Lyrics of Gigi l'amoroso - Dalida

Gigi l'amoroso (original)

Je vais vous raconter
Avant de vous quitter
L’histoire d’un p’tit village pres de Napoli
Nous etions quatre amis
Au bal tous les samedis
A jouer, a chanter toute la nuit
Giorgio a la guitare
Sandro a la mandoline
Moi je dansais en frappant du tambourin
Mais tous ceux qui venaient
C’etait pour ecouter
Celui qui faisait battre tous les coeurs
Et quand il arrivait
La foule s’ecriait
Arriva, Gigi l’Amoroso
Croqueur d’amour, l’oeil de velours comme une caresse
Gigi l’Amoroso
Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans coeur
Mais jamais sans tendresse
Partout, c’etait la fete quand il chantait
Zaza, luna caprese o sole mio
Gigi Giuseppe
Mais tout le monde l’appelait Gigi l’Amour
Et les femmes etaient folles de lui, toutes
La femme du boulanger, qui fermait sa boutique tous les mardis pour aller…
La femme du notaire qui etait une sainte et qui n’vait jamais tromper son
mari auparavant
Et la veuve du colonel
La veuve du colonel qui ne porta plus le deuil parce qu’il n’aimait pas le noir
Toutes, je vous dis
Meme moi, mais moi, Gigi aimait trop sa liberte, jusqu’au jour ou Une riche americaine
A grands coups de je t’aime
Lui proposa d’aller jusqu’a Hollywood
Tu seras le plus beau
De tous les Caruzos
Lui disait-elle jusqu’a en perdre haleine
Nous voila a la gare
Avec tous nos mouchoirs
Le coeur serre, emus par ce grand depart
Pourtant on etait fier
Qu’il depasse nos frontieres
Gigi partait conquerir l’Amerique
Et quand il arriva
Le village etait la Arriva, Gigi l’Amoroso
Croqueur d’amour, l’oeil de velours comme une caresse
Gigi l’Amoroso
Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans coeur
Mais jamais sans tendresse
Et la, devant la foule, il a chante
Zaza, luna caprese, o sole mio
Gigi, quand le train est disparu, nous sommes tous rentres chez nous
Et le lendemain, le village n’etait plus le meme
La femme du boulanger refusa d’allumer son four
La femme du notaire par desespoir pris plusieurs amants
Et la veuve du colonel ferma ses persiennes et reprit le deuil pour la seconde fois
Oui, le village avait bien change
Et moi
Les annees ont passe
Cinq hivers, cinq etes
No news, c’etait good news on nous avait dit
Il a fallu du temps
Du courage et du temps
Pour arriver a continuer sans lui
Et malgre son absence
La nuit dans le silence
En pliant nos costumes et nos instruments
On entendait venir
Comme une larme un soupir
Du fond de la salle cette melodie
Croqueur d’amour, l’oeil de velours comme une caresse
Gigi, Gigi, c’est toi la-bas dans le noir
Attends, laisse-moi te regarder
Mais tu pleures
Tu pleures Gigi
Ca n’a pas ete la-bas, hein
Et alors, et alors qu’est ce qu’ils comprennent ces Americains a part le rock
et le twist, hein
Ma Gigi, qu’est-ce que tu croyais, devenir comme ca Gigi l’Americano
E invece no, tu sei Giuseppe Frabrizio Luca Santini
Et tu es Nappolitain
Ecoute, Giorgio s’est mis a la guitare
Attends, Sandro est la aussi
Mais, mais tu ne peux pas t’en aller comme ca Ici tu es chez toi
Ici tu es le roi
Tu entends, tu les entends Gigi
Ils sont tous la Ils ont du te reconnaitre a la gare
Chante Gigi, chante, c’est ton public
Chante pour eux, chante pour moi qui n’ai jamais su te parler
Oui, vas-y, bravo Gigi, chante
Arriva, Gigi l’Amoroso
Croqueur d’amour, l’oeil de velours comme une caresse
Gigi l’Amoroso
Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans coeur
Mais jamais sans tendresse
Partout, c’etait la fete quand il chantait
Zaza, luna caprese, o sole mio
Arriva, Gigi l’Amoroso
Croqueur d’amour, l’oeil de velours comme une caresse
Gigi l’Amoroso
Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans coeur
Mais jamais sans tendresse
Partout, c’etait la fete quand il chantait
Zaza, luna caprese, o sole mio

(translation)

I'll tell you
Before you leave
The story of a small village near Napoli
We were four friends
At the ball every Saturday
Playing, singing all night
Giorgio on guitar
Sandro on the mandolin
Me I was dancing hitting the tambourine
But everyone who came
It was to listen
The one who made all hearts beat
And when he arrived
The crowd cried
Arriva, Gigi the Amoroso
Love cruncher, velvet eye like a caress
Gigi the Amoroso
Always winning, sometimes heartless
But never without tenderness
Everywhere it was a party when he sang
Zaza, luna caprese o sole mio
Gigi Giuseppe
But everyone called her Gigi Love
And the women were crazy about him, all
The baker's wife, who closed her shop every Tuesday to go...
The notary's wife who was a saint and who was never going to cheat on her
previously husband
And the colonel's widow
The colonel's widow who no longer mourned because he didn't like black
All I tell you
Me, but me, Gigi loved her freedom too much, until the day when A rich American
With great blows of I love you
Told him to go to Hollywood
You will be the most beautiful
Of all the Caruzos
She told him until she lost her breath
Here we are at the station
With all our handkerchiefs
The heart sinks, moved by this great departure
Yet we were proud
That it goes beyond our borders
Gigi was leaving to conquer America
And when he arrived
The village was the Arriva, Gigi the Amoroso
Love cruncher, velvet eye like a caress
Gigi the Amoroso
Always winning, sometimes heartless
But never without tenderness
And there, in front of the crowd, he sang
Zaza, luna caprese, o sole mio
Gigi, when the train disappeared, we all went home
And the next day the village wasn't the same
The baker's wife refused to light her oven
The notary's wife out of desperation took several lovers
And the colonel's widow closed her blinds and resumed mourning for the second time
Yes, the village had changed a lot
And me
The years have passed
Five winters, five summers
No news, it was good news we were told
It took time
Courage and Time
To get on without him
And despite his absence
The night in silence
By folding our costumes and our instruments
We heard coming
Like a tear a sigh
From the back of the room this melody
Love cruncher, velvet eye like a caress
Gigi, Gigi, that's you over there in the dark
Wait, let me look at you
But you cry
You cry Gigi
It was not there, eh
So what do they understand these Americans but rock
and the twist, huh
My Gigi, what did you think, become like that Gigi the Americano
E invece no, tu sei Giuseppe Frabrizio Luca Santini
And you are Neapolitan
Listen, Giorgio took up the guitar
Wait, Sandro is here too
But, but you can't just walk away Here you are at home
Here you are the king
You hear, you hear them Gigi
They're all there They must have recognized you at the station
Sing Gigi, sing, it's your audience
Sing for them, sing for me who never knew how to talk to you
Yes, go ahead, well done Gigi, sing
Arriva, Gigi the Amoroso
Love cruncher, velvet eye like a caress
Gigi the Amoroso
Always winning, sometimes heartless
But never without tenderness
Everywhere it was a party when he sang
Zaza, luna caprese, o sole mio
Arriva, Gigi the Amoroso
Love cruncher, velvet eye like a caress
Gigi the Amoroso
Always winning, sometimes heartless
But never without tenderness
Everywhere it was a party when he sang
Zaza, luna caprese, o sole mio