A song about packing a suitcase before a flight. Learn travel and luggage vocabulary, the imperative (fai, prendi, chiudi) and the expression «fare armi e bagagli».
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La valigia è aperta, lì sopra il letto
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The suitcase is open, there on top of the bed (more naturally: The suitcase is open, right there on the bed)
Ho in mente un viaggio, un sogno perfetto
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I have a trip in mind, a perfect dream
Pieghiamo le maglie, mettiamo le scarpe
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We fold the shirts, we put in the shoes (more naturally: Let's fold the shirts and pack the shoes)
La nostra avventura fra poco riparte
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Our adventure shortly restarts (more naturally: Our adventure is about to begin again)
Prendo gli occhiali, un telo e un cappello
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I take the glasses, a beach towel, and a hat
La mappa del posto, un libro un po' bello
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The map of the place, a book that is a bit nice (more naturally: A map of the area, and a pretty good book)
Spazzolino, dentifricio, le cose di base
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Toothbrush, toothpaste, the basic things
La macchina foto per le nuove case
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The photo camera for the new houses (note: 'macchina foto' is a shortened colloquial form of 'macchina fotografica', meaning camera)
Fai la valigia, il taxi è in attesa
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Make the suitcase, the taxi is waiting (idiom: 'fare la valigia' means to pack your bags)
Prendi il passaporto e fai la ripresa
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Take the passport and make the shot (more naturally: Grab your passport and start recording a video)
I biglietti e la carta d'imbarco, dai, su
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The tickets and the boarding pass, come on, up (idiom: 'dai, su' is used for encouragement, meaning 'come on, hurry up')
Il mondo ti aspetta, non scordarli più
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The world awaits you, don't forget them anymore (more naturally: The world is waiting for you, don't forget them)
Il bagaglio è pesante, ma scivola via
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The luggage is heavy, but it glides away (more naturally: The luggage is heavy, but it rolls smoothly)
Controllo i miei fogli con grande energia
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I check my papers with great energy
Chiudi la zip e metti il lucchetto
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Close the zipper and put the padlock on
Voliamo stasera, c'è l'aereo diretto
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We fly tonight, there is the direct plane (more naturally: We're flying tonight on a direct flight)
L'emozione è forte, non riesco a dormire
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The excitement is strong, I cannot sleep
Ci sono dei posti che voglio scoprire
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There are some places that I want to discover
Le spiagge di sabbia, il cibo squisito
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The beaches of sand, the exquisite food (more naturally: The sandy beaches, the delicious food)
Viaggiare è un sogno, lo dico stupito
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Traveling is a dream, I say it amazed (more naturally: Traveling is a dream, I say in amazement)
Ho preso i maglioni e tutti i giubbotti
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I took the sweaters and all the jackets (more naturally: I packed the sweaters and all the jackets)
Per giorni sereni e bellissime notti
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For peaceful days and beautiful nights
Lasciamo la stanza con tutti i dettagli
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We leave the room with all the details
È l'ora di fare armi e bagagli
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It is the hour to make weapons and luggage (idiom: 'fare armi e bagagli' means to pack up all your things and leave)
Fai la valigia, il taxi è in attesa
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Make the suitcase, the taxi is waiting (idiom: 'fare la valigia' means to pack your bags)
Prendi il passaporto e fai la ripresa
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Take the passport and make the shot (more naturally: Grab your passport and start recording a video)
I biglietti e la carta d'imbarco, dai, su
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The tickets and the boarding pass, come on, up (idiom: 'dai, su' is used for encouragement, meaning 'come on, hurry up')
Il mondo ti aspetta, non scordarli più
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The world awaits you, don't forget them anymore (more naturally: The world is waiting for you, don't forget them)
The suitcase is open, there on top of the bed (more naturally: The suitcase is open, right there on the bed)
Hoinmenteunviaggio, unsognoperfetto
I have a trip in mind, a perfect dream
Pieghiamolemaglie, mettiamolescarpe
