L'amore è nell'aria stasera – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: Marco Mengoni, Elisa, Edoardo Leo, Stefano Fresi

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and 'L'amore è nell'aria stasera' offers a beautiful opportunity to dive into Italian. The song features poetic, emotionally rich lyrics that are sung clearly by two of Italy's most beloved pop artists, Marco Mengoni and Elisa. By listening, you can learn vocabulary related to love, destiny, and nature, while the expressive singing helps in understanding Italian pronunciation and intonation. It's a special song because it combines a globally beloved Disney story with the unique vocal styles of Italian pop royalty, making the learning experience both familiar and culturally enriching.

[English]

I already understood

I don't, what?

But they still don't

Who are they?

They are falling in love

Our trio will now become a duo

Ah, I got it

Between stars and full moon

Already

There's an air of magic

And what magic

It's such a romantic moment

You'll see it takes him away

And love will wrap

Dreams and reality

Among all there is

Perfect harmony

And everyone will enchant

To tell her that I love her

I should explain why

Ghosts and lights of the past

Return to me

Something is hiding from me

But I don't know what it is

Because it doesn't want to reveal

That in him there is a true king

And love will wrap

Dreams and reality

Among all there is

Perfect harmony

And everyone will enchant

And between us will settle

A world of magic

And then the day

Will dissolve the shadows

Will open the way

And he has

Only her now

In his thoughts

Our trio

Is another story

It won't return

With us

...

[Italian]

Io l'ho gia capito

Io no, cosa?

Ma loro ancora no

Loro chi?

Si stanno innamorando

Il nostro trio adesso diventerà un duo

Ah, ho capito

Fra stelle e plenilunio

Già

C'è un aria di magia

E che magia

È un attimo così romantico

Vedrai lo porta via

E l'amore avvolgerà

I sogni e la realtà

Fra tutti c'è

Perfetta armonia

E ognuno incanterà

Per dirle che io l'amo

Dovrei spiegar perché

Fantasmi e luci del passato

Ritornano da me

Qualcosa mi nasconde

Ma io non so cos'è

Perché non vuole rivelare

Che in lui c'è un vero re

E l'amore avvolgerà

I sogni e la realtà

Fra tutti c'è

Perfetta armonia

E ognuno incanterà

E fra noi si poserà

Un mondo di magia

E il giorno poi

Le ombre dissolverà

Spalancherà la via

E lui non ha

Che lei ormai

Nei pensieri suoi

Il nostro trio

È un'altra storia

Non tornerà

Con noi

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amore /aˈmoːre/ A2	noun - love
aria /ˈaːrja/ B1	noun - air
magia /ˈmaːdʒa/ B1	noun - magic
romantico /romanˈtiːko/ B2	adjective - romantic
sogni /ˈsɔɲɲi/ A2	noun - dreams
realtà /realtˈta/ B2	noun - reality
armonia /arˈmɔːnja/ B1	noun - harmony
incanterà /inkanˈtɛːra/ B2	verb - will enchant, will charm
amare /aˈmare/ A2	verb - to love
portare /porˈtare/ B1	verb - to carry, to take with
dissolverà /dissolˈvɛːra/ B2	verb - will dissolve

Key Grammar Structures

• Io l'ho già capito

  ➔ Present perfect tense (ho capito)

  ➔ Expresses an action completed in the recent past with relevance to the present; 'I have already understood.'

• Si stanno innamorando

  ➔ Present continuous tense (stanno innamorando)

  ➔ Indicates an ongoing action happening now; 'They are falling in love.'

• Fra stelle e plenilunio

  ➔ Preposition 'fra' (among, between)

  ➔ Indicates the space or time interval between two points or objects; 'Among stars and full moon.'

• Ha già capito

  ➔ Present perfect tense (ha capito)

  ➔ Expresses an action completed in the recent past with relevance to the present; 'He/She has understood already.'

• E l'amore avvolgerà

  ➔ Futuro tense (avvolgerà)

  ➔ Expresses an action that will happen in the future; 'Love will envelop.'

• Le ombre dissolverà

  ➔ Futuro tense (dissolverà)

  ➔ Expresses an action that will happen in the future; 'The shadows will dissolve.'

• E il giorno poi le ombre dissolverà

  ➔ Futur tense (dissolverà) with time indicators ('poi' meaning 'then')

  ➔ Expresses a future action following a time indicator; 'And then the day, shadows will dissolve.'