Francesco De Gregori — Ipercarmela song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Ipercarmela" by Francesco De Gregori.

Lyrics

La cucina era vuota, il bicchiere a met,
l’uomo guardava serio il muro e poi seguiva
il fumo che saliva lento verso la lampadina.
La stagione era quasi finita, l’uomo
pensava «Questa casa mia».
Nella stanza del letto, la donna grassa e nervosa,
sfogliava un giornale a colori:
la vita di una donna, bionda, famosa e ricca,
con qualche anno in meno.
Qualche anno di meno, pensІ, e lei somiglierebbe a me.
E il tempo passa come una colomba
sulla casa dell’uomo e della donna.
Dentro una citt pulita e violenta
la donna partor¬ una stella e la chiamІ Carmela,
figlia di suo padre e sua madre,
fiocco rosa da crescere in fretta.
Rideva quasi sempre e piangere non piangeva, mai.

Lyrics translation

The kitchen was empty, the glass met,
the man looked seriously at the wall and then followed
the smoke rising slowly towards the bulb.
The season was almost over, the man
he thought " this house of mine."
In the bedroom, the fat and nervous woman,
flipping through a color newspaper:
the life of a woman, blonde, famous and rich,
a few years less.
A few years less, you think, and she would look like me.
And time passes like a dove
on the House of Man and woman.
Inside a clean and violent city
the woman gives birth to a star and calls her Carmela,
daughter of her father and mother,
pink bow to grow quickly.
He laughed most of the time, and crying never cried.