We fold the shirts, we put in the shoes (more naturally: Let's fold the shirts and pack the shoes)
Lanostraavventurafrapocoriparte
Our adventure shortly restarts (more naturally: Our adventure is about to begin again)
Prendogliocchiali, unteloeuncappello
I take the glasses, a beach towel, and a hat
Lamappadelposto, unlibrounpo' bello
The map of the place, a book that is a bit nice (more naturally: A map of the area, and a pretty good book)
Spazzolino, dentifricio, lecosedibase
Toothbrush, toothpaste, the basic things
Lamacchinafotoperlenuovecase
The photo camera for the new houses (note: 'macchina foto' is a shortened colloquial form of 'macchina fotografica', meaning camera)
Failavaligia, iltaxièinattesa
Make the suitcase, the taxi is waiting (idiom: 'fare la valigia' means to pack your bags)
Prendiilpassaportoefailaripresa
Take the passport and make the shot (more naturally: Grab your passport and start recording a video)
Ibigliettielacartad'imbarco, dai, su
The tickets and the boarding pass, come on, up (idiom: 'dai, su' is used for encouragement, meaning 'come on, hurry up')
Ilmondotiaspetta, nonscordarlipiù
The world awaits you, don't forget them anymore (more naturally: The world is waiting for you, don't forget them)
Ilbagaglioèpesante, mascivolavia
The luggage is heavy, but it glides away (more naturally: The luggage is heavy, but it rolls smoothly)
Controlloimieifoglicongrandeenergia
I check my papers with great energy
Chiudilazipemettiillucchetto
Close the zipper and put the padlock on
Voliamostasera, c'èl'aereodiretto
We fly tonight, there is the direct plane (more naturally: We're flying tonight on a direct flight)
L'emozioneèforte, nonriescoadormire
The excitement is strong, I cannot sleep
Cisonodeipostichevoglioscoprire
There are some places that I want to discover
Lespiaggedisabbia, ilcibosquisito
The beaches of sand, the exquisite food (more naturally: The sandy beaches, the delicious food)
Viaggiareèunsogno, lodicostupito
Traveling is a dream, I say it amazed (more naturally: Traveling is a dream, I say in amazement)
Hopresoimaglionietuttiigiubbotti
I took the sweaters and all the jackets (more naturally: I packed the sweaters and all the jackets)
Pergiornisereniebellissimenotti
For peaceful days and beautiful nights
Lasciamolastanzacontuttiidettagli
We leave the room with all the details
Èl'oradifarearmiebagagli
It is the hour to make weapons and luggage (idiom: 'fare armi e bagagli' means to pack up all your things and leave)
Failavaligia, iltaxièinattesa
Make the suitcase, the taxi is waiting (idiom: 'fare la valigia' means to pack your bags)
Prendiilpassaportoefailaripresa
Take the passport and make the shot (more naturally: Grab your passport and start recording a video)
Ibigliettielacartad'imbarco, dai, su
The tickets and the boarding pass, come on, up (idiom: 'dai, su' is used for encouragement, meaning 'come on, hurry up')
Ilmondotiaspetta, nonscordarlipiù
The world awaits you, don't forget them anymore (more naturally: The world is waiting for you, don't forget them)
Chiudilazip...
Close the zipper...
Prontiapartire...
Ready to leave...
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What it's about
The song tells about preparing for a trip: the suitcase is open on the bed, shirts are folded, and glasses, a hat, a toothbrush, and a passport are packed inside. The taxi is waiting, the plane leaves tonight, and the excitement is so strong that it's impossible to sleep.
Useful words and expressions
fare la valigia: to put your things in the suitcase before leaving
il bagaglio: all the suitcases and bags for a trip
la carta d'imbarco: the document to board the plane
il passaporto, i biglietti, la mappa
lo spazzolino and il dentifricio: for brushing your teeth
la zip and il lucchetto: for closing the suitcase
un volo diretto / l'aereo diretto: without layovers
essere in attesa: to wait (il taxi è in attesa)
non vedo l'ora / l'emozione è forte: ways to say that you are excited
fare armi e bagagli: idiomatic expression that means taking all your things and leaving
dai, su!: colloquial expression to encourage someone to hurry up
Grammar
Imperative (tu): fai, prendi, chiudi, metti. With pronouns, in the negative imperative the pronoun can be attached to the infinitive: non scordarli (= non dimenticare i biglietti).
Present tense, first person plural: pieghiamo, mettiamo, voliamo, lasciamo, for actions done together.
Verb + infinitive: non riesco a dormire, voglio scoprire.
C'è / ci sono: c'è l'aereo diretto, ci sono dei posti.
Passato prossimo: ho preso i maglioni.
Watch out: choices made for the rhyme
Some lines bend the wording to make a rhyme, so it is best not to copy them:
«fai la ripresa» (rhymes with attesa): fare una ripresa means to film; here it does not have a clear meaning.
«la macchina foto»: in correct Italian you say la macchina fotografica (or, colloquially, la macchinetta).
«un libro un po' bello» (rhymes with cappello): this is an odd phrasing; you simply say un bel libro.
«per le nuove case» (rhymes with di base) and «con tutti i dettagli» (rhymes with bagagli) are vague phrases included mainly for the rhyme.
«non scordarli più»: più sounds forced here; normally you would say non scordarli.
The song often switches from io to tu to noi: this is a poetic choice, not a model to follow in normal writing.
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