Lyrics and translation Fausto Leali - Na Sera 'E Maggio

Na Sera 'E Maggio

Quanno vien'a 'appuntamento
Guarde 'o mare, guarde ffronne
Si te parlo nun rispunne
Staje distratta comm'a che

Io te tengo dinto core
Sóngo sempe 'nnammurato
Ma tu, invece, pienze a n'ato
E te staje scurdanno 'e me...

Quanno se dice: "Sí!"
Tiènelo a mente...
Nun s'ha da fá murí
Nu core amante...
Tu mme diciste: "Sí!" na sera 'e maggio...
E mo', e mo' tiene 'o curaggio 'e mme lassá?!

St'uocchie tuoje nun só' sincere
Comm'a quanno mme 'ncuntraste
Comm'a quanno mme diciste:
"Voglio bene sulo a te..."

E tremmanno mme giuraste
Cu na mano 'ncopp 'o core:
"Nun se scorda 'o primmo ammore!..."
Mo te staje scurdanno 'e me...

Quanno se dice: "Sí!"
Tiènelo a mente...
Nun s'ha da fá murí
Nu core amante...
Tu mme diciste: "Sí!" na sera 'e maggio...
E mo', e mo' tiene 'o curaggio 'e mme lassá?!

On the Evening of May

When you come to our rendezvous
You gaze at the sea, you gaze at the leaves
When I speak to you, you don't respond
You act distracted, like that

I hold you in my heart
I'm always in love
But you, instead, you think of another
And you are forgetting about me...

When you say: "Yes!"
Keep it in mind...
One must not let it die
A heart that loves...
You told me: "Yes!" on an evening of May...
And now, now you have the courage to leave me?!

Your eyes are not sincere
Like when you first met me
Like when you told me:
"I only love you..."

And trembling, you swore to me
With a hand on your heart:
"One never forgets their first love!..."
Now you are forgetting about me...

When you say: "Yes!"
Keep it in mind...
One must not let it die
A heart that loves...
You told me: "Yes!" on an evening of May...
And now, now you have the courage to leave me?!