Antonello Venditti - Roma Capoccia ( Rome "Big Head")

[umbertino]

 

 

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

 

 

 

Translation ( sung in Roman dialect which is very similar to proper Italian unlike other dialects)

 

 

How beautiful you are oh Rome in the evenings
when the moon reflects itself
inside the big fountain
and the couples desert the streets
How beautiful you are oh Rome when it rains

How great you are oh Rome when it’s dusk
and the orange turns red
on top of your seven hills
and the windows are like numerous eyes
that seem to tell you: how beautiful you are!

Today it feels like
if time had stopped here
I see the majesty of the Colosseum
I see the sanctity of the big Dome
and I am more alive and I am better
no, I’ll never leave you
Rome, head of this infamous world
a carriage drives away two foreigners
a second-hand dealer asks you if you’ve got some rags
the bedraggled sparrows are nightingales
I was born in Rome
I discovered you this morning

 

 

Campo De' Fiori ( Flowers Field).. A famous square in Rome which became extremely popular in the last 30-40 years as  one of the main gathering places for young people .

 

Couldn't find a decent translation on the internet so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0CjK2J-5gk