Quando una Lei Va Via – Bilingual Lyrics Italian/English

• By: Pooh

Lyrics & Translation

[Italian]

[English]

(Facchinetti-Negrini)

(Facchinetti-Negrini)

Tu

You

questa sera stranamente su,

strangely tonight,

eccitata più che mai,

more excited than ever,

vuoi giocare con la verità

you want to play with the truth

ma si gioca addosso a me;

but it plays against me;

ti confesso ciò che sai

I confess what you know

è acqua antica e tu che fai,

it's ancient water and what do you do,

ti alzi in piedi e te ne vai, così.

you stand up and leave, just like that.

E pensa questo, amore mio,

And think about this, my love,

questa serata l'ho voluta io,

I wanted this evening,

questa allegria che mancava un po'

this joy that was missing a bit

nelle sere in casa tra di noi.

in the evenings at home between us.

La cosa che ti avrei detto poi

The thing I would have told you later

è che stasera, più che mai,

is that tonight, more than ever,

sentivo quanto eri grande tu

I felt how great you were

e quanto il resto non contasse più.

and how the rest didn't matter anymore.

Io

I

so che a casa non ti troverò,

know I won't find you at home,

so persino dove sei

I even know where you are

ma se aspetti che ti cerchi io

but if you wait for me to look for you

puoi morire insieme a lui;

you can die with him;

mi hai soffiato in faccia addio

you blew goodbye in my face

ma la notte è breve e poi

but the night is short and then

con dolcezza troverai, vedrai!

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

E pensa questo, amore mio,

And think about this, my love,

questa serata l'ho voluta io

I wanted this evening

questa allegria che mancava un po'

this joy that was missing a bit

nelle sere in casa tra di noi.

in the evenings at home between us.

La cosa che ti avrei detto poi

The thing I would have told you later

è che stasera, più che mai,

is that tonight, more than ever,

sentivo quanto eri grande tu

I felt how great you were

e quanto il resto non contasse più.

and how the rest didn't matter anymore.

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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.