means? I tried Google's computer translation, but it does not make
sense. Maybe if I knew who or what the "papaveri" are, I could guess
the rest.

I had the flu some weeks ago, and this song kept turning up, as songs
sometimes do, again and again and again. Can anyone tell me what it
means? I tried Google's computer translation, but it does not make
sense. Maybe if I knew who or what the "papaveri" are, I could guess
the rest.

Lo sai che i papaveri
You know that poppies
son alti, alti, alti
Are high,, high, high
e tu sei piccolina
And you are small
e tu sei piccolina
And you are small
Lo sai che i papaveri
You know that poppies
son alti, alti, alti
Are high, high, high
sei nata paperina
You were born a duck
che cosa ci vuoi far?
What can you do about it?

I thought it could be:

"I know that the papaveri
are tall
and you are small,
but if you are a born paperina,
what can be done?"

    You know that poppies> son alti, alti, alti

    Are high,, high, high> e tu sei piccolina

On Mar 10, 12:00 pm, "Kevin  O'Donnell" <k_odonne...@comcast.net
wrote:



    You know that poppies> son alti, alti, alti

    Are high,, high, high> e tu sei piccolina

Sorry, I can't help myself:

poppies are high= poppies have taken drugs.

you mean "poppies are tall, tall, tall"

You know that poppies> son alti, alti, alti

Are high,, high, high> e tu sei piccolina

I'm confused. Does it not mean "poppies are high hanging fruit" (not
literally of course, but by its meaning) rather than "poppies are tall"?

mb a écrit :



On Mar 10, 6:42 pm, naive user <gvellen...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mar 10, 12:00 pm, "Kevin  O'Donnell" <k_odonne...@comcast.net
wrote:

    You know that poppies> son alti, alti, alti

    Are high,, high, high> e tu sei piccolina

Sorry, I can't help myself:

poppies are high= poppies have taken drugs.

you mean "poppies are tall, tall, tall"

They sure are, if we believe the original text.
But independently from that: Poppies, of all plants, cannot avoid the
suspicion of being high. By definition.

By definition...? But that stuff doesn't make you high at all. It merely
makes you lean, lean, lean on the floor, low, low, low... I can tell!
"/I seen the needle and the damage done/" (N. Young)

On Mar 10, 6:42 pm, naive user <gvellen...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mar 10, 12:00 pm, "Kevin O'Donnell" <k_odonne...@comcast.net
wrote:




You know that poppies> son alti, alti, alti

Are high,, high, high> e tu sei piccolina

Sorry, I can't help myself:

poppies are high= poppies have taken drugs.

you mean "poppies are tall, tall, tall"


They sure are, if we believe the original text.
But independently from that: Poppies, of all plants, cannot avoid the
suspicion of being high. By definition.

By definition...? But that stuff doesn't make you high at all. It merely

Uzytkownik "cantueso" <cantu...@lycos.com> napisal w wiadomoscinews:59c672fe-c888-4af2-bed5-ad52ea2db0be@h25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

means? I tried Google's computer translation, but it does not make
sense. Maybe if I knew who or what the "papaveri" are, I could guess
the rest.

Papaveri are poppies:

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver

But your Italian text reminds me of a Polish song back in the 1960's,
about a (female) duck that fell in love with a poppy (the Polish
name of this flower is of masculine gender, same as in Italian).
I don't know if it originated in Poland or was a translation.

The refrain, which seems to match the rhythm of your Italian
version, went like this:

Dear duck, you know, poppies are so big, big, big,
and you have short legs, as is usual among ducks,
Dear duck, you know, poppies are so big, big, big,
and you have short legs, and so it is in life!

Thank you for making me feel 40 years younger,
Leszek.

"cantueso" <cantu...@lycos.com> wrote in message

news:59c672fe-c888-4af2-bed5-ad52ea2db0be@h25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...>I had the flu some weeks ago, and this song kept turning up, as songs
sometimes do, again and again and again. Can anyone tell me what it
means? I tried Google's computer translation, but it does not make
sense. Maybe if I knew who or what the "papaveri" are, I could guess
the rest.

Lo sai che i papaveri

You know that poppies> son alti, alti, alti

Are high,, high, high> e tu sei piccolina

And you are small> e tu sei piccolina

And you are small> Lo sai che i papaveri

You know that poppies> son alti, alti, alti

Are high, high, high> sei nata paperina

You were born a duck> che cosa ci vuoi far?

What can you do about it?



I thought it could be:

"I know that the papaveri
are tall
and you are small,
but if you are a born paperina,
what can be done?"

On Mar 10, 6:42 pm, naive user <gvellen...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mar 10, 12:00 pm, "Kevin O'Donnell" <k_odonne...@comcast.net
wrote:

You know that poppies> son alti, alti, alti

Are high,, high, high> e tu sei piccolina

Sorry, I can't help myself:

poppies are high= poppies have taken drugs.

you mean "poppies are tall, tall, tall"

They sure are, if we believe the original text.
But independently from that: Poppies, of all plants, cannot avoid the
suspicion of being high. By definition.

...But there are also white poppies, not
frequent and larger than the red poppies, and people say that those
are narcotic.
Yes, those would be the 'papaver somniferum', the opium ones... Papaver colors

"naive user" <gvellenzer@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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On Mar 10, 12:00 pm, "Kevin O'Donnell" <k_odonne...@comcast.net
wrote:


You know that poppies> son alti, alti, alti

Are high,, high, high> e tu sei piccolina

Sorry, I can't help myself:

poppies are high= poppies have taken drugs.

you mean "poppies are tall, tall, tall"

I'm confused. Does it not mean "poppies are high hanging fruit" (not
literally of course, but by its meaning) rather than "poppies are tall"?

I thought that the aim of the story was to tell someone that some things
on earth are not meant for all of us, as not all of us were able to reach
them.

But maybe some poppies are "low" after all... (or "small"?).

Erny