Gnomo
2004-01-15 09:14:34 UTC
Hello everybody.
Remember someone looking for the Italian lyrics
to the Pavarotti duet version of "Too much love".
Here is my transcription of the song as it was
performed by the Maestro and Bri - I think I got
it right, since I'm Italian ;-)
In square brackets, the English "reverse" translation
of each Italian section. Please notice that the Italian
lyrics are mostly written in an operatic language and
style, with some unusual grammar and words - an
Italian version in modern language would be fairly
different from this.
Also, in the transcription I replaced each accented
vowel with a simple vowel followed by apostrophe.
FWIW
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"Too much love will kill you",
duet, Luciano Pavarotti and Brian May,
"Pavarotti & Friends", Modena 1993
("Beautifully translated by my friend Zucchero").
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Troppo amor t'uccide
----------------------------
(Bri)
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be:
too many bitter tears are raining down on me,
I'm far away from home
and I've been facing this alone for much too long.
(Pav)
Io sento che qualcuno non mi ha detto mai
su come poi si cresce a vivere cosi';
nella mente mia confusa,
guardo indietro per capir dove sbagliai.
[I feel that never anyone told me
about how you grow up to live like this;
in my confused mind,
I keep looking back to understand where I went wrong.]
(Bri)
Too much love will kill you,
if you can't make up your mind:
torn between the lover
and the love you leave behind,
you're headed for disaster
'cause you've never read the signs:
too much love will kill you - every time.
(Pav)
Son solo l'ombra di quell'uomo che ero io
e sembra che non trovo un'altra via per me:
io che portavo il sole,
adesso quel che faccio butto giu'...
[I'm just the shadow of that man I used to be
and it seems that I can't find another way for me:
I used to bring sunshine,
now anything I ever do I destroy.]
(Bri)
How would it be, if you were standing in my shoes?
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose?
No, there's no making sense of it:
every way I go I have to lose.
(Pav)
Troppo amor t'uccide,
ma nessun amore no:
e' la forza che tu hai dentro
che ti fa gridare ancora.
Di dolore impazzirai,
sei la vittima e lo sai.
Troppo amor t'uccide - si', lo sai...
[Too much love will kill you,
but no love will not:
it's the power that's in you
that makes you still scream.
The pain will make you crazy,
you're the victim and you know well.
Too much love will kill you - yes, you know...]
(Bri's solo)
(Pav)
Troppo amor t'uccide,
e la tua vita e' una bugia;
[Too much love will kill you,
and your life becomes a lie;]
(Bri)
yes, too much love will kill you,
but you won't understand why:
you'd give your life, you'd sell your soul,
but here it comes again:
(Pav)
too much love will kill you
(Bri)
- in the end.
(Both)
In the end...
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--
Gnomo
...any way the wind blows...
Remember someone looking for the Italian lyrics
to the Pavarotti duet version of "Too much love".
Here is my transcription of the song as it was
performed by the Maestro and Bri - I think I got
it right, since I'm Italian ;-)
In square brackets, the English "reverse" translation
of each Italian section. Please notice that the Italian
lyrics are mostly written in an operatic language and
style, with some unusual grammar and words - an
Italian version in modern language would be fairly
different from this.
Also, in the transcription I replaced each accented
vowel with a simple vowel followed by apostrophe.
FWIW
###########################################
"Too much love will kill you",
duet, Luciano Pavarotti and Brian May,
"Pavarotti & Friends", Modena 1993
("Beautifully translated by my friend Zucchero").
----------------------------
Troppo amor t'uccide
----------------------------
(Bri)
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be:
too many bitter tears are raining down on me,
I'm far away from home
and I've been facing this alone for much too long.
(Pav)
Io sento che qualcuno non mi ha detto mai
su come poi si cresce a vivere cosi';
nella mente mia confusa,
guardo indietro per capir dove sbagliai.
[I feel that never anyone told me
about how you grow up to live like this;
in my confused mind,
I keep looking back to understand where I went wrong.]
(Bri)
Too much love will kill you,
if you can't make up your mind:
torn between the lover
and the love you leave behind,
you're headed for disaster
'cause you've never read the signs:
too much love will kill you - every time.
(Pav)
Son solo l'ombra di quell'uomo che ero io
e sembra che non trovo un'altra via per me:
io che portavo il sole,
adesso quel che faccio butto giu'...
[I'm just the shadow of that man I used to be
and it seems that I can't find another way for me:
I used to bring sunshine,
now anything I ever do I destroy.]
(Bri)
How would it be, if you were standing in my shoes?
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose?
No, there's no making sense of it:
every way I go I have to lose.
(Pav)
Troppo amor t'uccide,
ma nessun amore no:
e' la forza che tu hai dentro
che ti fa gridare ancora.
Di dolore impazzirai,
sei la vittima e lo sai.
Troppo amor t'uccide - si', lo sai...
[Too much love will kill you,
but no love will not:
it's the power that's in you
that makes you still scream.
The pain will make you crazy,
you're the victim and you know well.
Too much love will kill you - yes, you know...]
(Bri's solo)
(Pav)
Troppo amor t'uccide,
e la tua vita e' una bugia;
[Too much love will kill you,
and your life becomes a lie;]
(Bri)
yes, too much love will kill you,
but you won't understand why:
you'd give your life, you'd sell your soul,
but here it comes again:
(Pav)
too much love will kill you
(Bri)
- in the end.
(Both)
In the end...
###########################################
--
Gnomo
...any way the wind blows...