L'Isola

• By: Emma
• Album: Fortuna

Lyrics:

[Italiano]

[English]

Un respiro, complice

A breath, accomplice

Prendi fiato, e scegli me

Take a breath, and choose me

In fila indiana

In an Indian file

Scegli me

Choose me

Un destino, Un vortice

A fate, a whirlwind

In controluce è più semplice

In backlit, it's easier

Prendi fiato e scegli me

Take a breath and choose me

E tutti guardavano la nave partire

And everyone watched the ship leave

All'orizzonte scomparire

Disappear on the horizon

E tutti restavano senza parole

And everyone was speechless

Dicono che tornerà, a prenderci

They say she’ll come back, to take us

Qualcuno tornerà

Someone will return

Dicono, chi sa

They say, who knows

E tutti guardavano il sole sparire

And everyone watched the sun vanish

All'orizzonte dentro il mare

On the horizon, into the sea

E tu mi guardavi ed io ti dicevo

And you looked at me and I told you

Amore non aver paura troveremo un modo per andare

Love, don't be afraid, we'll find a way to go

Via di qua

Away from here

Via di qua, dall'isola

Away from here, from the island

Via di qua

Away from here

Via di qua, dall'isola

Away from here, from the island

Via di qua

Away from here

Via di qua, dall'isola

Away from here, from the island

E tutti guardavano

And everyone watched

La nave partire

The ship leave

All'orizzonte scomparire

Disappear on the horizon

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
respiro /re'spiro/ A2	noun - breath
destino /des'tino/ B1	noun - destiny
vortice /'vortitse/ B2	noun - vortex
nave /'nave/ A2	noun - ship
orizzonte /orid'zon.te/ B1	noun - horizon
parole /pa'role/ A2	noun - words
amore /a'more/ A1	noun - love
paura /'paura/ B1	noun - fear
modo /'modo/ A2	noun - way
qua /kwa/ A2	adverb - here
partire /par'tire/ B1	verb - to leave
scomparire /scom'pari.re/ B2	verb - to disappear
guardare /guar'dare/ A2	verb - to watch
tornerà /tor.ne'ra/ B1	verb - will return

Grammar:

• Prendi fiato, e scegli me

  ➔ Imperative command with coordinate conjunction

  ➔ 'Prendi' is the imperative form of 'prendere' (to take), used to give a command; 'e' means 'and', connecting two actions.

• Un respiro, complice

  ➔ Noun + adjective indicating closeness

  ➔ 'Respiro' (a breath) is a noun; 'complice' (accomplice/partner) here indicates closeness or complicity.

• E tutti guardavano la nave partire

  ➔ Past imperfect tense 'guardavano' (were watching)

  ➔ 'Guardavano' is the imperfect tense indicating an ongoing action in the past, meaning 'were watching'.

• Dicono che tornerà, a prenderci

  ➔ Indirect speech with 'dicono' (they say) + subordinate clause with future tense 'tornerà'

  ➔ 'Dicono' means 'they say'. The clause 'che tornerà' is a subordinate clause with the future tense of 'tornare' (to return).

• Amore non aver paura troveremo un modo per andare

  ➔ Negative imperative 'non aver' + future tense 'troveremo'

  ➔ 'Non aver paura' is a negative imperative meaning 'don't be afraid'. 'Troveremo' is the future tense of 'trovare' (to find).