La ragazza col maglione [English translation]

My girl is very young;

she likes the modern styles.

She wears an unusual sweater

that pleases me.

She loves being in this sweater,

with her hair tumbling down.

I'm so enamored

because she always looks that way.

A melancholy life is not for her;

poetry is something she never reads.

She just wants to listen to records

and then--and then--go wild dancing.

What of Chopin and Bach and Liszt—

all she needs is the twist.

People laugh because--because

they cannot understand her elegance.

And I love her because she looks modern,

and no one else looks so good.

What of Chopin and Bach and Liszt—

all she needs is the twist.

People laugh because--because

they cannot understand her elegance.

And I love her because she looks modern,

and no one else looks so good.

My girl is very young;

she likes the modern styles.

She wears an unusual sweater

that pleases me—

that pleases me—

that pleases me— …