A deep house pop song that counts the whole world, from stars to brothers. Review numbers, ordinal numbers, and quantity words like pochi, tanti, metà, and doppio.
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Uno, due, tre e quattro
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One, two, three, and four
Quante cose nel teatro
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How many things in the theater (more naturally: So many things in the theater)
Cinque, sei, sette e otto
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Five, six, seven, and eight
Tanti numeri, un bel botto
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So many numbers, a nice bang (here the slang 'un bel botto' means a whole lot or a ton)
Cento stelle, mille viaggi
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A hundred stars, a thousand journeys
Un milione di paesaggi
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A million landscapes
Pochi, tanti, grandi e belli
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Few, many, big, and beautiful
Conto tutti i miei fratelli
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I count all my brothers
Una metà o forse il doppio
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A half or maybe the double (more naturally: Half or maybe double)
Mentre i numeri io copio
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While the numbers I copy (more naturally: While I copy down the numbers)
Conta il mondo, uno a uno
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Count the world, one by one
Sotto il sole non manca nessuno
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Under the sun nobody is missing
Somma tutto, un po', un bel po'
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Sum everything, a bit, a good bit (more naturally: Add it all up, a little, quite a lot)
Quantità che ora io so
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Quantities that now I know (more naturally: Amounts that I now know)
Conta il mondo, uno a uno
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Count the world, one by one
Questo ritmo è per ciascuno
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This rhythm is for each one (more naturally: This rhythm is for everyone)
Il primo, poi il secondo
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The first, then the second
Misuriamo tutto il mondo
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Let's measure the whole world
Venti case nel quartiere
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Twenty houses in the neighborhood
Cinquanta sogni nel bicchiere
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Fifty dreams in the glass
Zero nuvole lassù
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Zero clouds up there
Dieci uccelli nel cielo blu
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Ten birds in the blue sky
Pochi, tanti, grandi e belli
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Few, many, big, and beautiful
Conto tutti i miei fratelli
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I count all my brothers
Una metà o forse il doppio
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A half or maybe the double (more naturally: Half or maybe double)
Mentre i numeri io copio
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While the numbers I copy (more naturally: While I copy down the numbers)
Conta il mondo, uno a uno
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Count the world, one by one
Sotto il sole non manca nessuno
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Under the sun nobody is missing
Somma tutto, un po', un bel po'
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Sum everything, a bit, a good bit (more naturally: Add it all up, a little, quite a lot)
Quantità che ora io so
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Quantities that now I know (more naturally: Amounts that I now know)
Conta il mondo, uno a uno
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Count the world, one by one
Questo ritmo è per ciascuno
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This rhythm is for each one (more naturally: This rhythm is for everyone)
Il basso scende, l'anima vola
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The bass goes down, the soul flies (more naturally: The bass drops, the soul soars)
Questa emozione ci consola
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This emotion consoles us (more naturally: This feeling comforts us)
Forse sto dando i numeri per strada
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Maybe I am giving the numbers in the street (here the idiom 'dare i numeri' means to go crazy or talk nonsense)
Ma voglio contare ovunque io vada
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But I want to count wherever I go (here 'contare' is a wordplay meaning both to count numbers and to matter)
Conta il mondo, uno a uno
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Count the world, one by one
Sotto il sole non manca nessuno
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Under the sun nobody is missing
Somma tutto, un po', un bel po'
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Sum everything, a bit, a good bit (more naturally: Add it all up, a little, quite a lot)
Quantità che ora io so
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Quantities that now I know (more naturally: Amounts that I now know)
Conta il mondo, uno a uno
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Count the world, one by one
