Paroles et traduction Claudio Villa - Santa Lucia luntana

Santa Lucia luntana

Parten' 'e bastiment'
Pe' terre assaje luntane
Canten' a buordo
"So' Napulitane!"
Canteno pe' tramente
'O golfo già scumpare
E 'a luna 'a miez'ô mare
Nu poco 'e Napule le fa vede'

Santa Lucia luntana 'a te
Quanta malincunia
Se gira 'o munno san'
Se va a cercà furtuna
Ma quann' spunt' 'a luna
Luntana 'a Napule nun se po' stà

Santa Lucia, tu tiene
Sulo nu poc' 'e mare
Ma cchiù luntana staje
Cchiù bella pare
E' 'o cant' d"e sirene
Ca tesse ancora 'e rezze
Core nun vo' ricchezze
Si è nato a Napule ce vo' murì

Quanta malincunia!

Distant Santa Lucia

The ships are leaving
For lands far away
They sing on board
"I'm Neapolitan!"
They sing while
The gulf disappears
And the moon in the middle of the sea
Shows them a bit of Naples

Distant Santa Lucia, from you, my love,
How much melancholy
If you travel the world
If you go looking for fortune
But when the moon rises
Far from Naples you cannot stay

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 the nets
My heart doesn't want riches
If one is born in Naples, there he must die

How much melancholy!