“L'Arcobaleno” — Rainbow Song in Italian for Kids

In “L'Arcobaleno” (The Rainbow), kids sing key Italian words like arcobaleno, colori, cielo and brillare, going back and forth between English and Italian, so the meaning is never a mystery. It's a beginner song from Unit 3: Colors, 2:14 long, made for ages 2–8.

🇮🇹 Italian
Level: Beginner
Unit 3 · I Colori
⏱ 2:14
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“L'Arcobaleno” lyrics with English translation

Every line as it's sung, with its meaning beside it. Italian is shown in teal.

Song lyrics with translation. Italian lines are shown in teal.
Sung	Meaning
What do we see up in the sky?	Cosa vediamo lassù nel cielo?
Un arcobaleno, way up high!
Rainbow, rainbow, say it again!	Arcobaleno, arcobaleno, dillo ancora!
Arcobaleno—let’s count to ten!
Colors, colors, bright and new!	Colori, colori, belli e nuovi!
Colori, colori—one for me and you!
Look up, cielo, blue and wide!
Cielo, cielo—look outside!
Rainbow! — Arcobaleno!
Colors! — Colori!
Sky! — Cielo!
Shine! — Brillare!
Arcobaleno, colori, cielo,	Rainbow, colors, sky,
Brilla, brilla—hello, hello!
Red is rosso, orange arancione,
Yellow is giallo—say it with me!
Green is verde, blue is blu,
Purple is viola—your turn, you!
I see colors—vedo i colori!
In the sky—nel cielo, sì!
To shine, brillare—bright and clear,
Brilla, arcobaleno, appear!
Rainbow! — Arcobaleno!
Colors! — Colori!
Sky! — Cielo!
Shine! — Brillare!
Arcobaleno, colori, cielo,	Rainbow, colors, sky,
Brilla, brilla—hello, hello!
Can you say “red”? — Rosso!
Can you say “blue”? — Blu!
Can you say “rainbow”? — Arcobaleno!
Now I’ll answer you!	Ora ti rispondo io!
Rainbow! — Arcobaleno!
Colors! — Colori!
Sky! — Cielo!
Shine! — Brillare!
Arcobaleno, colori, cielo,	Rainbow, colors, sky,
Brilla, brilla—hello, hello!

Key Italian words in this song

The 4 words and phrases this song is built around.

Italian	English
arcobaleno	rainbow
colori	colors
cielo	sky
brillare	to shine

How to use this song with your child

1
Listen for “arcobaleno”
“arcobaleno” (rainbow) is sung on 9 lines of this song. Ask your child to clap or raise a hand every time they hear it; by the end they will be saying it with the song.
2
Pause between the call and the answer
The song moves back and forth between English and Italian. On a second listen, pause after an English line and let your child try the Italian answer before the song sings it.
3
Make it a routine
At 2:14, play it once a day at the same moment for a week. Get dressed by color: let your child pick a shirt by its Italian color word.