umbertino Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Je Sto Vicino A Te ( I Stand Beside You) 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 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 ( to be continued...) Saw him in concert in the 80's....Very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Je So' Pazzo ( I'm crazy) 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Yes I Know My Way ( live in Piazza / Square Plebiscito, heart of downtown Naples) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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