Genova

Question 1

Ma quella faccia un po’ così

Answer 1

But that face a bit like that

Question 2

Quell’espressione un po’ così

Answer 2

That expression a bit like that

Question 3

Che abbiamo noi prima d’andare a Genova

Answer 3

Which we have before going to Genoa

Question 4

E ogni volta ci chiediamo

Answer 4

And every time we ask ourselves

Question 5

Se quel posto dove andiamo

Answer 5

If that place where we go

Question 6

Eppur parenti siamo un po’

Answer 6

And yet we are relatives a little

Question 7

E abbiamo il sole in piazza rare volte

Answer 7

And we rarely have the sun in the square

Question 8

Di quella gente che c’è là

Answer 8

Of those people who are there

Question 9

Che come noi è forse un po’ selvatica

Answer 9

Which, like us, is perhaps a bit wild

Question 10

Ma la paura che ci fa quel mare scuro

Answer 10

But the fear that that dark sea makes us

Question 11

Che si muove anche di notte

Answer 11

Which also moves at night

Question 12

Non sta fermo ma

Answer 12

It never stands still

Question 13

Genova per noi

Answer 13

iGenoa for us

Question 14

Che stiamo in fondo alla campagna

Answer 14

That we are at the bottom of the campaign

Question 15

E il resto è pioggia che ci bagna

Answer 15

And the rest is rain that wets us

Question 16

Non c’inghiotte, e non torniamo più

Answer 16

it doesn’t swallow us, and we never come back

Question 17

E abbiamo il sole in piazza rare volte

Answer 17

And we rarely have the sun in the square

Question 18

E il resto è pioggia che ci bagna

Answer 18

And the rest is rain that wets us

Question 19

Genova, dicevo, e un’idea come un’altra

Answer 19

Genoa, I was saying, is an idea like any other

Question 20

Quella faccia un po’ così

Answer 20

That face a bit like that

Question 21

Quell’espressione un po’ così

Answer 21

That expression a bit like that

Question 22

Che abbiamo noi

Answer 22

Which we have

Question 23

Mentre guardiamo Genova

Answer 23

While we look at Genoa

Question 24

Come ogni volta l’annusiamo

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As we smell it every time

Question 25

E circospetti ci muoviamo

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And we move cautiously

Question 26

Un po’ randagi ci sentiamo noi

Answer 26

We feel a bit stray

Question 27

Macaia, scimmia di luce e di follia

Answer 27

Macaia, ape of light and madness

Question 28

Foschia, pesci, Africa, sonno, nausea, fantasia

Answer 28

Haze, fish, Africa, sleep, nausea, fantasy

Question 29

E intanto, nell’ombra dei loro armadi

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And meanwhile, in the shadows of their closets

Question 30

Tengono lini, e vecchie lavande

Answer 30

They keep linens, and old lavenders

Question 31

Genova, ha i giorni tutti uguali

Answer 31

Genoa has all the same days

Question 32

Con la pioggia che ci bagna

Answer 32

With the rain that wets us

Question 33

E i gamberoni rossi sono un sogno

Answer 33

And the red prawns are a dream

Question 34

E il sole è un lampo giallo al parabreeze

Answer 34

And the sun is a yellow flash at the windshield

Question 35

Ma quella faccia un po’ così

Answer 35

But that face a bit like that

Question 36

Quell’espressione un po’ così

Answer 36

That expression a bit like that

Question 37

Che abbiamo noi

Answer 37

Which we have

Question 38

Che abbiamo visto Genova

Answer 38

We have seen Genoa

Question 39

In un’immobile campagna

Answer 39

in a still countryside