Текст и перевод песни Schola Cantorum - Lella

Lella

Te la ricordi Lella, quella ricca?
La moje de Proietti er cravattaro
Quello che c'ha er negozio su ar Tritone?
Te la ricordi? Te l'ho fatta vede
Quattr'anni fa e nun volevi crede

Che 'nsieme a lei ce stavo proprio io
Te lo ricordi poi ch'era sparita
E che la ggente e che la polizia
S'era creduta ch'era annata via
Co' uno co' più sordi der marito?

E te lo vojo di' che so' stato io
So' quattr'anni che me tengo 'sto segreto
Te lo vojo di', ma nun lo fa sape'
Nun lo di' a nessuno, tiettelo pe' te

Je piaceva anna' ar mare quann'è inverno
Fa' l'amore cor freddo che faceva
Però le carze nun se le tojeva
A la fiumara 'ndo ce sta er baretto
Tra le reti e le barche abbandonate
Cor cielo griggio a facce su da tetto

'Na matina ch'era l'urtimo dell'anno
Me dice co' la faccia indifferente
"Me so stufata, nun ne famo gnente
E tirame su la lampo der vestito"

E te lo vojo di' che so' stato io
So' quattr'anni che me tengo 'sto segreto
Te lo vojo di', ma nun lo fa sape'
Nun lo di' a nessuno, tiettelo pe' te

Tu nun ce crederai, nun c'ho più visto
L'ho presa ar collo e nun me so' fermato
Che quann'è annata a tera senza fiato
Ner cielo da 'no squarcio er sole è uscito
E io la sotteravo co' 'ste mano
Attento a nun sporcamme sur vestito

Me ne so' annato senza guarda' indietro
Nun c'ho rimorsi e mo' ce torno pure
Ma nun ce penso a chi ce sta là sotto
Io ci aritorno solo a guardà er mare

E te lo vojo di' che so' stato io
So' quattr'anni che me tengo 'sto segreto
Te lo vojo di', ma nun lo fa sape'
Nun lo di' a nessuno, tiettelo pe' te

Tiettelo pe' te
Tiettelo pe' te

Lella

Remember Lella? The one with big bucks?
Proietti's missus, the dude selling hats
The one with the store way up on the Tritone track?
Remember her? I'm the one who showed you
Four years ago, you just couldn't believe it

The one I had on the go, just me and her
Do you recall then how she vanished so sudden?
The cops and all the nosy neighbors, every one
Thought she'd run off with some other man?
With somebody richer than her own old man?

Well, I've got to tell you, I'm the one to blame
For four long years I've kept this secret closeted
I've gotta get it off my chest, just promise you won't tell
Don't breathe a word to no one, keep it to yourself

She loved to go down to the sea in the winter
Making love in the chill, it was her little game
But she never took off her stockings, not even once
Out by the river, where the old boats lay rusting
Amongst the broken nets, beneath a leaden sky
With the gray clouds hanging heavy overhead

One morning, it was New Year's Eve, as I recall
She looked me in the eye, her face so cold
"I'm through with this," she said, "it's over, that's it all
Now get your hands off me, and leave me be"

Well, I've got to tell you, I'm the one to blame
For four long years I've kept this secret closeted
I've gotta get it off my chest, just promise you won't tell
Don't breathe a word to no one, keep it to yourself

You'll never believe it, I saw red
I grabbed her by the neck and choked her
When she fell to the ground, her breath gone
The sun broke through the clouds and shone
And I buried her body with my own two hands
Careful not to get dirt on my clothes

I walked away without a backward glance
I've not felt bad, or lost any sleep
I don't think twice about the one I killed
I only ever go back down there to watch the waves

Well, I've got to tell you, I'm the one to blame
For four long years I've kept this secret closeted
I've gotta get it off my chest, just promise you won't tell
Don't breathe a word to no one, keep it to yourself

Keep it to yourself
Keep it to yourself