

(You love me, you hate me)

(Mentre un'altra notte brilla sul mio body, body)

(While another night shines on my body, body)

(Nei tuoi occhi fuochi, vedo fuochi)

(Fires in your eyes, I see fires)

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Key Grammar Structures

• per farti notare solamente

  ➔ `per` + Causative `fare` + Infinitive

  ➔ Using "`per` + infinitive" to express purpose. The structure "`farti`" is the causative verb "fare" (to make/cause) conjugated in the infinitive form (`fare`) and combined with the direct object pronoun "ti" (you), becoming "farti" (to make you). It precedes the infinitive "`notare`" (to notice), meaning "to make you notice/to get yourself noticed".

• Come se mi leggessero la mente

  ➔ `come se` + Imperfect Subjunctive

  ➔ "Come se" (as if) introduces a hypothetical situation or comparison, which requires the verb in the following clause ("`leggessero`") to be in the imperfect subjunctive tense. "`Leggessero`" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of "leggere" (to read).

• Tu che riparo sei per me?

  ➔ Relative Pronoun `che` (Predicative)

  ➔ The relative pronoun "`che`" usually introduces a clause modifying a noun. Here, it's used in a structure where the relative clause describes the subject ("Tu") in a predicative way ("che riparo sei"). It's like saying "You, who are a shelter for me?".

• Volavo via sopra un cavallo bianco

  ➔ Imperfect Tense + Phrasal Verb

  ➔ "Volavo" is the imperfect tense of "volare" (to fly), used here to describe a continuous or habitual past action or state ("I was flying"). "`Volavo via`" is a phrasal verb meaning "I was flying away".

• nella notte non c'eri più

  ➔ `esserci` (Imperfect) + `non... più`

  ➔ "C'eri" is the second-person singular imperfect tense of "esserci" (to be there). The structure "`non c'eri più`" uses the negative construction "`non... più`" meaning "no longer" or "not anymore", so the phrase means "you were no longer there".

• Se poi a salvarmi non sarai tu

  ➔ Conditional `Se` + Future Tense + `a` + Infinitive

  ➔ The clause starts with "`Se`" (if), introducing a future condition. "`Sarai`" is the second-person singular future tense of "essere" (to be). The structure "`a salvarmi`" uses the preposition "`a`" before the infinitive "`salvare`" (to save), common after certain verbs or implying purpose/direction, combined with the object pronoun "`mi`" (me).

• Morendo però col sorriso

  ➔ Gerund + Adverb `però`

  ➔ "Morendo" is the gerund form of "morire" (to die), used to describe an action happening simultaneously with the main verb (implied "I am" or "I was"). "`Però`" is an adverb meaning "but" or "however", adding a contrast or nuance. The phrase means "Dying, however, with a smile".

• non è fatta per questa runway

  ➔ Passive Voice

  ➔ "È fatta" is the third-person singular present tense of "essere" (to be) followed by the past participle "`fatta`" (made, done) of the verb "fare" (to do/make). This forms the passive voice, indicating that the subject ("la mia vita" - my life) is receiving the action, meaning "is not made".