Ambulanti refers to 'street vendors' or 'hawkers'. It's a less common word in everyday conversation and especially in song lyrics, making it stand out.
In the song, Arisa is desperately searching for her lost love and asks everyone, including "venditori ambulanti" (street vendors), if they've seen him. This detail paints a vivid picture of her frantic search through the city, highlighting the depth of her longing and the extent of her efforts to find her beloved.
Have you ever lost something so important you'd ask the whole world to help you find it? In "Ho Perso Il Mio Amore," which means "I've Lost My Love," Italian singer Arisa describes a desperate, large-scale search. She wants people to "spread the word," "write on the walls," and even "search on Google." But she's not looking for a lost person; she's searching for the love she once felt for someone, a feeling that has disappeared.
The song paints a picture of emotional winter. The love wasn't lost in a dramatic moment, but slipped away quietly "in the folds of an ordinary day." Arisa uses powerful images to describe this emptiness, like when "winter has arrived" in the middle of August, a time that should be warm and bright. It's a song about that sinking feeling when your heart "surrenders" and stops believing things can get better. Yet, even as she asks everyone from poets to passersby for help, a small part of her still believes the feeling can be found again.