Lyrics and translation Nino D'Angelo - 'A canzone 'e tonino

'A canzone 'e tonino

Tonino m′aspettava
'Ncopp"a lambretta rossa
′Na sigaretta le pazziava 'ncopp"o musso.
E fuievemo 'nzieme
A cercà jurnate nove
E lassà ′o niente ca ce steva addò sta ancora.
Tonino nun sapeva
Ca sott′a faccia eramo nire
E quanno m'abbracciava
Teneva ′e braccia sincere.
Tonino faticava,
Nun era stato maie creaturo
E nun parlava maie d'ammore cu nisciuno.
′Nu juorno se 'ncantaie
′Nnanz na vocca 'e fuoco,
Fuie chello fuoco
C'ho stutaie a poco a poco.
Tonino se beveva
Ogni buscia ca senteva,
Quanno perdeva ′o core
Se squagliava comm′a neve.
E cantava cu mme
Na canzone d'ammore
Pe saglì e poi cadè
Pe tuccà l′illusione
Nun vuleva sapè
Cherè 'o tuorto o ′a ragione
Cancellava 'e pecchè
E ce scriveva passione.
Tonino se spusaie
Sotto ′na pioggia 'e ciure,
Dicette sì
A chi se l'aveva già vennuto.
E quanno se truvaie
′Nnanz ′e parole cchiù scure
Pigliaie 'o curaggio
E se vuttaie ′ncuoll"a paura.
Tonino nun sapeva
(Nun 'o sapeva)
Ca vita soia era breve,
Guardava cchiù luntano
Vedeva ′o sole pure 'a sera.
E cantava cu mme
Na canzone d′ammore
Pe fuì e poi cadè
Pe tuccà l'illusione
Nun vuleva sapè
Cherè 'o tuorto o ′a ragione
Cancellava ′e pecchè
E ce scriveva passione.

'Tonino's Song'

Tonino waited for me
On his red scooter
A cigarette dangled from his lip.
And we ran away together
In search of new days
And to leave behind the nothing that still exists there.
Tonino didn't know
That underneath, our faces were black
And when he embraced me
His arms were sincere.
Tonino worked hard,
He had never been a boy
And he never spoke of love with anyone.
One day he fell in love
With a fiery mouth,
It was that fire
That consumed him little by little.
Tonino believed every
Lie he heard,
When he lost his heart
He melted like snow.
And he sang with me
A love song
To rise and then fall
To touch the illusion
He didn't want to know
Who was right or wrong
He erased the sins
And wrote passion in their place.
Tonino got married
Under a shower of flowers,
He said yes
To someone who had already sold herself to him.
And when he found himself
Facing the darkest words
He took courage
And faced the fear.
Tonino didn't know
(He didn't know)
That his life was short,
He looked further ahead
He saw the sun even in the evening.
And he sang with me
A love song
To flee and then fall
To touch the illusion
He didn't want to know
Who was right or wrong
He erased the sins
And wrote passion in their place.