Ballata del re - Peppe Barra перевод на английский

Ballata del re

Stéva na vòta nu rre
Anze ne stévano duje
Ca po salute a nnuje
Parévano quase tre...!
Principe e principésse
E fate, uórche e urchésse
Uómmene malandrine
Fémmene culumbrine

E tutte alleramènte
Nòbbele e lazzarune
Int' a 'stu casalóne
Addo' chi tène a mènte
Chi ride e chi pazzéa
E chi s'addubechéa
Addo' chi va, chi rèsta
Chi pènsa che sta fèsta
Nun po' ferni' mai cchiu'

Fu quanno stéva o' rre
Anze ne stévano duje
Ca po' salute a nnuje
Parevano quase tre...!
Fu quanno all'intrasatta
Chiuvettero cunfiette
E 'a ggente s'abbuffaje
Pe' tanto ca magnaje

Fu quanno bèll'e bbuóno
Ca dinto a nu frastuóno
E mille voci 'ncòro
Spuntaje 'nu sóle d'òro
Cèrto però ca fuje
Quanno 'nce stéva o' rre
Anze ne stévano duje
Ca po salute a nnuje
Parévano quase tre...!
Ca po salute a nnuje...
Cèrto però ca fuje
Quanno 'nce stéva o' rre
Anze ne stévano duje
Ca po salute a nnuje
So' divintate tre!

A King's Ballad

There was a time when there was a king
Really, there were two
They offered us a drink
It seemed like almost three...!
Prince and princesses
Fairies, ogres, and witches
Roguish men
Wanton women

And everyone merrily
Noblemen and rogues
In this big house
Where some were mindful
Some laughed and had fun
And some made love
Where some came and went
Some thought that this party
Would never end

It was when there was a king
Really, there were two
They offered us a drink
It seemed like almost three...!
It was when all at once
Candies rained down
And the people gorged themselves
Because they ate so much

It was when, good and drunk
In the midst of a clamor
And a thousand voices singing
A golden sun appeared
Certainly it was
When there was a king
Really, there were two
They offered us a drink
It seemed like almost three...!
They offered us a drink...
Certainly it was
When there was a king
Really, there were two
They offered us a drink
They have become three!