CINEMA PARADISO (LOVE THEME FROM CINEMA PARADISO)
Ennio Morricone/Andrea Morricone
Monica Mancini 2002
The title for this music may more properly be known as:
Remember (Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso) or just Remember
Se (If) (Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso)
(Alternate )Cinema Paradise.
There are multiple English/Italian renderings for this piece of music.
The First English lyric approved by Ennio Morricone was sung my Monica Mancini
(March 2002). It is shown below. (Italian lyrics follow).
This 1988 Italian drama film was directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Received Academy and Golden Globe awards for the Best Foreign Film 1989.
Rated as #27 of the 100 Best Films of World Cinema.
Leads:
Philippe Noiret
Salvatore Cascio > Marco Leonardi > Jacques Perrin
Antonella Attill > Pupella Maggio
Sung also in Italian or English by
Katharine Jenkins
Andrea Bocelli
Hayley Westenra
Josh Groban
Jackie Evancho
Paul Potts
Katerina Mina
and others...
If one day you could see
Through my eyes the beauty
And happiness I see in you.
When I see your eyes
The life I dream of can come true
Or is it just a dream?
Are you near?
If one day you could see
With my heart the yearning.
Then you would know just how I feel
When I feel your heart
And when I drink you in my arms
And breathe you with my soul
We are one
Remember.
If one day you could see
With my soul the future.
Time would stand still, then
Disappear.
This is all I ask
Just like a film that fades from view.
My paradise was you
So I dream
Remember.
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Josh Groban Italian Lyrics (as published in most places)
Se tu fossi nei miei occhi per un giorno
Vedresti la bellezza che piena d'allegria
Lo trovo dentro gli occhi tuoi
E ignoro se è magia o lealtà.
Se tu fossi nel mio cuore per un giorno
Potreste avere un'idea
Di ciò che sento io
Quando mi abbracci forte a te
E petto a petto, noi
Respiriamo insieme.
Se tu fossi nella mia anima un giorno
Sapresti cosa sento in me
Che m'innamorai
Da quell'istante insieme a te
E ciò che provo è
Solamente amore.
Da quell'istante insieme a te
E ciò che provo è
Solamente amore.
(Transcribed by David Story - May 2013)
