Si T'o Sapesse Dicere

If I Could Tell You

Si T'o Sapesse Dicere

Ah... if I could tellAh… si putesse dicere
What the heart saysChell' c'o core dice
How happy I would beQuant' sarria felice
If you knewSi t' o sapesse di'
And if I could feelE si putesse sentere
What the heart feelsChell' che 'o core sente
It would say eternallyDicisse eternamente
I want to stay with youVoglio resta' cu te'

But the heart knows how to writeMa 'o core sape scrivere
The heart is illiterate'O core e' analfabeta
It's like a poetE' comm' a nu' pueta
Who doesn't know how to singCa nun sape canta'
If it moves commas and periodsSe 'mbrogia sposta e vvirgole
An exclamation pointNu punto ammirativo
Puts a subjunctiveMette nu' cungiuntivo
Where it shouldn't beAddo nun 'nce adda sta'
And you who are listeningE tu che o staje a sentere
You get confused next to itTe 'mbruoglie appriesso a isso
As often happens, goodbye happinessComme succede spisso,e addio felicita'