Paroles et traduction Massimo Ranieri - Scetate

Scetate

Si duorme o si nun duorme bella mia,
Siente pe′ nu mumento chesta voce...
Chi te vò' bene assaje sta ′mmiez'â via
Pe' te cantá na canzuncella doce...

Ma staje durmenno, nun te si′ scetata,
Sti ffenestelle nun se vonno aprí...
è nu ricamo ′sta mandulinata...
Scétate bella mia, nun cchiù durmí!

'Ncielo se só′ arrucchiate ciento stelle,
Tutte pe' stá a sentí chesta canzone...
Aggio ′ntiso 'e parlá li ttre cchiù belle,
Dicevano: Nce tène passione...

E′ passione ca nun passa maje...
Passa lu munno, essa nun passarrá!...
Tu, certo, a chesto nun ce penzarraje...
Ma tu nasciste pe' mm'affatturá...

Wake Up

Are you sleeping or are you not sleeping, my beauty,
Listen to this voice for a moment...
He who loves you greatly is amidst the street
To sing you a sweet little song...

But you are sleeping, you have not woken,
These windows will not open...
This mandolin serenade is exquisite...
Wake up, my beauty, no more sleeping!

In the sky, a hundred stars have gathered,
All to listen to this song...
I heard the three most beautiful speaking,
Saying: It has passion...

A passion that will never pass...
The world will pass, but it will not!
You, of course, will not think of this...
But you were born to enchant me...