Lyrics and translation Domenico Modugno - 'O ccafè (Remastered)

'O ccafè (Remastered)

O latte è buono e a ciucculata è doce
E pure a cammumilla bene fa
Rinfresca ll'orzo e 'o vino fa felice
E sulo ll'acqua 'a sete fa passa'
Ma nu milione e ggente
'E Napule comm'e mme
Nun vonno sape' niente
E campano c"o ccafè

Ah, che bellu cafè
Sulo a Napule 'o sanno fa'
E nisciuno se spiega pecché
è 'na vera specialità!

Ah, che addore 'e cafè
Ca se sente pe' 'sta città
E 'o nervuso, nervuso comm'è
Ogni tanto s'o va a piglia'

Quanno nasce tu siente 'o bebè
Che dice "nguè nguè, nu poco 'e cafè"
E l'inglese se scorda d'o thè
Se viene a sape' 'nespresso che d'è

Ah, che bellu cafè
Sulo a Napule 'o sanno fa'
E accussì s'è spiegato 'o pecché
Ca pe' tutta a jurnata
'Na tazza, poi 'n'ata, s'accatta, se scarfa
Se beve 'o cafè

Pe vevere 'o cafè se trova 'a scusa
Je offro a 'n ato e 'n ato offre a mme
Nisciuno dice "no" pecché è 'n'offesa
So' già sei tazze e songhe appena 'e tre

Ma mentre faccio 'o cunto
'N'amico me chiamma: "Ue'!
E fermete nu momento
E vevimmece nu cafè"

'O ccafè (Remastered)

Milk is good and the chocolate is sweet
And even chamomile is good for you
Barley refreshes and wine makes you happy
And only water quenches thirst
But truly millions of people
In Naples like me
Don't want to know anything
And live on coffee

Ah, what a beautiful coffee
Only in Naples do they know how to make it
And no one can explain why
It's a real specialty!

Ah, what a scent of coffee
Which can be felt throughout the city
And the nervous one, nervous as he is
Every now and then he goes to get some

When you are born, you hear the baby
Who says "wah wah, a little bit of coffee"
And the Englishman forgets about tea
If he gets to know what espresso is

Ah, what a beautiful coffee
Only in Naples do they know how to make it
And so it has been explained why
For the whole day
A cup, then another, is bought, drunk up, and warmed
Coffee is drunk

To drink coffee, an excuse is found
I offer it to one and one offers it to me
Nobody says "no" because it's an offense
I've already had six cups and it's only three o'clock

But while I'm counting
A friend calls me: "Hey!
And stop for a moment
And let's have a coffee"