Lyrics and translation Pino Daniele - Fortunato

Fortunato

Furtunato tene 'a rrobba bella
E pe' chesto adda allucca'
È 'na vita ca pazzeja
Pe' vie 'e chesta città
Saluta 'e ffemmene a 'coppa 'e barcune
Viecchie, giuvene e guagliune
Ce sta chi dice ca è l'anema 'e chesta città

Furtunato tene 'a rrobba bella ('Nzogna, 'nzogna)
Furtunato tene 'a rrobba bella ('Nzogna, 'nzogna)
Furtunato tene 'a rrobba bella ('Nzogna, 'nzogna)

Nun è cchiù comme 'na vota
Ma ogne tanto se fa senti'
Cu' chella voce ca trase
Dinto 'o core e te fa murì
Cagnano 'e femmene, cagnano 'e barcune
E isso saluta senza penza'
Napule è comme 'na vota
Ma nuje dicimmo c'adda cagna'

Furtunato tene 'a rrobba bella ('Nzogna, 'nzogna)
Furtunato tene 'a rrobba bella ('Nzogna, 'nzogna)
Furtunato tene 'a rrobba bella ('Nzogna, 'nzogna)

Fortunato

Fortunato has the beautiful things
And for that he must work hard
He's been crazy for a lifetime
Through the streets of this city
He greets the women on the boats
Old, young, and children
There are those who say he's the soul of this city

Fortunato has the beautiful things (Dream, Dream)
Fortunato has the beautiful things (Dream, Dream)
Fortunato has the beautiful things (Dream, Dream)

He's no longer like he used to be
But every now and then he makes himself heard
With that voice that enters
Into the heart and makes you die
The women change, the boats change
And he greets without thinking
Naples is like it used to be
But we say it has to change

Fortunato has the beautiful things (Dream, Dream)
Fortunato has the beautiful things (Dream, Dream)
Fortunato has the beautiful things (Dream, Dream)