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Live in Modena (this article has homework!)

November 9, 2013 by Daniel

Saturday evening, and what else to do but finish the bottle of vino novello 2013 delle Venezie and listen to a little mellow music?

Remembering Zucchero from a week or two back, I thought I’d check out some of his other songs, and found “Hey Man” (live in Modena), which is near here.

Italian popular music star + old blues man = interesting way to improve your Italian

Homework

This is the first time I’ve set homework, but I’ve done it on another website (Italians learning English) and it worked well.

So let’s give it a shot.

Your task is to translate the lyrics (Italian >> English). Leave a comment with your version. Read what others write. Learn.

Hey, this is not a hard song, and together we’ll work it out, man.

Watch the video here 

Lyrics here

Go here to write your homework. (Translate the lyrics and say what you think the song is about….)

 

P.S. For words you don’t understand, try wordreference.com (or just leave a comment and ask… doubtless someone here will know.)

 

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Comments

  1. Sergey Trofimov says

    November 10, 2013 at 6:34 am

    I have six things in my mind
    but you aren’t among them any more,
    sorry;
    I’m watching in the eyes of the people,
    I don’t know what I’m trying to find.
    May be, just a man who is walking like me
    on the other side of the road;
    just a man who is on the other side of the road.
    SING A SONG AND SORROW PASSES BY
    SING IN HARMONY
    EVEN BETTER
    WHAT D’YOU SAY, MY FRIEND, SOME SUMMER NIGHT
    KEEP ME COMPANY
    HANG TOGETHER

    Chorus
    HEY MAN – I SEE YOU WALKING JUST LIKE ME
    ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROAD
    HEY MAN – COME AND SING MY SONG WITH ME
    ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD
    let’s hang together

    I’m watching in the eyes of the people
    and I know what I’m trying to see
    just another man.
    Hey, one summer night brother,
    could we hang together a little bit?

    Chorus
    hey man who is walking like me on the other side of the road
    HEY MAN – I SEE YOU WALKING JUST LIKE ME
    ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROAD
    Hey man who is staying and singing alone like me on the other side of the road
    HEY MAN – COME AND SING MY SONG WITH ME
    ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD
    and we’ll
    hang together.

    Should I explain what is the song about? But it’s absolutely clear!
    Thank you for your attention,
    bye!
    Sergey Trofimov.

    • Daniel says

      November 10, 2013 at 9:30 am

      Hey Sergey!

      Thanks for doing the homework, and so quickly.

      I won’t comment on the translation – let’s see whether anyone else wants to try…. Then maybe we can get a final version together.

      But the meaning… I’m not sure it’s that obvious.

      Anyway, did you like the song? I prefered the music of Dune Mosse, but the lyrics of this one are a lot easier.

      A presto!

      Daniel

  2. Jo says

    November 11, 2013 at 2:08 am

    Ciao Daniel
    questa canzone è molto bella. Grazie tantissimo!
    Ecco il mio tentativo …

    I have six things in my mind
    and you are no longer there
    (I’m not sure if this is ‘there’ as in, ‘no longer in my thoughts’ or ‘there’ as in ‘not there anymore’)
    I’m sorry
    I look inside the eyes of the people
    what I’m looking for I don’t know
    perhaps a man
    ‘Hey man’ who walks like me on the other side of the road
    ‘hey man’ who is alone like me on the other side of the road
    That we keep company with each other
    I look inside the eyes of the people
    another man
    hey, brother of a summer night
    let’s keep a little company with each other

    So I think it’s about loneliness. I think it’s about how lonely people pass each on the street and the lyrics are saying why don’t you come and hang out with me, let’s spend some time together … something like that.

    Grazie ancora!
    A presto.
    Jo : )

  3. John Thomson says

    November 11, 2013 at 10:09 am

    ciao Daniel
    Ecco i miei compiti, senza il dizionario

    “I have six things on my mind
    and you are not there any more
    I am sorry
    I look into the people’s eyes
    I do not know what I am looking for
    perhaps a man
    Hey man who walks with me on the other part (side) of the road
    Hey man who is alone with me on the other part (side) of the road
    what shall we do together as companions
    I look into the people’s eyes
    I do not know what I am looking for
    another man?
    hey brother of a summer’s night
    shall we do a little
    companion
    hey man who walks with me on the other side of the road
    hey man who is alone with me on the other side of the road
    what shall we do together”

    a proposito la significa. Tu sai il mio giusto nella musica ! quindi non ho niente idea

    John

    • Daniel says

      November 11, 2013 at 4:52 pm

      The “official” OIC translation is below….
      Hope you all enjoyed doing the homework!!

      I’ve got six things on my mind
      but you’re not one of them
      sorry;
      I’m looking into people’s eyes
      don’t know what I’m trying to find
      perhaps a man

      Hey man, walking like me on the other side of the road
      hey man, alone like me on the other side of the road.

      SING A SONG AND SORROW PASSES BY
      SING IN HARMONY
      EVEN BETTER
      WHAT D’YOU SAY, MY FRIEND, SOME SUMMER NIGHT
      KEEP ME COMPANY
      HANG TOGETHER

      Chorus
      HEY MAN – I SEE YOU WALKING JUST LIKE ME
      ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROAD
      HEY MAN – COME AND SING MY SONG WITH ME
      ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD
      We’ll keep each other company

      I’m looking into people’s eyes (hey man don’t you know)
      What I’m searching for, I know (don’t know why)
      another man (I’m miss you I’m miss you)
      hey, brother from a summer’s night (hey man don’t you know)
      let’s keep each other a little (don’t know why)
      company? (I’m miss you I’m miss you)

      Chorus
      hey man walking just like me on the other side of hte road
      HEY MAN – I SEE YOU WALKING JUST LIKE ME
      ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROAD
      Hey man alone like me on the other side of the road singing
      HEY MAN – COME AND SING MY SONG WITH ME
      ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD
      Let’s
      hang together

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