Paroles et traduction Sergio Bruni - O zampugnaro 'nnammurato

O zampugnaro 'nnammurato

'Nu bellu figliulillo zampugnaro
Che a Napule nun era stato ancora
Comme chiagneva, 'nnante a lu pagliaro
Quanno lassaje la 'nnammurata fora
E a mezanotte, 'ncopp'a 'nu traíno
Pe' Napule partette da Avellino

Ullèro, ullèro
Buono e sincero
Da lu paese, a Napule arrevato
Nce cammenava comm'a 'nu stunato

E succedette ca, 'na bella sera
Jette a sunà a la casa 'e 'na signora
Tappéte, luce, pavimente a cera
Ricchezze maje nun viste anfin'a allora
Ma se 'ncantaje, cchiù assaje de 'sti rricchezze
Pe' ll'uocchie d' 'a signora e pe' li ttrezze

Ullèro, ullèro
Fuje 'nu mistero
Quanno jette pe' vasà â signora 'e mmane
"Zitto", sentette 'e dì, "viene dimane"

'Na casarella 'mmiez'a li mmuntagne
'Nu fucularo cu 'nu cippo 'e pigne
'A neve sciocca e 'na figliola chiagne
Chisà 'stu lietto 'e sposa si se 'ncigna
P' 'a strada sulitaria d'Avellino
Nun sta passanno manco 'nu traìno

Ullèro, ullèro
"Cagna penziero"
Sta sotto a 'nu barcone appuntunato
Poveru zampugnaro 'nnammurato

The lovesick piper

A handsome young piper lad,
Who had never been to Naples before,
How he cried, in front of the manger,
When he left his sweetheart outside.
And at midnight, on a train,
He left Avellino for Naples.

Ullèro, ullèro
Good and sincere
From the countryside, arrived in Naples,
He walked around like a dazed man.

And it happened that, one beautiful evening,
He went to play at a lady's house.
Carpets, lights, waxed floors,
Riches he had never seen before.
But he was more enchanted, much more than by these riches,
By the lady's eyes and her tresses.

Ullèro, ullèro
It was a mystery
When he went to kiss the lady's hand,
"Quiet," he heard her say, "come tomorrow."

A small house amidst the mountains,
A fireplace with a pine log,
The melting snow and a girl crying,
Who knows if this marriage bed will ever be made.
On the solitary road to Avellino,
Not even a train is passing by.

Ullèro, ullèro
"Damn thoughts"
He stands under a sheltered balcony,
Poor lovesick piper.