Paroles et traduction Domenico Modugno - Lu pisce spada

Lu pisce spada

Dda'è, dda'è,
Lu vitti, lu vitti, lu vitti,
Piglia la fiocina,
Uccidilu, uccidilu, ahhh!

E pigliaru la fimminedda, drittu drittu 'n tra lu cori,
E chiangia di duluri.
Ahai ahai ai.

E la varca la strascinava
E lu sangu ci curriva,
E lu masculu chiangiva,
Ahai ahai ai.

E lu masculu paria 'mpazzutu,
Cci dicia:
"Bedda mia nun chiangiri, bedda mia nun chiangiri
Dimmi a tia chi haiu afari".

Rispunnia la fimminedda, cu nu filu, filu e vuci:
"Scappa, scappa amuri miu,
Ca sinnò t'accidinu!"

No, no, no, no, no,
Amuri miu,
Si tu mori vogliu muriri
'Nsemi a tia, si tu' mori amuri miu
Vogliu muriri.

Cu un sartu si truvau cu issa
Cucchiu cucchiu, cori a cori
E accussì finiu l'amuri di du' pisci sfurtunati.

Dda'è dda'è dda'è, lu vitti,
C'è puro lu masculu,
Uccidilu, uccidilu, uccidilu, ahhh!

Chist'è na storia
D'un pisci spada.
Storia d'amuri.

The Swordfish

There it is, there it is,
I saw it, I saw it, I saw it,
Get the harpoon,
Kill it, kill it, ahhh!

And they pierced the woman, straight through the heart,
And she cries in pain.
Ouch, ouch, ouch.

And the boat was dragging it,
And the blood was running,
And the man was crying,
O, oh, oh.

And the man seemed crazy,
He said to her:
"My love don't cry, my love don't cry,
Tell me what I have to do."

The woman replied, with a thin, thin voice:
"Run away, run away my love,
Because otherwise they'll kill you!"

No, no, no, no, no,
My love,
If you die, I want to die
Together with you, if you die, my love,
I want to die.

With one leap, he found himself with her,
Heart to heart,
And so ended the love of two unfortunate fish.

There it is, there it is, there it is, I saw it,
There's the male too,
Kill it, kill it, kill it, ahhh!

This is a story
Of a swordfish.
A love story.