Lyrics and translation Mario Merola - E' bello 'o magna

E' bello 'o magna

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Nun me parlat 'e diete
Nun me' levate 'o sfizio do' magna'
'O broro vegetale
'O fior 'e latte
Vuie sti schifezze a chi 'e vulite da'

Quanno me sento 'e voto poco bbuono
Chest' e' 'a ricetta ca' me fa sana'
Nu spaghett che purputiello
Cucinat 'int 'a ll'acqua 'e mare
Treglie ciefere e marmulille
Taratufl 'nquantita'

Vuie ve 'avita fa capace
'Ncopp 'o munno nun ce' sta
N'ata cosa ca e' chiu' bella ca e' chiu' bella do' magna'
E' bell 'o magna'
E' bell 'o magna'
Favurite ca' ve faccio cunzula'

Ma che ve 'mporta ca ve facite chiatte
Chiammat 'o sarto chiammat 'o sarto pe ve fa' allarga'
Tutt 'e vsetite ca ve' vanno 'stritte
E 'a panza facitela sciala'

Pruvate pe na' vota sulamente
Chistu pranzetto degno e nu pascia'
Na' zuppiera e pasta e fasule
Ddoje sasicce cu 'e friarielle
Na' frittura e calamarielle
E nu' ruoto co' baccala'

Vuie ve 'avita fa capace
'Ncopp 'o munno nun ce' sta
N'ata cosa ca e' chiu'
Ca e' chiu' bella do' magna'
E' bell 'o magna'
E' bell 'o magna'
Favurite ca' ve faccio cunzula'

E' bell 'o magna'
E' bell 'o magna'
Favurite ca' ve faccio cunzula
Voi permettete?
Aggia j' 'a mangia'

It's Good to Eat

Listen to me
Don't talk to me about diets
Don't take away my pleasure of eating
Vegetable broth
Curdled milk
Who do you want to give this crap to?

When I feel a little under the weather
This is the recipe that heals me
Spaghetti with octopus
Cooked in sea water
Clams, mussels and cockles
Truffles in abundance

You have to convince yourself
In the world there is no
Anything more beautiful, anything more beautiful than eating
It's good to eat
It's good to eat
Please, let me console you

Why do you care if you get fat?
Call the tailor, call the tailor to make your clothes bigger
All the clothes that are too tight for you
And let your belly relax

Try this little lunch just once
This lunch fit for a king
A tureen of pasta and beans
Two sausages with broccoli rabe
A fried calamari
And a dish of cod

You have to convince yourself
In the world there is no
Anything more beautiful
Anything more beautiful than eating
It's good to eat
It's good to eat
Please, let me console you

It's good to eat
It's good to eat
Please, let me console you
May I?
I have to eat it