Learn Italian in Song: Maria Teresa
Another beautiful song by Pierangelo Bertoli. Maria Teresa forse troppa fantasia, Maria Teresa, perhaps too much imagination giornate uguali, poche notti di follia, days all the same, few nights of folly fragili ricordi, fragile memories sulla fronte qualche ruga in piu’ a few more lines on the forehead volti appena scorti, faces barely seen poco Read More…
Another beautiful song by Pierangelo Bertoli.
Maria Teresa forse troppa fantasia, | Maria Teresa, perhaps too much imagination | |
giornate uguali, poche notti di follia, | days all the same, few nights of folly | |
fragili ricordi, | fragile memories | |
sulla fronte qualche ruga in piu’ | a few more lines on the forehead | |
volti appena scorti, | faces barely seen | |
poco amore nella gioventu’ | little love in youth | |
Giovanni ha gli occhi come un cielo a primavera | Giovanni has eyes like a sky in spring | |
e i suoi vent’anni sono un varco alla frontiera, | and his 20 years are a breach in the frontier | |
soffre d’innocenza, | He suffers from innocence | |
prende dalla vita quel che c’e’ | takes what there is from life | |
come in una danza | As in a dance | |
lui si aspetta che con te | He expects that with you | |
non resteranno giorni bui | there will be no more dark days | |
se solo tu sarai con lui | if only you will be with him | |
fin quando tu lo cercherai | as long as you look for him | |
finche’ al suo amore crederai | as long as you believe in his love | |
finche’ vincerai | as long as you win | |
fino a quando sulle soglie del suo mondo | as long as on the thresholds of his world | |
lui vorra’ sapere che ci sei | he will want to know that you are (there) | |
Maria Teresa quanta gente non approva | Maria Teresa, how many people don’t approve | |
quell’espressione, quella faccia quasi nuova | that expression, that face almost new | |
frugano i tuoi sogni | they rifle through your dreams | |
alzando le barriere dell’eta’ | raising the barriers of age | |
contano i tuoi giorni, | they count your days | |
pesano la tua diversita’ | and weigh your diversity | |
Maria Teresa quanta voglia di poesia, | Maria Teresa, how much desire for poetry | |
convalescente di un’eterna malattia | convalescent of an eternal malady | |
la tua strada aperta | your open road | |
mostra della vita quel che c’? | demonstrates what there is of life | |
fuori dalla porta | outside the door | |
lui si aspetta che con te | He expects that with you | |
non resteranno giorni bui | there will be no more dark days | |
se solo tu sarai con lui | if only you will be with him | |
fin quando tu lo cercherai | as long as you look for him | |
finche’ al suo amore crederai | as long as you believe in his love | |
finche’ vincerai | as long as you win | |
fino a quando sulle soglie del suo mondo | as long as on the thresholds of his world | |
lui vorra’ sapere che ci sei | he will want to know that you are (there) |