La Casa In Riva Al Mare Lyrics in English Fiorella Mannoia

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Casa In Riva Al Mare by Fiorella Mannoia from Italian to English.

From his cell he saw only the sea

And a white house in the middle of the blue

A woman came to the window, Maria

That's the name he gave her

In the morning she opened the window

And he thought that's my home

You'll be my partner, Maria

A hope and a madness

And I dream of freedom

And I dream of going away, away

And he already pictured a ring

On Maria's hand

Long are the silences like the years are long

Sweet words he imagined

Tonight I'm getting out, Maria

I'm coming to keep you company

And the years keep going, all the years together

His hair's already white and he doesn't know

Tonight I'm getting out, Maria

You'll see how beautiful the city is

And I dream of freedom

And I dream of going away, away

And he already pictured a ring

On Maria's hand

And I dream of freedom

And I dream of going away, away

And he already pictured a ring

On Maria's hand

And the years have gone, all the years together

And by now his eyes don't see anymore

He still said you're my woman

And then he was alone in the middle of the blue

And then he was alone in the middle of the blue, Maria

And then he was alone in the middle of the blue

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SONG MEANING

Picture a lonely prisoner who, through the bars of his cell, can glimpse nothing but the endless blue of the sea and a tiny white house perched on the shore. In his mind that house becomes a whole future: he names the imagined woman inside Maria, dreams of slipping a ring on her hand, and fills the long years with tender conversations that never really happen. The song follows his vivid daydreams as they swell into an almost tangible promise of libertà—freedom, love, a walk through a sparkling city at night—while time quietly steals his youth and sight.

Fiorella Mannoia’s voice turns this simple scene into a bittersweet movie: we feel the thrill of hope, the ache of waiting, and the final, haunting moment when the dream dissolves back into the vast blue. It is a poetic reminder that the mind can build dazzling worlds even in captivity, yet it also shows how hope, when left unanswered, can fade like a horizon at sunset.

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Fiorella Mannoia La Casa In Riva Al Mare Lyrics