Shimmy Shimmy [English translation]

Don’t stop me if it happens

You know the sea makes me nervous

I’ll sing to you about those nights in the East

About that moon that danced between the bazaars

And tell me, what is this hot wind that rises

A sensual movement

A kiss as long as eternity

Making love is like dancing

Under a spectacular sky

If I touch you then it’s your turn1

A wish to make tonight

All night, shimmy shimmy

Shimmy shimmy, shimmy shimmy

All night, shimmy shimmy

Shimmy shimmy, shimmy shimmy

All night

You can tell me

That like two flowers in the middle of the desert we’re alive

Barefoot on the sand, take off your clothes

And there’s nothing better in the world than when you smile

When you smile

And tell me, what is this hot wind that rises

A sensual movement

A kiss as long as eternity

Making love is like dancing

Under a spectacular sky

If I touch you then it’s your turn

A wish to make tonight

All night, shimmy shimmy

Making love is like dancing

Under a spectacular sky

If I touch you then it’s your turn

A wish to make tonight

All night, shimmy shimmy

Shimmy shimmy, shimmy shimmy

All night, shimmy shimmy

Shimmy shimmy, shimmy shimmy

All night

1. To say “it’s your turn” in Italian, you say literally “it touches you,” hence the repetition with “I touch you.”