Lyrics and translation Mario Merola - O vascio

O vascio

'A gente ca mme vede 'e sentinella
'Nnanze a stu vascio da 'a matina â sera
Ma chisto" dice "ha perzo 'e ccerevelle?
Ma comme? S'è cecato 'e 'sta manera?
E invece, i' voglio bene a na figliola
Ca sta 'int' 'o vascio e nun è vasciajola

No, stu vascio nun è vascio
E na reggia, è 'a meglia reggia
E sissignore, 'o pate è masterascio
E sissignore, 'a mamma è 'mpagliasegge
Ma hanno fatto chella figlia
Ch'è na vera meraviglia
Ca pe' sbaglio è nata llà

A mamma dice: "No, signore mio
A stà ô sicondo piano? Nun sia maje
E 'o pate dice: Quant'è certo Dio
Io 'nchian' 'e terra ce stó' buono assaje
E intanto, a figlia, chella bella zita
Vò' stà cu lloro quanno se mmarita

No, stu vascio nun è vascio
E na reggia, è 'a meglia reggia
E sissignore, 'o pate è masterascio
E sissignore, 'a mamma è 'mpagliasegge
Ma hanno fatto chella figlia
Ch'è na vera meraviglia
Ca pe' sbaglio è nata llà

E ajeressera mme só' appiccecato
Cu 'e genitore mieje ch'hanno ragione
Papà, ch'è pronipote 'e titolato
Dice: "E addó' va a fernì chistu blasone?"
Ma i' penzo ca pe' duje uocchie 'e brillante
Scenne 'a cavallo pure nu rignante

No, stu vascio nun è vascio
E na reggia, è 'a meglia reggia
E sissignore, 'o pate è masterascio
E sissignore, 'a mamma è 'mpagliasegge
Ma hanno fatto chella figlia
Ch'è na vera meraviglia
Ca pe' sbaglio è nata llà

The Basement

People who see me as a guard
Standing outside this basement from morning to night
But those people say, "Has he lost his mind?
What's wrong with him? Has he gone blind, that way?
But instead, I'm in love with a girl
Who lives in the basement and isn't a basement dweller

No, this basement is not a basement
It's a palace, it's the best palace
And if you ask me, her father is a craftsman
And if you ask me, her mother is a chair-maker
But they had that daughter
Who is truly a marvel
Who was born there by mistake

Her mother says, "No, sir
Living on the second floor? May it never be
And her father says, As God as my witness
I'd rather live underground than on the second floor
And in the meantime, their daughter, that beautiful girl
Wants to live with them when she marries

No, this basement is not a basement
It's a palace, it's the best palace
And if you ask me, her father is a craftsman
And if you ask me, her mother is a chair-maker
But they had that daughter
Who is truly a marvel
Who was born there by mistake

And yesterday evening I got flogged
With my parents who are right
My papá, who is the great-grandson of a titled man
Says, "Where's this emblem going to end up?"
But I believe that for two gleaming eyes
Even a lord would dismount

No, this basement is not a basement
It's a palace, it's the best palace
And if you ask me, her father is a craftsman
And if you ask me, her mother is a chair-maker
But they had that daughter
Who is truly a marvel
Who was born there by mistake