Pino Daniele (RIP) - Je Sto Vicino A Te ( I Stand Beside You)

[umbertino]

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pino_Daniele

 

 

Translation ( incomplete).  I'm unable to translate  the remainder from  neapolitan dialect. Sorry.

 

It's like another language even for Italians if you happen not to be from that area like myself ( I'm from the North) . Some I got but the rest I couldn't grasp. I couldn't find a decent translation on the net so far.. ..I'll keep checking once in a while anyway just in case

I stand by you
with hundred screams around

I stand by you
till  the time you fall asleep
I stand by you
 because the world is dirty
and don't try to know
 you better sleep

but what's the point in talking?

always the same things

 

I Say I' Sto Cca' ( I say I'm staying here)

 

 

Translation

 

I say I'm staying here
II get drunk and what can I do
head is spinning but I want to talk'
I say I'm staying here
 sadness goes away
 wine goes down but then it will end

I will move
Touching what I do not have
I will smileГІ
Weeping perhaps a bit '
But I do all by myself
 and I get drunk so that I won't see
But I know that I'll make mistakes

I feel at war  and the rest I do not know.
I say I'm staying here
 fear goes away
And if I get asleep on the floor do not wake me up
I say I'm staying here
sometimes it needs to be done
for all the confusion  that goes on here
 I'll move etc.

 

Je So' Pazzo ( I'm Crazy)

 

 

 

Translation

 

I'm mad, mad
and I want to be who I want
get out from my house
I'm mad, mad
I have people waiting for me
and sorry but I'm in a hurry
Do not tell me that I am always right
I know that I am a failure
In my life I want to live at least one day as a lion
and this time Government shouldn't condemn me
as I'm mad
and today I want to talk.
I'm mad, mad
if I lose my temper
I put all of you face the wall
I'm mad, mad
And who does say that a black-skinned Masaniello
is not beautiful?
and I am not handicapped
And I took the grades too
and I painted this face black just to be noticed
Masaniello has grown up
Masaniello is back
I'm mad, mad
so, don't piss us off! ( it's  way more strong than that really)

 

Translator's comment:

Masaniello (nickname for Tommaso Aniello) (1622 – July 16, 1647) was a Neapolitan fisherman, who became leader of the revolt against Spanish Habsburg's rule in Naples in 1647. He has become a symbol of civil disobedience and indocility.

 

Napule E' ( Naples Is....)... A dedication to his hometown

 

 

Original Neapolitan lyrics / English translation /  Proper italian

 

 

Napule è mille culure / Napoli is a thousand colours = Napoli è migliaia di colori

Napule è mille paure Napule / Napoli is a thousand fears = Napoli è mille paure

è a voce de' criature / it's the children's voices= è la voce dei bambini

che saglie chianu chianu e / that slowly raise = che piano piano salgono

tu sai ca nun si sulo. / and so you know you're not alone = e così tu sai che non sei solo

Napule è nu sole amaro / Napoli is a bitter sun= Napoli è un sole amaro

Napule è addore 'e mare / Napoli is the smell of the sea = Napoli è l'odore del mare

Napule è 'na carta sporca / Napoli is a dirty paper = Napoli è una carta sporca

e nisciuno se ne importa e / that no one cares about = ed a nessuno gliene importa

ognuno aspetta a' ciorta. / and everyone is waiting for fortune = e ognuno aspetta la fortuna

Napule è 'na camminata / Napoli is a walk = Napoli è una passeggiata

inte viche miezo all'ate / in the alleys among the people = nei vicoli tra la gente

Napule è tutto 'nu suonno / Napoli is a dream = Napoli è un sogno

e 'a sape tutto o' munno ma / and it's known by the whole world, but = e questo è saputo da tutto il mondo

nun sanno a verità. / they don't know the truth = ma loro non sanno la verità