Over the years I have discovered that there are others out there in the blog sphere that share my interests and thanks to all my lovely followers I now have separate blogs to cover books, photography and travel as well as this one concentrating on our life here in Lazio and sometimes beyond but always in Italy.
I mainly share the written word and photos but just over two years ago in February 2010 I started sharing music with a Sunday Song post which appeared on a regular and then gradually a more irregular basis. It has been surprisingly successful and I was recently asked why it has only appeared three times this year.
In response I am reviving the posting of Italian Music, as the majority of readers seem keen on me doing so, (with apologies to S who always skips the music posts and to D whose internet connection is not good enough for her to listen to them). Sunday Song is to be renamed Musical Moment - Momento Musicale meaning I am no longer restricted to Sundays, but can post when and if the mood takes me.
If you have ideas for Italian music or Italian artists you would like me to feature, please let me know and I will add them to my lists. To start this new theme today I have chosen to feature some music from a young female artist, 'Arisa' who is currently high in the Italian pop charts for April with a beautiful song called La Notte.
Arisa, whose real name is Rosalba Pippa was born in Genoa, Italy on August 20th 1982 and grew up in Pignola near Portenza. Her professional name is an acronym of the names of members of her family, A from her father Antonio, R from her own name, I and S are her sisters, Isabella and Sabrina, the final A her mother Assunta. It is a clever idea that has worked.
She rose to fame after performing at the San Remo Music Festival 2009 when she was first in the newcomers section. Since then she has released three albums, Sincerita in 2009, Malamoreno in 2010 and in February of this year Amami. La Notte is a single from this album which she performed at Sanremo Music Festival 2012. Last year she was seen on Italian television as a judge in the fifth season of the Italian version of The X Factor.
Arisa - La Notte - The Night
: YouTube Link
Italian Lyrics to La Notte
Non basta un raggio di sole in un cielo blu come il mare
Perché mi porto un dolore che sale, che sale...
Si ferma sulle ginocchia che tremano, e so perchè...
E non arresta la corsa, lui non si vuole fermare,
Perché è un dolore che sale, che sale e fa male...
Ora è allo stomaco, fegato, vomito, fingo ma c’è
E quando arriva la notte
E resto sola con me
La testa parte e va in giro
In cerca dei suoi perchè
Né vincitori né vinti
Si esce sconfitti a metà
La vita può allontanarci,
L’amore continuerà...
Lo stomaco ha resistito anche se non vuol mangiare
Ma c’è il dolore che sale, che sale e fa male...
Arriva al cuore lo picchiare più forte di me
Prosegue nella sua corsa, si prende quello che resta
Ed in un attimo esplode e mi scoppia la testa
Vorrebbe una risposta ma in fondo risposta non c’è
E sale e scende dagli occhi
Il sole adesso dov è?
Mentre il dolore sul foglio è
Seduto qui accanto a me
Che le parole nell\'aria
Sono parole a metà
Ma queste sono già scritte
E il tempo non passerà
Ma quando arriva la notte, la notte
E resto sola con me
La testa parte e va in giro
In cerca dei suoi perchè
Né vincitori né vinti
Si esce sconfitti a metà
La vita può allontanarci,
L’amore poi continuerà...
Ma quando arriva la notte, la notte
E resto sola con me
La testa parte e va in giro
In cerca dei suoi perchè
Né vincitori né vinti
Si esce sconfitti a metà
L\'amore può allontanarci,
La vita poi continuerà
Continuerà
Continuerà
English Lyrics to La Notte - The Night
Not just a ray of sunshine in a sky as blue as the sea
Why I carry a pain that goes up, going up ...
He stops on his knees trembling, and I know why ...
It does not stop the run, he did not want to stop,
Because it is a pain that goes, that goes up and it hurts ...
Now is the stomach, liver, vomiting, but pretend there
And when the night comes
And I remain alone with me
The head part and goes around
In search of her because
No winners or losers
It comes out in mid defeated
Life can get away,
The love continues ...
The stomach has resisted even if not to eat
But the pain is going up, going up and it hurts ...
Get to the heart beat stronger than me
Continues its run, you take what's left
And in a moment, and I broke my head explodes
He would like an answer but basically there is no response
It rises and falls from the eyes
Where is the sun now?
While the pain is on the sheet
Sitting here beside me
That the words in \ 'air
They are words in half
But these have already written
And time will not pass
But when night comes, the night
And I remain alone with me
The head part and goes around
In search of her because
No winners or losers
It comes out in mid defeated
Life can get away,
Love then continue ...
But when night comes, the night
And I remain alone with me
The head part and goes around
In search of her because
No winners or losers
It comes out in mid defeated
L \ 'love can move away,
Life then continue
continue
continue.
Why I carry a pain that goes up, going up ...
He stops on his knees trembling, and I know why ...
It does not stop the run, he did not want to stop,
Because it is a pain that goes, that goes up and it hurts ...
Now is the stomach, liver, vomiting, but pretend there
And when the night comes
And I remain alone with me
The head part and goes around
In search of her because
No winners or losers
It comes out in mid defeated
Life can get away,
The love continues ...
The stomach has resisted even if not to eat
But the pain is going up, going up and it hurts ...
Get to the heart beat stronger than me
Continues its run, you take what's left
And in a moment, and I broke my head explodes
He would like an answer but basically there is no response
It rises and falls from the eyes
Where is the sun now?
While the pain is on the sheet
Sitting here beside me
That the words in \ 'air
They are words in half
But these have already written
And time will not pass
But when night comes, the night
And I remain alone with me
The head part and goes around
In search of her because
No winners or losers
It comes out in mid defeated
Life can get away,
Love then continue ...
But when night comes, the night
And I remain alone with me
The head part and goes around
In search of her because
No winners or losers
It comes out in mid defeated
L \ 'love can move away,
Life then continue
continue
continue.
Please do not expect the translation to be 100% accurate as lyrics are incredibly hard to make work and Google translate is not the greatest aid in this case, so the translation is just to give you the gist of the meaning.
My post has been complied with the help of information from the following websites. YouTube , Wikipedia, Top 40 Charts.com, Arisa - Facebook Page and San Remo Music Festival.
I hope you enjoyed the first Momento Musicale, do let me know. Have a lovely weekend everyone where ever you may be and however you are spending it.
