Lyrics and translation Peppino di Capri - Palomma è notte

Palomma è notte

Di: Di Giacomo/Buongiovanni

Tiene mente 'sta palomma,
Comme gira, comme avota,
Comme torna n'ata vota
Sta ceròggena a tentá!
Palummè' chist'è nu lume,
Nun è rosa o giesummino...
E tu, a forza, ccá vicino
Te vuó' mettere a vulá!...
Vatténn"a lloco!
Vatténne, pazzarella!
Va', palummella e torna,
E torna a st'aria
Accussí fresca e bella!...
'O bbi' ca i' pure
M'abbaglio chianu chiano,
E che m'abbrucio 'a mano
Pe' te ne vulé cacciá?.

Torna, va', palomma 'e notte,
Dint'a ll'ombra addó' si' nata...
Torna a st'aria 'mbarzamata
Ca te sape cunzulá...
Dint"o scuro e pe' me sulo
'Sta cannela arde e se struje...
Ma ch'ardesse a tutt'e duje,
Nun 'o ppòzzo suppurtá!
Vatténn"a lloco!
Vatténne, pazzarella!
Va', palummella e torna,
E torna a st'aria
Accussí fresca e bella!...
'O bbi' ca i' pure
M'abbaglio chianu chiano,
E che m'abbrucio 'a mano
Pe' te ne vulé cacciá?.

Palomma è notte

Lyrics by: Di Giacomo/Buongiovanni

Palomma, you have a mind of your own,
How you circle, how you fly,
How you come back again
To this tempting light!
Palomma, this is a light,
It's not a rose or a jasmine...
And you, over and over again, come near
To it, to fly!...
Get away from there!
Go away, little fool!
Go, little dove, and return,
And return to this air
So fresh and beautiful!...
Oh, I too
Get dizzy slowly and slowly,
And I might burn my hand
To make you go away.

Return, go away, night dove,
Into the shadows where you were born...
Return to this fragrant air
That knows how to comfort you...
In the darkness and alone for me
This candle burns and melts...
But even if it burned out for both of us,
I couldn't bear it!
Get away from there!
Go away, little fool!
Go, little dove, and return,
And return to this air
So fresh and beautiful!...
Oh, I too
Get dizzy slowly and slowly,
And I might burn my hand
To make you go away.