Quando una Lei Va Via – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: Pooh

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotional depth of Pooh's 'Quando una Lei Va Via,' a song that captures the bittersweet feelings of love and loss. Its melodic structure and poignant lyrics offer a glimpse into Italian pop music of the 1970s, allowing listeners to connect with themes of reflection and memory.

[English]

(Facchinetti-Negrini)

You

strangely tonight,

more excited than ever,

you want to play with the truth

but it plays against me;

I confess what you know

it's ancient water and what do you do,

you stand up and leave, just like that.

And think about this, my love,

I wanted this evening,

this joy that was missing a bit

in the evenings at home between us.

The thing I would have told you later

is that tonight, more than ever,

I felt how great you were

and how the rest didn't matter anymore.

I

know I won't find you at home,

I even know where you are

but if you wait for me to look for you

you can die with him;

you blew goodbye in my face

but the night is short and then

with sweetness, you'll find, you'll see!

And think about this, my love,

I wanted this evening

this joy that was missing a bit

in the evenings at home between us.

The thing I would have told you later

is that tonight, more than ever,

I felt how great you were

and how the rest didn't matter anymore.

...

[Italian]

(Facchinetti-Negrini)

Tu

questa sera stranamente su,

eccitata più che mai,

vuoi giocare con la verità

ma si gioca addosso a me;

ti confesso ciò che sai

è acqua antica e tu che fai,

ti alzi in piedi e te ne vai, così.

E pensa questo, amore mio,

questa serata l'ho voluta io,

questa allegria che mancava un po'

nelle sere in casa tra di noi.

La cosa che ti avrei detto poi

è che stasera, più che mai,

sentivo quanto eri grande tu

e quanto il resto non contasse più.

Io

so che a casa non ti troverò,

so persino dove sei

ma se aspetti che ti cerchi io

puoi morire insieme a lui;

mi hai soffiato in faccia addio

ma la notte è breve e poi

con dolcezza troverai, vedrai!

E pensa questo, amore mio,

questa serata l'ho voluta io

questa allegria che mancava un po'

nelle sere in casa tra di noi.

La cosa che ti avrei detto poi

è che stasera, più che mai,

sentivo quanto eri grande tu

e quanto il resto non contasse più.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
serata /seraˈta/ A2	noun - evening
sai /sai/ A2	verb - you know
amore /aˈmoːre/ A2	noun - love (romantic)
allegri(a) /alleˈɡriːa/ B1	adjective - joyful, cheerful
grande /ˈɡran.de/ A2	adjective - big, large, great
pieno /ˈpjeːno/ B1	adjective - full
notte /ˈnɔt.te/ A2	noun - night
breve /ˈbre.ve/ B1	adjective - short, brief
troverai /tro.veˈra.i/ B1	verb - you will find
dolcezza /dolˈtʃet.tsa/ B2	noun - sweetness, tenderness
mancava /manˈkaːva/ B1	verb - was missing, lacked
menta /ˈmen.ta/ A2	noun - mint (plant or flavor)
sopra /ˈsɔː.pra/ A1	preposition - above, over

Key Grammar Structures

• Se aspetti che ti cerchi io

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood with 'che' to express desire or expectation

  ➔ 'se aspetti' (if you wait) and 'che ti cerchi' (that I look for you) show the use of the subjunctive to express a condition and a desire.

• Questo mi fa pensare

  ➔ Present tense indicative used for general statements or thoughts

  ➔ 'Questo mi fa pensare' (This makes me think) uses the present tense indicative to express a current thought or realization.

• Se non ci fosse

  ➔ Imperfect subjunctive mood to express hypothetical or unreal conditions

  ➔ 'Se non ci fosse' (if there were not) is a conditional phrase using the imperfect subjunctive to talk about unreal scenarios.

• Potresti essere felice

  ➔ Conditional tense with 'potresti' to express possibility or potential

  ➔ 'Potresti essere felice' (you could be happy) uses the conditional to indicate possibility or potential.

• Quando una Lei Va Via

  ➔ Future tense with 'va via' to indicate an action happening in the near future

  ➔ The phrase 'Quando una Lei Va Via' (When a Law Goes Away) uses the present tense 'va' from 'andare' to indicate a near-future event.