Mi Servirebbe Sapere – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: Antonio Maggio

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional depth of Antonio Maggio's hit "Mi Servirebbe Sapere." This song, which won the Sanremo Giovani category, offers a glimpse into Italian pop music's ability to convey complex feelings with melodic charm. Learning its lyrics can provide insight into expressing vulnerability and seeking understanding in relationships, a universal theme beautifully captured in Italian.

[English]

The influence makes

Change my fantasies

It modifies them and then reshapes them

I have never been

Able to decide

What is better

And what to define as bad.

I would need to know

If the other night

When you said you felt so good

You were sincere

Or if you had a brief moment

Of even a short hour

And I don't want to deprive myself of calm

And hurt myself and hurt myself and hurt myself

So much pain

And hurt myself and hurt myself and hurt myself

So much pain.

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

I would need to know

The strategy

To bypass all the barriers

And the right path to justify

The pain and alleviate the sorrow

I would need to know as soon as possible

And hurt myself and hurt myself and hurt myself

(I would need to know!)

So much pain

And hurt myself and hurt myself and hurt myself

(I would need to know!)

So much pain

And hurt myself and hurt myself and hurt myself

(I would need to know!)

So much pain

And hurt myself and hurt myself and hurt myself

(I would need to know!)

So much pain

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

And hurt myself and keep waiting

For your constant conceptual back and forth

Maybe in the end I like it a bit like this

Suffering and being abandoned here...

Make up your mind!

Oh!

Would you like to know

The countermeasures used

To soothe my pains

And finally compensate

For your flickering light

To equip myself with patience.

In the end, I even liked it a bit.

So hurt me, hurt me, hurt me

(I would like to know!)

So much pain

And hurt me, hurt me, hurt me

(I would like to know!)

So much pain

So hurt me, hurt me, hurt me

So much pain

And hurt me, hurt me, hurt me

So much pain

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

...

[Italian]

L'influenza fa

Cambiare le mie fantasie

Le modifica e poi le rimodella

Non sono stato mai

Capace di decidere

Cosa meglio sia

E cosa definire male.

Mi servirebbe sapere

Se l'altra notte

Quando hai detto che sei stata tanto bene

Eri sincera

Oppure hai avuto una parentesi

Di un'ora pure scarsa

E non mi va di privarmi della calma

E farmi male e farmi male e farmi male

Tanto male

E farmi male e farmi male e farmi male

Tanto male.

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

Mi servirebbe sapere

La strategia

Per aggirare tutte quante le barriere

E la strada giusta per giustificare

Il male e allievare il dispiacere

Mi servirebbe saperlo quanto prima

E farmi male e farmi male e farmi male

(Mi servirebbe sapere!)

Tanto male

E farmi male e farmi male e farmi male

(Mi servirebbe sapere!)

Tanto male

E farmi male e farmi male e farmi male

(Mi servirebbe sapere!)

Tanto male

E farmi male e farmi male e farmi male

(Mi servirebbe sapere!)

Tanto male

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

E farmi male e continuare ad aspettare

Il tuo continuo andirivieni concettuale

Forse alla fine mi piace un po' così

Soffrire e farmi abbandonare qui...

Deciditi!

Oh!

Ti piacerebbe sapere

Le contromosse utilizzate

Per lenire le mie pene

E sopperire finalmente

Alla tua luce a intermittenza

Per dotarmi di pazienza.

In fondo mi è anche piaciuto a mena dito.

E allora fammi male, fammi male, fammi male

(Mi piacerebbe sapere!)

Tanto male

E fammi male, fammi male, fammi male

(Mi piacerebbe sapere!)

Tanto male

E allora fammi male, fammi male, fammi male

Tanto male

E fammi male, fammi male, fammi male

Tanto male

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

Poropopporopopporopoppoppo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
influenza /influˈɛntsa/ B1	noun - flu, influence
fantasie /fanˈtazi/ B2	noun - fantasy, imagination
modifica /moˈdifika/ B1	verb - to modify, to change
rimodella /riˌmoˈdɛlla/ C1	verb - to remodel, to reshape
decidere /detʃiˈdɛre/ B2	verb - to decide
sbagliare /zabˈʎare/ B1	verb - to mistake, to err
necessario /nesˌtʃɛsˈaːrjo/ B2	adjective - necessary, essential
sapere /saˈpɛ:re/ A2	verb - to know
male /ˈmale/ A2	noun / adjective / adverb - bad, evil; badly
strategia /stratɛˈdʒia/ B2	noun - strategy
barriere /barˈrjɛːre/ B2	noun - barrier, obstacle
strada /ˈstrada/ A2	noun - street, road
giustificare /dʒus.tifiˈkaːre/ B2	verb - to justify
dispiacere /dispjaˈtʃɛːre/ B2	noun - regret, sorrow
aspettare /aʃpɛtˈtaːre/ A2	verb - to wait

Key Grammar Structures

• Mi servirebbe sapere

  ➔ Conditional mood (would need)

  ➔ The phrase "Mi servirebbe" uses the conditional mood to express a need.

• Quando hai detto che sei stata tanto bene

  ➔ Past perfect tense (had said)

  ➔ The phrase "hai detto" indicates an action completed in the past.

• E non mi va di privarmi della calma

  ➔ Reflexive verbs (to deprive oneself)

  ➔ The phrase "privarmi" shows the use of a reflexive verb indicating self-deprivation.

• E farmi male e farmi male e farmi male

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ The repetition of "farmi male" emphasizes the speaker's pain.

• La strategia per aggirare tutte quante le barriere

  ➔ Infinitive form (to circumvent)

  ➔ The phrase "aggirare" is in the infinitive form, indicating an action.

• Per dotarmi di pazienza

  ➔ Infinitive with preposition (to equip oneself with)

  ➔ The phrase "dotarmi" shows the use of an infinitive with a preposition.

• Deciditi!

  ➔ Imperative mood (decide)

  ➔ The word "Deciditi!" is in the imperative mood, giving a command.