Tiziano Ferro - Assurdo Pensare

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Some tricky stuff in this one, let me know if I messed up

Assurdo Pensare (Absurd To Think)

Ci vediamo sabato
See you on Saturday
se non avrai da fare
if you don't have anything to do
tutte le cose piccole
All the young things
mi fanno stare bene
make me stay good
tutte le cose fragili
All the fragile things
si fanno sempre amare
always make themselves love
e l'ho capito subito
And I have suddenly understood
sentendoti parlare
hearing you talk
sarà lo so sempre difficile
I know it will always be difficult
la vita mia è la tua al contrario
my life as opposed to yours
...ma simile
but similar

E' assurdo pensare
It's absurd to think
che a volte le cose
that sometimes the things
non vadano bene
don't go well
e vadano rese
and feel like surrender
E' assurdo pensare
It's absurd to think
che giunti a un traguardo
that you cross a finish line
neanche ci arrivi
you don't even reach it
e diventa un ricordo
and it becomes a memory
E' assurdo pensare
It's absurd to think
ma è lecito farlo
but it's allowed to do so
e son meno triste
And I am less sad
se almeno ti parlo
if I at least talk to you
e invento momenti
And I invent moments
abbracci e consigli
you embrace and you advise
immagino storie
I imagine stories
le noie, gli abbagli
the girls, the blunders
che avrei calcolato
that I'd have numbered
se fossi capace
if I were capable
che solo provando a fare meglio
That by only trying to do better
mi renderai felice
you will make me happy

Però fondamentalmente tutto a posto
However, basically all is well
è che obbiettivamente non riesco
It's that, objectively I don't succeed
è che la pazienza ci fa divertire
It's that it builds patience to have fun
per noi innamorati
for us, in love
senza volerlo dire
without wanting to say it

E' assurdo pensare...

E paralizzo la nostra memoria
And I paralyze our memory
per non perderla mai più mai più
in order to not lose it ever again, ever again
E penso alle risate e a quanta gioia
And I think of the laughter and of all the joy
che non toccheranno mai
that will never touch
nessuno mai
anyone, ever

E' assurdo pensare...

mi renderai felice, felice, felice...
You will make me happy, happy, happy
perché la pazienza fa dannare
because the patience damns
chi s' innamora
those who are in love
senza volerlo fare...
without wanting to make it

Good job, because Tiziano's songs are difficult to translate! Here are some of my suggestions:

Originally Posted by Kworb

Back again

Some tricky stuff in this one, let me know if I messed up

Assurdo Pensare (Absurd To Think)

Ci vediamo sabato
See you on Saturday
se non avrai da fare
if you don't have anything to do
tutte le cose piccole
All the little things
mi fanno stare bene
make me feel good
tutte le cose fragili
All the fragile things
si fanno sempre amare
always make themselves (be) loved
e l'ho capito subito
And I have understood itright away
sentendoti parlare
hearing you talk
sarà lo so sempre difficile
I know it will always be difficult
la vita mia è la tua al contrario
my life is opposed to yours
...ma simile
but similar

E' assurdo pensare
It's absurd to think
che a volte le cose
that sometimes things
non vadano bene
don't go well
e vadano rese
and must be rendered
E' assurdo pensare
It's absurd to think
che giunti a un traguardo
that once you arrive to the finish line
neanche ci arrivi
you don't even reach it
e diventa un ricordo
and it becomes a memory
E' assurdo pensare
It's absurd to think
ma è lecito farlo
but it's allowed/fair to do so
e son meno triste
And I am less sad
se almeno ti parlo
if I at least talk to you
e invento momenti
And I invent moments,
abbracci e consigli
embraces and pieces of advise
immagino storie
I imagine stories
le noie, gli abbagli
the moments of boredom, the blunders
che avrei calcolato
that I'd have numbered
se fossi capace
if I were capable
che solo provando a fare meglio
Because only by trying to do better
mi renderai felice
you will make me happy

Però fondamentalmente tutto a posto
However, basically all is well
è che obbiettivamente non riesco
It's that, objectively I don't succeed
è che la pazienza ci fa divertire
It's that patience amuses us
per noi innamorati
for us, in love
senza volerlo dire
without wanting to say it

E' assurdo pensare...

E paralizzo la nostra memoria
And I paralyze our memory
per non perderla mai più mai più
in order to not lose it ever again, ever again
E penso alle risate e a quanta gioia
And I think of the laughter and of all the joy
che non toccheranno mai
that will never touch
nessuno mai
anyone, ever

E' assurdo pensare...

mi renderai felice, felice, felice...
You will make me happy, happy, happy
perché la pazienza fa dannare
because patience damns/drives crazy
chi s' innamora
those who are in love
senza volerlo fare...
without wanting to do so

Thanks Lady A! That fare + infinitive form was driving me crazy. I see sometimes it's okay to just use the present tense.

Some silly mistakes. I looked "noia" up on wiktionary and mistakenly looked under "Catalan". How odd that in one language it's "girl" and in a related one it's "bore".

What do you think "render" means in this context?

The construction fare + infinitive is used in Italian to express the passive, to emphasize the fact that the subject of the action has another person perform the action for him or her.

e.g. Lei fa cucire il vestito dalla sarta.
She has the dress sewn by the dressmaker.


The construction andare + past participle is also used to express the passive, that fact that an action must be done.

e.g. The magazine must be published.
La rivista va pubblicata.


As for the verb render, I'd say it means to give back, to return the feelings (of course figuratevely), once the relationship goes bad. It may also mean to express the things you have kept, once you foresee the realationship's end. At least that's how I see it, maybe a native can help us understand better