Emigranti - Carmelo Zappulla traduction en anglais

Emigranti

Chista è la storia di lu sicilianu
Chi pi bisognu si ni iu luntanu
Lassò mugghieri e quattru picciriddi
Mentri agghiutteva amaru lu so ghiantu
Emigranti emigranti
Unni i palazzi toccunu lu cielu
Unni si parra e nun capisci nenti
Unni si sulu 'mmenza a tanta genti
Unni du friddu tremunu li denti
Emigranti emigranti
Unni ti senti ca diventi ranni
Unni strinci li pugna e tiri avanti
Unni ti senti un povireddu riccu
Unni nun vidi l'ura i riturnari
La nivi ha fattu bianchi tutti cosi
E o cielu è scuru comu a lu so cori
Nun ci su soddi ca ponnu bastari
Quannu ti manca cu ti voli beni
Emigranti emigranti
Unni i palazzi toccunu lu cielu
Unni si parra e nun capisci nenti
Unni si sulu 'mmenza a tanta genti
Unni nun vidi l'ura i riturnari

Emigrants

This is the story of a Sicilian man
Who left for a faraway land because of need
He left his wife and four little children
As he swallowed his bitter cry
Emigrants, emigrants
Where buildings touch the sky
Where people speak and you don't understand a thing
Where you're alone among so many people
Where your teeth chatter from the cold
Emigrants, emigrants
Where you feel like you're growing up
Where you clench your fists and keep going
Where you feel like a poor, rich man
Where you can't wait to return
The snow has turned everything white
And the sky is as dark as his heart
There's no money that can suffice
When you miss someone who loves you
Emigrants, emigrants
Where buildings touch the sky
Where people speak and you don't understand a thing
Where you're alone among so many people
Where you can't wait to return