Questo ritmo è per ciascuno
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This rhythm is for each one (more naturally: This rhythm is for everyone)
How many things in the theater (more naturally: So many things in the theater)
Cinque, sei, setteeotto
Five, six, seven, and eight
Tantinumeri, unbelbotto
So many numbers, a nice bang (here the slang 'un bel botto' means a whole lot or a ton)
Centostelle, milleviaggi
A hundred stars, a thousand journeys
Unmilionedipaesaggi
A million landscapes
Pochi, tanti, grandiebelli
Few, many, big, and beautiful
Contotuttiimieifratelli
I count all my brothers
Unametàoforseildoppio
A half or maybe the double (more naturally: Half or maybe double)
Mentreinumeriiocopio
While the numbers I copy (more naturally: While I copy down the numbers)
Contailmondo, unoauno
Count the world, one by one
Sottoilsolenonmancanessuno
Under the sun nobody is missing
Sommatutto, unpo', unbelpo'
Sum everything, a bit, a good bit (more naturally: Add it all up, a little, quite a lot)
Quantitàcheoraioso
Quantities that now I know (more naturally: Amounts that I now know)
Contailmondo, unoauno
Count the world, one by one
Questoritmoèperciascuno
This rhythm is for each one (more naturally: This rhythm is for everyone)
Ilprimo, poiilsecondo
The first, then the second
Misuriamotuttoilmondo
Let's measure the whole world
Venticasenelquartiere
Twenty houses in the neighborhood
Cinquantasogninelbicchiere
Fifty dreams in the glass
Zeronuvolelassù
Zero clouds up there
Dieciuccellinelcieloblu
Ten birds in the blue sky
Pochi, tanti, grandiebelli
Few, many, big, and beautiful
Contotuttiimieifratelli
I count all my brothers
Unametàoforseildoppio
A half or maybe the double (more naturally: Half or maybe double)
Mentreinumeriiocopio
While the numbers I copy (more naturally: While I copy down the numbers)
Contailmondo, unoauno
Count the world, one by one
Sottoilsolenonmancanessuno
Under the sun nobody is missing
Sommatutto, unpo', unbelpo'
Sum everything, a bit, a good bit (more naturally: Add it all up, a little, quite a lot)
Quantitàcheoraioso
Quantities that now I know (more naturally: Amounts that I now know)
Contailmondo, unoauno
Count the world, one by one
Questoritmoèperciascuno
This rhythm is for each one (more naturally: This rhythm is for everyone)
Ilbassoscende, l'animavola
The bass goes down, the soul flies (more naturally: The bass drops, the soul soars)
Questaemozioneciconsola
This emotion consoles us (more naturally: This feeling comforts us)
Forsestodandoinumeriperstrada
Maybe I am giving the numbers in the street (here the idiom 'dare i numeri' means to go crazy or talk nonsense)
Mavogliocontareovunqueiovada
But I want to count wherever I go (here 'contare' is a wordplay meaning both to count numbers and to matter)
Contailmondo, unoauno
Count the world, one by one
Sottoilsolenonmancanessuno
Under the sun nobody is missing
Sommatutto, unpo', unbelpo'
Sum everything, a bit, a good bit (more naturally: Add it all up, a little, quite a lot)
Quantitàcheoraioso
Quantities that now I know (more naturally: Amounts that I now know)
Contailmondo, unoauno
Count the world, one by one
Questoritmoèperciascuno
This rhythm is for each one (more naturally: This rhythm is for everyone)
Uno, due, tre
One, two, three
Vieniconme
Come with me
Unoauno
One by one
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What it's about
The singer looks at the world and counts it: things in a theater, stars, trips, houses in the neighborhood, birds in the sky. Counting becomes a game and a rhythm to share with everyone: Questo ritmo è per ciascuno. In the bridge, the music stops and the singer ironically admits that maybe they are «dando i numeri», but they want to keep counting wherever they go.
Useful words and expressions
Cardinal numbers: uno, due, tre, quattro… venti, cinquanta, cento, mille, un milione. Note: you say mille, but un milione di (with di before the noun): un milione di paesaggi.
Ordinal numbers: il primo, il secondo.
Quantities: pochi, tanti, un po', un bel po' (= quite a lot), una metà, il doppio, zero.
Uno a uno: one after another, without skipping any.
Non manca nessuno: everyone is there, no one is missing.
Sommare: to sum up, to add. Somma tutto = put everything together.
Un bel botto: in colloquial Italian, un botto means «a whole lot». Un botto is also a loud bang, an explosion.
Dare i numeri: an idiomatic expression meaning «to say strange things, to act crazy». Here it is a play on words, because the song is actually about numbers.
Lassù: high up, up there.
Grammar
Imperative: Conta il mondo, Somma tutto, Vieni con me are invitations addressed to «tu». Conta il mondo can also be read as «il mondo conta», meaning it is important.
Present tense: conto, misuriamo, so, voglio contare.
Stare + gerund: sto dando indicates an action in progress right now.
Subjunctive after «ovunque»: ovunque io vada. After ovunque, the subjunctive is used.
Adjective agreement: pochi, tanti, grandi e belli are masculine plural.
Watch out for the rhymes
Mentre i numeri io copio: to rhyme with doppio, the subject io is placed before the verb. Normally you say mentre copio i numeri.
Quantità che ora io so: here too, the word order is forced for the rhyme. Usually, sapere does not take a noun like quantità. In normal speech, you would say le quantità che ora conosco or ora so contare le quantità.
Cinquanta sogni nel bicchiere and un bel botto are poetic images chosen for the rhyme, not phrases to use in everyday life.
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