Paroles et traduction Massimo Ranieri - Fenesta vascia

Fenesta vascia

Fenesta vascia ′e padrona crudele,
Quanta suspire mm'haje fatto jettare!...
Mm′arde stu core, comm'a na cannela,
Bella, quanno te sento annommenare!
Oje piglia la 'sperienza de la neve!
La neve è fredda e se fa maniare...
E tu comme si′ tanta aspra e crudele?!
Muorto mme vide e nun mme vuó′ ajutare!?...

Vorría addeventare no picciuotto,
Co na langella a ghire vennenn'acqua,
Pe′ mme ne jí da chisti palazzuotte:
Belli ffemmene meje, ah! Chi vó' acqua...
Se vota na nennella da llá ′ncoppa:
Chi è 'sto ninno ca va vennenn′acqua?
E io responno, co parole accorte:
Só' lacreme d'ammore e non è acqua!...

Low Window

Low window of my cruel mistress,
How many sighs have you made me utter!...
This heart burns like a candle,
Lady, when I hear you being named!
Oh, take a lesson from the snow!
The snow is cold and lets itself be touched...
And you, how can you be so harsh and cruel?!
You see me dead and don't want to help me!?...

I would like to become a little boy,
With a bucket to go selling water,
To go to those luxurious buildings:
Beautiful women, ah! Who wants water...
A little girl turns around from up there:
Who is this boy who goes selling water?
And I reply with courteous words:
It's tears of love and not water!...