Paroles et traduction Sergio Bruni - Napule Ca Se Ne Va

Napule Ca Se Ne Va

E só' sbarcate 'nterra Marechiaro
Tre cumitive 'e vascio â Sanitá:
Só' doje coppie 'e 'nnammurate
Doje maeste 'ngannaccate
Cu 'e marite e nu cumpare
Viecchio "capo 'e suggitá"
E che tavula speciale:
'Nterra 'o cato cu 'a frutta e 'o vino
Nu mellone dinta cantina,
'O cumpare dinta cucina
Ca "discute" cu 'a "principale"
E 'a luna guarda e dice:
Si fosse ancora overo!
Chisto è 'o popolo 'e na vota
Gente semplice e felice
Chist'è Napule sincero
Ca pur'isso se ne va
Divotamente mo se fanno 'a croce
Comm'è ll'usanza, primma 'e accumminciá
'O cumpare ch'è 'struito,
Fa nu brínnese "in pulito"
Lle risponne, a una voce,
Tutta tavula: "Addó' va!"
'A sié Rosa ca se cunzòla
Pe' sti "suone" ca só' venute
Pe' 'sta voce ch'è "fina e bella"
Pa canzone ch'è "Palummella"
Palummella ca zómpa e vola
E 'a luna guarda e dice
Si fosse ancora overo!
Chisto è 'o popolo 'e 'na vota
Gente semplice e felice!
Chist'è Napule sincero
Ca pur'isso se ne va
'E ttre famiglie tornano vucanno
Nu poco fatte a vino tutt'e tre
'A varchetta 'e ccunnuléa
Na maesta scapuzzéa
'O cumpare parla 'e quanno
Quanno 'o guappo era nu rre
'E ffigliole, pe' sottaviento
Mo se fanno na zuppetella
Cu 'e taralle 'int'a ll'acqua 'e mare
Ll'acqua smòppeta, fragne e pare
Ca 'e mmanelle só' tutte 'argiento
E 'a luna guarda e dice
Si fosse ancora overo!
Chisto è 'o popolo 'e 'na vota
Gente semplice e felice!
Chist'è Napule sincero
Ca pur'isso se ne va

Napule Ca Se Ne Va

And the ships have just landed in Marechiaro's port
Three groups by the boats of Sanitá:
Two pairs of lovers so entwine
Two prankster masters so divine
With their husbands and a friend,
An old "head of tricks they lend.
And what a special table, dear:
On the ground, a cloth with fruits and wine appear
A melon lies within the cellar,
The friend is busy in the kitchen,
As he "argues" with the "main woman there"
And the moon looks down and says:
If only it were still true, what a joy!
This is the people of a time gone by,
Folk simple and oh, so spry
This is Naples, sincere and true
Which is fading, too, from view.
Reverently they make the sign of the cross,
As is tradition, 'fore they begin.
The friend, who is well-read,
Gives a toast, "so refined," it's said.
They respond, their voices blending,
The whole table: "Where is it leading?"
Rosa, the lady, finds her solace here
In these strains that have come alive again
For this voice, so "fine and bright,"
For the song of "Palummella," brings delight.
Palummella, who leaps and flies,
And the moon looks down and sighs,
If only it were still true, what a joy!
This is the people of a time gone by,
Folk simple and oh, so spry!
This is Naples, sincere and true
Which is fading, too, from view.
The three families are heading back at last,
All a bit tipsy, their troubles past.
Their little boat meanders back,
One lady trips and gives a quack.
The friend talks of times before,
When the "guappo" was a king of lore.
The young girls whispering low
Are making soup to help the glow.
With taralli in the seawater so bright,
The water crackles, foams, and reflects the light,
For the ladies' hands are silver each
And the moon looks down and says in speech,
If only it were still true, what a joy!
This is the people of a time gone by,
Folk simple and oh, so spry!
This is Naples, sincere and true
Which is fading, too, from view.