Comments on: Learn Italian in Song: Translations of Italian Popular Songs

By: Norman Cerasoli

Norman Cerasoli — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:59:50 +0000

Fan of Giuseppe Castiglia. “Una notte al telephono” & “Catania”.

By: Deirdre Straughan

Deirdre Straughan — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:30:50 +0000

If you can give me titles and perhaps YouTube references, I’ll see what I can do.

By: dominic a federico

dominic a federico — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:45:02 +0000

i came from the north end of boston . at the time in the 50s and 60s it was all italian. our parents were yold by the schools not to speak italian in the house. now i am trying to learn at 58 it ain’t easy. i have a cd called mob hits 1 most of the songs are half and half english and italian. if you could do some or a few translations . i would very greatfull. thank you in advavce dominic a federico revere mass.

By: Neil Fofliani

Neil Fofliani — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:32:03 +0000

I would like to get the English translation for the song Giovanna e Angiolino.

Thanks,

Neil

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:28:54 +0000

I found this entertaining, since I started to study Italian to understand the lyrics in Zucchero Forniciari’s music. It is a rather wonderful way to learn a language. So much more natural than the way I learned Spanish: conjugations and verb drills, vocabulary, etc.
Thanks for the translations.

By: Patrizia

Patrizia — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:54:37 +0000

LOVE your site, and I found great entertainment there! I’m looking for the Italian (and English translation) lyrics for my grandmother’s favorite song… “Per un Bacio d’Amore”. The English version that’s about has nothing at all to do with the Italian words, which I can barely make out. I only know the first line, which grandma would sing at the top of her lungs, when I was a child. “Per un bacio d’amore, o bella bruna!”

By: SSS

SSS — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:38:13 +0000

Hi man!!!
great stuff….i’ve been for ‘questo piccolo grande amore”for a long long time n thnx 2 u i got it!!i just want to point out dat derz 2 mistake s i fink if u could correct dat….it’s “di essere NUDI instead of soli” and “più ansiose di cose proibite” instead of “le scarpe bagnate”….

Thnx again n this site rocks:))

By: ricardo munoz

ricardo munoz — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:47:04 +0000

Deirdre thanks again for your good work.Today I’m asking you for a big favor, now I need to know if you’re aware of any website in Italy where i could find lyrics of songs by Gigliola Cinquetti(do you know her?) I have many of her hits and I need to understand them, and I think that only you could help me.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Ricardo

By: MM

MM — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:57:10 +0000

This is a very useful website. If I could only make one suggestion: For Adriano Celentano’s song “l’emozione non ha voce”, in two stanza’s you write the word “compagna” and you translate it as the word “countryside”. However, you are inadvertedly translating the word “campangna” to mean “countryside”. The word instead should be translated to mean “friend”.

By: Qt

Qt — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:12:43 +0000

In la “terra dei cachi” you translated this “una lacrima sul visto” like that, but even if it is a pun on the “Una lacrima sul viso” by Bobby Solo here we have visto, not viso, and visto is permit to enter a state, visa if i’m not wrong (being ironic on italy immigration issues).
Ciao