| Te la ricordi Lella, quella ricca?
| Do you remember Lella, the rich one?
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| La moje de Proietti er cravattaro
| La moje de Proietti er cravattaro
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| Quello che cor negozio su ar Tritone
| What cor shop on ar Tritone
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| Quello che cor negozio su ar Tritone
| What cor shop on ar Tritone
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| Te la ricordi? | Do you remember her? |
| Te l’ho fatta vede
| I made it to you, you see
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| Quattr’anni fa e nun volevi crede
| Four years ago and you didn't want to believe
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| Che 'nsieme a lei ce stavo proprio io
| That I was with her
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| Che 'nsieme a lei ce stavo proprio io
| That I was with her
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| Te lo ricordi poi ch’era sparita
| Then you remember that she was gone
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| E che la gente e che la polizia
| And that people and that the police
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| S’era creduta ch’era annata via
| She had believed it was vintage away
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| Co' uno co' più sordi der marito
| Co 'one with the most deaf der husband
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| E te lo vojo di' che so' stato io
| And I want to tell you what I know
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| E so' quattr’anni che me tengo 'sto segreto
| And I have known for four years that I have kept this secret
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| E te lo vojo di', ma non lo fa sape'
| And I want to tell you, but he doesn't know
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| Non lo di' a nessuno mai, tiettelo pe' te (Tiettelo pe' te)
| Don't ever tell anyone, keep it for yourself (Keep it for you)
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| Je piaceva anna' ar mare quann'è inverno
| Je liked anna 'ar mare when it is winter
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| E fa l’amore cor freddo che faceva
| And it makes the cold heart love it made
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| Però le carze nun se le tojeva
| But the carze nun if the tojeva
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| Però le carze nun se le tojeva
| But the carze nun if the tojeva
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| A la fiumara 'ndo ce sta 'r baretto
| A la fiumara 'ndo there is' r bar
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| Tra le reti e le barche abbandonate
| Between the nets and the abandoned boats
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| Cor cielo griggio a facce su da tetto
| Cor sky gray with faces up from the roof
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| Cor cielo griggio a facce su da tetto
| Cor sky gray with faces up from the roof
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| Na mattina ch’era l’urtimo dell’anno
| One morning it was the urtimo of the year
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| Me dice co' la faccia indifferente
| He tells me with an indifferent face
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| «Me so' stufata, nun ne famo gnente
| «I'm tired of it, I'm not familiar with it
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| Tirame su la lampo der vestito»
| Zip up the dress "
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| E te lo vojo di' che so' stato io
| And I want to tell you what I know
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| E so' quattr’anni che me tengo 'sto segreto
| And I have known for four years that I have kept this secret
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| E te lo vojo di', ma non lo fa sape'
| And I want to tell you, but he doesn't know
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| Non lo di' a nessuno mai, tiettelo pe' te (Tiettelo pe' te)
| Don't ever tell anyone, keep it for yourself (Keep it for you)
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| Tu non ce crederai, non c’ho più visto
| You won't believe it, I haven't seen him since
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| L’ho presa ar collo e nun me so' fermato
| I took it by the neck and I didn't stop
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| Che quanno è annata a terra senza fiato
| That when it is a year on the ground out of breath
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| Ner cielo da 'no squarcio er sole è uscito
| Ner the sky from 'no gash er the sun came out
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| E io la sotteravo co 'ste mano
| And I buried it with this hand
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| Attento a non sporcamme sur vestito
| Be careful not to get dirty on your dress
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| Me ne so' annato senza guarda' indietro
| I got old without looking back
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| Nun c’ho rimorsi e mo ce torno pure
| I have no remorse and I'll go back as well
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| Ma nun ce penzo a chi ce sta là sotto
| But I don't think about whoever is down there
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| Io ce ritorno solo a guarda' er mare, solo a guarda' er mare
| I return there only to look at the sea, only to look at the sea
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| Sotto questa pioggia inverno che me porta indietro
| In this winter rain that brings me back
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| Sopra 'sto tereno mollo sabbia gonfia de veleno
| Above this ground is soft sand swollen with poison
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| Scrivo un ultimo epitaffio in cielo come arcobaleno
| I write one last epitaph in the sky like a rainbow
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| Pensavo che era amore, ma non era vero (E te lo vojo di')
| I thought it was love, but it wasn't true (And I want to tell you)
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| Cinquant’anni fa ero un pischello e mo so' vecchio e stanco
| Fifty years ago I was a kid and now I'm old and tired
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| Dio, se m’ascorti, aprime che sargo (E te lo vojo di')
| God, if you listen to me, let me know that I will be (And I want to tell you)
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| Te pago il conto, manname all’inferno
| I'll pay the bill, manname in hell
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| Brucerò nel fuoco eterno ma senza un rimpianto (Senza un rimpianto)
| I'll burn in the eternal fire but without a regret (Without a regret)
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| E te lo vojo di' che so' stato io (So' stato io)
| And I tell you that I know it was me (I know it was me)
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| E so' quattr’anni che me tengo 'sto segreto (Me tengo 'sto segreto)
| And I know for four years that I keep this secret (I keep this secret)
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| E te lo vojo di', ma non lo fa sape' (Non lo fa sape')
| And I want to tell you, but he doesn't know (He doesn't know)
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| Non lo di' a nessuno mai, tiettelo pe' te
| Never tell anyone, keep it for yourself
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| Tiettelo pe' te, tu tiettelo pe' te | Keep it for yourself, you keep it for yourself |