A calm and intimate song moving through a day of emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, anxiety, and tiredness. Learn how to say how you feel using reflexive verbs and many useful expressions.
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Mi sveglio col sole, la luce è già qua
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I wake up with the sun, the light is already here
Mi sento felice in questa città
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I feel happy in this city
Sorridere è bello, mi metto a cantare
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To smile is nice, I put myself to sing (more naturally: Smiling is nice, I start singing)
È un giorno perfetto per incominciare
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It is a perfect day to begin
Come ti senti oggi? Dimmi la verità
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How do you feel today? Tell me the truth
Mostrami il cuore con sincerità
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Show me the heart with sincerity (more naturally: Show me your heart sincerely)
Felice o triste, stanco o arrabbiato
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Happy or sad, tired or angry
Ogni tuo stato va sempre accettato
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Every state of yours goes always accepted (more naturally: Every mood of yours should always be accepted)
A volte io piango, mi sento così giù
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Sometimes I cry, I feel so down
Tristezza nel petto, non ne posso più
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Sadness in the chest, I can't take it anymore (the idiom 'non poterne più' means to be exhausted or unable to endure something any longer)
La pioggia che cade, la stanza è un po' grigia
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The rain that falls, the room is a bit grey
Un senso di vuoto che mi paralizza
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A sense of emptiness that paralyzes me
A volte mi arrabbio, divento un po' rosso
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Sometimes I get angry, I become a bit red
E dentro la testa si crea un gran subbuglio
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And inside the head a great turmoil is created (more naturally: And a big commotion builds up inside my head)
C'è un fuoco che brucia, un gran movimento
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There is a fire that burns, a great movement
La rabbia mi prende come un forte vento
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The anger takes me like a strong wind (more naturally: Anger takes hold of me like a strong wind)
Ora sono in ansia, c'è un dubbio profondo
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Now I am in anxiety, there is a deep doubt (more naturally: Now I feel anxious, there is a deep doubt)
Il peso dei pensieri che gira nel mondo
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The weight of the thoughts that turns in the world
La mente mi corre, non trova mai fine
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The mind runs to me, it never finds an end (more naturally: My mind is racing, it never stops)
E aspetto il domani stando sulle spine
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And I wait for tomorrow standing on thorns (the idiom 'stare sulle spine' means to be on pins and needles, feeling anxious)
La sera ora arriva, son stanco davvero
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The evening now arrives, I am really tired
L'energia mi manca, il cielo è già nero
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The energy is lacking to me, the sky is already black (more naturally: I am lacking energy, the sky is already dark)
Io chiudo i miei occhi, vorrei riposare
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I close my eyes, I would like to rest
Un lungo gran sonno per ricominciare
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A long great sleep to start again
Come ti senti oggi? Dimmi la verità
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How do you feel today? Tell me the truth
Mostrami il cuore con sincerità
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Show me the heart with sincerity (more naturally: Show me your heart sincerely)
Felice o triste, stanco o arrabbiato
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Happy or sad, tired or angry
Ogni tuo stato va sempre accettato
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Every state of yours goes always accepted (more naturally: Every mood of yours should always be accepted)
To smile is nice, I put myself to sing (more naturally: Smiling is nice, I start singing)
Èungiornoperfettoperincominciare
