Lyrics & Translation
And the wind flew over your scarf
You had already taken with you
Your hands, your joy in the evenings
Never cut your hair
Eat a little more, you're all bones
And on the table between the tea and the receipt
I was swallowing this goodbye too
Let it all be this way
And the sky faded behind the cranes
No, never change and take care of yourself
Of your life, of the world you will find
Try not to get into trouble
Button up your coat properly
And among the car horns and the bells
I kept saying "I don't hold it against you"
And don't worry about me, you know
While my breath turned to smoke
It felt like I was slowly collapsing
And you were slowly leaving
And who knows if sooner or later
If you will ever understand
If you looked back
And who knows if sooner or later
If now and then you'll think
That I'm alone
And if now I play the songs
Those same ones you loved so much
She sits next to me, smiles, and thinks
That I dedicated them to her
And she doesn't know about when I told you
“Eat a little more, you're all bones”
She doesn't know about our fantasies from the first day
And how you left
And who knows if sooner or later
If you will ever understand
If you looked back
And who knows if sooner or later
If now and then you'll think
That I'm the only one left here
And I will sing alone
I will walk alone
I will continue alone
Key Vocabulary
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lascia /ˈlaʃ.ʃa/ A2 |
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tutto /ˈtut.tɔ/ A2 |
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vento /ˈvɛn.to/ A2 |
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foulard /fu.larˈdár/ B1 |
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mani /ˈma.ni/ A2 |
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allegria /al.leˈɡri.a/ B1 |
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capelli /kaˈpɛl.li/ A2 |
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tagliare /ˌtaʎˈla.re/ B1 |
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verso /ˈvɛr.so/ B2 |
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sorridere /sorˈri.de.re/ B2 |
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dire /ˈdi.re/ B2 |
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pensare /penˈsa.re/ B2 |
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restare /resˈta.re/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Lascia che sia tutto così
➔ Subjunctive mood with 'lasciare' (to let/allow).
➔ 'Lascia' (imperative of 'lasciare') is used to express a request or permission. 'Che sia' is the subjunctive form meaning 'that it be'.
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Avevi già preso con te Le mani le sere la tua allegria
➔ Pluperfect tense ('avevi preso') indicating an action completed before another point in the past.
➔ 'Avevi preso' translates to 'you had already taken'. It suggests that the happiness, holding hands, evenings were taken away *before* the point of the song.
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Non tagliare i tuoi capelli mai
➔ Negative imperative with 'mai' (never).
➔ 'Non tagliare' means 'don't cut'. 'Mai' emphasizes that it should *never* happen.
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E chissà se prima o poi Se tu avrai compreso mai
➔ Future perfect tense ('avrai compreso') in an indirect question. Conditional sentence
➔ 'Avrai compreso' means 'you will have understood'. The entire sentence translates to 'And who knows if sooner or later if you will have ever understood'. The use of future perfect emphasizes uncertainty about the future but focuses on the *completion* of understanding.
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E non sa di quando ti dicevo
➔ Indirect speech ('di quando ti dicevo') using the imperfect tense ('dicevo').
➔ 'Dicevo' is the imperfect tense, indicating a repeated or ongoing action in the past. 'Ti dicevo' means 'I was telling you'. This relates a memory or a recurring event.
