Paroles et traduction Domenico Modugno - 'o ccaffe'

'o ccaffe'

'O ccafe'
'O llatte è bbuono
E 'a ciucculata è ddoce
Eppure 'a cammumilla bbene fa
Rinfresca ll'orzo e 'o vino fa felice
E sulo ll'acqua 'a sete fa passa'
Ma 'nu milione 'e ggente
'E Napule comm'a mme
Nun vonno sape' niente
E campano...
Co ccafe'...
Ah! che bello 'o ccafe'!
Sulo a Napule 'o ssanno fa'
E nisciuno se spiega pecche'
E' 'na vera specialita' ah
Ah! c'a ddore 'e ccafe'
Ca se sente pe' 'sta citta'
E 'o nervuso nervuso comm'e'
Ogni tanto so vva a piglia'
Comme nasce tu siente 'o bebbe'
Ca dice: "Ngue ngue'
'Nu poco 'e ccafe'!"
E ll'Inglese se scorda do the'
Si vene a sape'
N'espresso che d'e'
Ah! che bello 'o ccafe'!
Sulo a Napule 'o ssanno fa'
E accussi' s'e' spiegato ppecche'
Ca pe' tutta jurnata
Na tazza po' n'ata
S'accatta se scarfa e
Se veve 'o ccafe'

Pe' vevere 'o ccafe'
Se trova 'a scusa:
Io ll'offro a 'n'ato
E 'n'ato ll'offre a me...
Nisciuno dice "no"
Pecche' è n'offesa:
So' gia' sei tazze
E so'nghe appena 'e ttre...
Ma mentre faccio 'o cunto
N'amico mme chiamma: "Gue'
E fermate nu mumento e
Vevimmoce nu... cafe'!"...
Ah! che bello 'o ccafe'!
Sulo a Napule 'o ssanno fa'
E accussi' s'e' spiegato ppecche'
E' 'na vera specialita' ah
Ah! c'a ddore 'e ccafe'
Ca se sente pe' 'sta citta'
E 'o nervuso nervuso comm'e'
Ogni tanto so vva a piglia'
Comme nasce tu siente 'o bebbe'
Ca dice: "Ngue' ngue'
'Nu poco 'e ccafe'!"
E ll'Inglese se scorda do the'
Si vene a sape'
N'espresso che d'e'
Ah! che bello 'o ccafe'!
Sulo a Napule 'o ssanno fa'
E accussi' s'e' spiegato ppecche'
Ca pe' tutta jurnata
Na tazza po' n'ata
S'accatta se scarfa e
Se veve 'o ccafe'...
Che bello...
'O ccafe' eh

'Coffee'

Coffee
Coffee is nice
And chocolate is sweet
But camomile is good for you
Make the barley cool, wine makes you happy
Only water quenches your thirst
Yet millions of people
In Naples like me
Don't want to know anything
And they live...
With coffee...
Oh! Coffee is so good!
Only Naples knows how to make it
And no one knows why
It's truly special
Oh! The aroma of coffee
That can be felt everywhere in this city
And the restless are ever so restless
Every now and then, they go and get
As soon as you get up, you can hear the drink
That says: "Yum yum
A little coffee!"
And the Englishman forgets about tea
If he finds out
What an espresso can do
Oh! Coffee is so good!
Only Naples knows how to make it
And that's how it's explained
That all day long
One cup after another
You drink it, you warm up
And you drink coffee

To drink coffee
An excuse is found:
I am going to offer it to someone
And someone offers it to me...
Nobody says "no"
Because it is an offense:
It's already six cups
And it's only three o'clock...
But while I do the counting
A friend calls me: "Hey
And stop for a moment and
Let's have a cup of... coffee!"...
Oh! Coffee is so good!
Only Naples knows how to make it
And that's how it's explained
It's truly special
Oh! The aroma of coffee
That can be felt everywhere in this city
And the restless are ever so restless
Every now and then, they go and get
As soon as you get up, you can hear the drink
That says: "Yum yum
A little coffee!"
And the Englishman forgets about tea
If he finds out
What an espresso can do
Oh! Coffee is so good!
Only Naples knows how to make it
And that's how it's explained
That all day long
One cup after another
You drink it, you warm up
And you drink coffee...
It's so good...
A coffee, my dear