Voglia ‘e turna’

Lyrics: Teresa De Sio; Music: Francesco Bruno, 1982

Voglia ‘e turna’
e voglia ‘e vedé
comme ‘o tiempo pò arrubba’
tutt”e culure ‘int’a via

E giro p’ ‘a città
e vaco a cercà
uocchie comme aulive nere
che guardano senza parla’

Terra che nun vò durmì
e nun vò cagnare
terra addò abbruciano ‘e parole
viento che nun ‘e pò stuta’

Voglia ‘e turna’
dint’ ‘e vicole ‘e ‘sta città
guarda e ride e te vò tucca’
nun se ferma maje

Voglia ‘e vedé
notte e ghiuorno te fa cantà
chesta è Napule d’ ‘o cafè
nun te può sbaglia’

E che sarà
che nun vò fernì
comme a na malincunia
‘a voce me fa tremma’

Forte se fa sentì
e doce accussì
pe chi vene e vò truva’
na scusa pecché vò resta’

E mo chi ‘o ssape cumm’è
ma i’ nun me scordo maje
sole che abbrucia ‘o malamente
acqua che scenne pe lava’

Voglia ‘e turnà
dint’ê vicole ‘e ‘sta città
guarda e ride e te vò tucca’
nun se ferma maje.

Voglia ‘e vede’
notte e ghiuorno te fa canta’
chesta è Napule d’ ‘o cafè
nun te pò sbaglia’

Voglia ‘e turna’
dint’ê vicole ‘e ‘sta città
chesta è Napule d’ ‘o cafè
nun te può sbaglia’

Voglia ‘e turna’
dint’ ‘e vicole ‘e ‘sta città
guarda e ride e te vò tuccà
nun se ferma maje

Voglia ‘e vedé
notte e ghiuorno te fa canta’
chesta è Napule d’ ‘o cafè
nun te può sbaglià

Voglia ‘e turna’
dint’ ‘e vicole ‘e ‘sta città
chesta è Napule d’ ‘o cafè
nun te può sbaglia’

I Want to Go Back

Translated by: Francesco Ciabattoni

I want to go back
and I want to see
how time can steal
all the hearts in the street

and I wander around the city
and I go looking for
eyes like black olives
that look without speaking

the land that doesn’t want to sleep
and I doesn’t want to change
the land where words burn
the wind that can’t be stopped

I want to go back
in the alleys of this city
that looks and laughs and wants to touch you
and never stops

I want to see
night and day it makes you sing
this is Naples of the cafe
you can’t be mistaken

And what can it be
that won’t end
like a melancholy
and its voice makes me tremble.

It’s heard loudly
and sweet like this
for those who come and want to find
an excuse to stay

And now who knows how it is
but I don’t forget but
the sun that burns so badly
the water that comes down to wash

I want to go back
into the alleys of this city
that looks and laughs and wants to touch you
but never stops.

I want to see
night and day it makes you sing
this is Naples, the cafe
you can’t be mistaken

I want to go back
in the alleys of this city
this is Naples, the cafe
you can’t be mistaken

I want to go back
in the alleys of this city
that looks and laughs and wants to touch you
and never stops

I want to see
night and day it makes you sing
this is Naples of the cafe
you can’t be mistaken

I want to see
night and day it makes you sing
this is Naples of the cafe
you can’t be mistaken