It is a perfect day to begin
Cometisentioggi? Dimmilaverità
How do you feel today? Tell me the truth
Mostramiilcuoreconsincerità
Show me the heart with sincerity (more naturally: Show me your heart sincerely)
Feliceotriste, stancooarrabbiato
Happy or sad, tired or angry
Ognituostatovasempreaccettato
Every state of yours goes always accepted (more naturally: Every mood of yours should always be accepted)
Avolteiopiango, misentocosìgiù
Sometimes I cry, I feel so down
Tristezzanelpetto, nonnepossopiù
Sadness in the chest, I can't take it anymore (the idiom 'non poterne più' means to be exhausted or unable to endure something any longer)
Lapioggiachecade, lastanzaèunpo' grigia
The rain that falls, the room is a bit grey
Unsensodivuotochemiparalizza
A sense of emptiness that paralyzes me
Avoltemiarrabbio, diventounpo' rosso
Sometimes I get angry, I become a bit red
Edentrolatestasicreaungransubbuglio
And inside the head a great turmoil is created (more naturally: And a big commotion builds up inside my head)
C'èunfuocochebrucia, ungranmovimento
There is a fire that burns, a great movement
Larabbiamiprendecomeunfortevento
The anger takes me like a strong wind (more naturally: Anger takes hold of me like a strong wind)
Orasonoinansia, c'èundubbioprofondo
Now I am in anxiety, there is a deep doubt (more naturally: Now I feel anxious, there is a deep doubt)
Ilpesodeipensierichegiranelmondo
The weight of the thoughts that turns in the world
Lamentemicorre, nontrovamaifine
The mind runs to me, it never finds an end (more naturally: My mind is racing, it never stops)
Easpettoildomanistandosullespine
And I wait for tomorrow standing on thorns (the idiom 'stare sulle spine' means to be on pins and needles, feeling anxious)
Laseraoraarriva, sonstancodavvero
The evening now arrives, I am really tired
L'energiamimanca, ilcieloègiànero
The energy is lacking to me, the sky is already black (more naturally: I am lacking energy, the sky is already dark)
Iochiudoimieiocchi, vorreiriposare
I close my eyes, I would like to rest
Unlungogransonnoperricominciare
A long great sleep to start again
Cometisentioggi? Dimmilaverità
How do you feel today? Tell me the truth
Mostramiilcuoreconsincerità
Show me the heart with sincerity (more naturally: Show me your heart sincerely)
Feliceotriste, stancooarrabbiato
Happy or sad, tired or angry
Ognituostatovasempreaccettato
Every state of yours goes always accepted (more naturally: Every mood of yours should always be accepted)
Cometisenti?
How do you feel?
Dimmelotu
Tell it to me you (more naturally: You tell me)
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What it's about
The song follows a day from dawn to evening and moves from one emotion to another: morning happiness, sadness in the rain, anger that arrives like the wind, the anxiety of thoughts, and finally evening tiredness. The chorus asks: Come ti senti oggi? and reminds us that every emotion should be accepted.
Useful words and expressions
felice, triste, stanco, arrabbiato: the basic adjectives for emotions (in the feminine: stanca, arrabbiata).
sentirsi giù: to be sad, without energy (mi sento così giù).
non ne posso più: I can't take this situation anymore.
diventare rosso: to blush or turn red, here from anger.
un subbuglio: a great confusion, turmoil.
essere in ansia: to be worried and nervous.
stare sulle spine: to wait for something with great agitation.
mi manca l'energia: I have no strength left. Note: with mancare, the thing that is missing is the subject.
con sincerità: in a sincere, honest way.
Grammar
Reflexive verbs: mi sveglio, mi sento, mi arrabbio, mi metto a cantare. The pronoun (mi, ti, si…) goes before the verb.
Mettersi a + infinitive: to start doing something (mi metto a cantare).
Imperative with attached pronouns: dimmi, mostrami, dimmelo (dimmi + lo). With di' the consonant doubles: dimmi.
Andare + past participle for an obligation: ogni tuo stato va sempre accettato = must be accepted.
Conditional for a wish: vorrei riposare.
Gerund: stando sulle spine = while I am on pins and needles.
A volte: a very common expression of frequency.
Watch out for poetic license
son stanco is a shortened form of sono stanco, used for rhythm: in normal speech you say sono stanco.
La sera ora arriva has an unusual word order; normally you say ora arriva la sera.
Un lungo gran sonno: putting two adjectives like this before the noun is not natural; you say un lungo sonno or un gran sonno.
Il peso dei pensieri che gira nel mondo is a poetic image with a vague meaning, chosen to rhyme with profondo: it is not a fixed expression.
grigia / paralizza and rosso / subbuglio do not really rhyme: they are sound choices, though the words are used correctly.
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