Paroles et traduction Claudio Villa - Santa Lucia luntana

Santa Lucia luntana

Partono ′e bastimente
Pe' terre assaje luntane
Cántano a buordo:
Só′ Napulitane!
Cantano pe' tramente
'O golfo giá scumpare
E ′a luna, ′a miez'ô mare
Nu poco ′e Napule
Lle fa vedé

Santa Lucia!
Luntano 'a te
Quanta malincunia!
Se gira ′o munno sano
Se va a cercá furtuna
Ma, quanno sponta 'a luna
Luntano ′a Napule
Nun se po' stá!

Santa Lucia, tu tiene
Sulo nu poco 'e mare
Ma, cchiù luntana staje
Cchiù bella pare
E′ ′o canto d"e ssirene
Ca tesse ancora 'e rrezze!
Core nun vò′ ricchezze:
Si è nato a Napule
Ce vò' murí!

Quanta malincunia!

Santa Lucia luntana

The ships leave
For very distant lands
They sing on board:
Only Neapolitans!
They sing, thinking of
The gulf that is now disappearing
And the moon, in the middle of the sea
A little bit of Naples
Makes her see it

Santa Lucia!
Far away from you
How much melancholy!
If you go around the whole world
You go looking for fortune
But when the moon rises
Far away from Naples
You can't stay there!

Santa Lucia, you have
Only a little bit of sea
But the further away you are
The more beautiful you seem
It's the song of the sirens
That still weaves nets!
My heart doesn't want riches:
If you were born in Naples
You have to die there!

How much melancholy!