Lyrics of Bimba Mia - Franco Califano

Bimba Mia (original)

Ti ho costruita donna piano piano
sperando di poterti avere sempre,
ti ho coltivata come un tulipano
salvandoti dal freddo di dicembre
E sei cresciuta bella da morire
piena di ingenuit?, d’inibizioni,
virt?
che io dovevo rispettare
invece di cadere in tentazione.
Bimba mia, bimba mia, bimba mia
Forse ho sbagliato a darti troppe cose
ma un uomo innamorato non ragiona

(translation)

I built you a woman slowly
hoping to always have you,
I grew you like a tulip
saving you from the December cold
And you grew up beautiful as hell
full of ingenuity, of inhibitions,
virt?
that I had to respect
instead of falling into temptation.
My child, my child, my child
Maybe I was wrong to give you too many things
but a man in love does not think