Paroles et traduction Massimo Ranieri - Lu Cardillo

Lu Cardillo

Sto crescenno no bello cardillo,
Quanta cose che l'aggio amparà!
Adda ire da chisso e da chillo,
Llimmasciate po' m'a da purtà.
Siente ccà bello mio lloco nnante
Nc'è na casa, na nenna nce stà;
Tu la vide ca non è distante,
Chella nenna aje da ire a truvà!
Si la truove ca stace dormenno
Pe na fata gué non la piglià!
No romore non fà co li penne,
Gue cardì, tu l'àviss'a scetà?
Si affacciata po sta allo barcone,
Pe na rosa l'àviss'a piglià!
Gue, cardì... vi ca llà no te stuone,
Va vattenne cardì ... n'addurà.
Si la truove che face l'ammore
Sto cortiello nnascunnete ccà,
Nfccancillo deritto allo core
E lo sango tu m'ai da purtà.
Ma si pensa... vattè chiano chiano,
Zitto zitto te nce aje d'azzeccà,
Si t'afferrà po' te vo cò la mano
Prietso mpietto tu l'aje da zompà.
Si te vasa o t'afferra cianciosa,
Tanno tu l'aje dire accussì:
Lu patrone pe te non reposa,
Poveriello, pecchè adda murì.
T'accarezza, te vasa! Ah... viato
Chiù de me tu si cierto, cardì!
Si co tico cagnarme m'è dato
Doppo voglio davero murì.

The Goldfinch

I am raising a beautiful goldfinch,
How many things it will have learned!
It has to go from this one and from that one,
It'll have to bring me news.
Listen here my beautiful one, over there
There is a house, a girl is there;
You see it is not far,
You have to go and find that girl!
If you find her sleeping
For a fairy don't take her!
Don't rustle your feathers,
Hey, goldfinch, should you wake her?
If she leans out of the balcony,
For a rose you should take her!
Hey, goldfinch... Be careful not to fall there,
Go away goldfinch ... don't get caught.
If you find her making love
Hide this knife here,
Stick it straight into her heart
And bring me her blood.
But if you think... go very quietly,
Silently and gently you must sneak up on her,
If she catches you, she'll grab you by the hand
You must jump on her chest.
If she kisses you or grabs you cajolingly,
Then you shouldn't tell her this:
Your master doesn't rest for you,
Poor wretch, because he must die.
She caresses you, she kisses you! Ah... blessed
More fortunate than me, goldfinch!
If it were possible for me to change places with you
Then I would truly wish to die.