| Una lucciola d’agosto
| An August firefly
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| Se ne andava una mattina
| He left one morning
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| Fiera della sua valigia
| Proud of her suitcase
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| A raccogliere la luna
| To collect the moon
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| E gridava ai quattro venti
| And she was shouting to the four winds
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| La sua gioia d’esser viva
| His joy of her to be alive
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| Lo gridava ai quattro venti
| She shouted it from the rooftops
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| E la sua luce lampeggiava
| And his light of hers was flashing
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| Ma la lucciola d’agosto
| But the August firefly
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| Vide il sole che nasceva
| He saw the sun rise
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| Solo, dietro le montagne
| Alone, behind the mountains
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| Vide il sole che brillava
| He saw the sun shining
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| Disse al sole — non salire
| He said to the sun - don't go up
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| Con la tua luce assassina —
| With your killing light -
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| Gridò al sole — non salire —
| He cried to the sun - don't come up -
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| E la sua luce già moriva
| And her light of him was already dying
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| E una lucciola d’agosto
| And an August firefly
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| Han trovato sopra un fiore
| Han found above a flower
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| Stretta nella mano destra
| Hold in the right hand
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| La valigia con la luna
| The suitcase with the moon
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| E hanno detto — sarà morta
| And they said - she will be dead
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| Per paura o per amore —
| Out of fear or out of love -
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| Hanno detto — sarà morta
| They said - she will be dead
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| Perché luce non aveva
| Because she had no light
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| Perché luce non aveva —
| Because there was no light -
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| E la vide il sole da lontano
| And she saw the sun from afar
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| Sopra quel fiore di neve
| Above that snow flower
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| E alla lucciola
| And the firefly
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| Sorrise | He smiled |