Gigi L'amoroso
Je vais vous raconter
Avant de vous quitter
L′histoire d'un p′tit village près de Napoli
Nous étions quatre amis
Au bal tous les samedis
À jouer, à chanter toute la nuit
Giorgio à la guitare
Sandro à la mandoline
Moi, je dansais en frappant du tambourin
Mais tous ceux qui venaient
C'était pour écouter
Celui qui faisait battre tous les cœurs
Et quand il arrivait
La foule s'écriait
Arriva Gigi L′Amoroso!
Croqueur d′amour, l'œil de velours comme une caresse
Gigi L′Amoroso
Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans cœur
Mais jamais sans tendresse
Partout c'était la fête quand il chantait
Zaza, Luna caprese, O′ sole mio
Arriva
Gigi! Giuseppe, mais tout le monde l'appelait Gigi L′Amour
Et les femmes étaient folles de lui, toutes
La femme du boulanger qui fermait sa boutique tous les mardis pour aller
La femme du notaire qui était une sainte et qui n'avait jamais trompé son mari auparavant
Et la veuve du Colonel, la veuve du Colonel qui ne porta plus de deuil parce qu'il n′aimait pas le noir
Toutes je vous dis!
Même moi!
Mais moi
Gigi aimait trop sa liberté
Jusqu′au jour où
Une riche américaine
À grands coups de je t'aime
Lui proposa d′aller jusqu'à Hollywood
Tu seras le plus beau de tous les Caruso
Lui disait-elle jusqu′à en perdre haleine
Nous voilà à la gare
Avec tous nos mouchoirs
Le cœur serré émus par ce grand départ
Pourtant on était fiers
Qu'il dépasse nos frontières
Gigi partait conquérir l′Amérique
Et quand il arriva
Le village était là
Arriva Gigi L'Amoroso!
Croqueur d'amour, l′œil de velours comme une caresse
Gigi L′Amoroso
Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans cœur
Mais jamais sans tendresse
Et là, devant la foule il a chanté
Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio
Arriva Gigi L′Amoroso!
Gigi! Quand le train eut disparu, nous sommes tous rentrés chez nous
Et le lendemain le village n'était plus le même
La femme du boulanger refusa d′allumer son four
La femme du notaire, par désespoir prit plusieurs amants!
Et la veuve du Colonel ferma ses persiennes et reprit le deuil pour la seconde fois
Oui, le village avait bien changé
Et moi
Les années ont passé
Cinq hivers, cinq étés
No news c'était good news on nous avait dit
Il a fallu du prendre, du courage et du temps
Pour arriver à continuer sans lui
Et malgré 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 mélodie
Croqueur d′amour, l'œil de velours comme une caresse
Gigi
Gigi?
C'est toi là-bas dans le noir?
Attends, laisse-moi te regarder
Mais tu pleures, tu pleures, Gigi
Ça n′a pas été là-bas hein?
Et alors
Et alors, qu′est-ce qu'ils comprennent ces américains à part le rock et le twist, hein?
Ma Gigi, qu′est-ce que tu croyais?
Devenir comme ça Gigi l'Americano!
E invece no, tu es Giuseppe Frabrizio Luca Santini! Et tu es Napolitain!
Écoute, Giorgio s′est mis à la guitare
Attends! Sandro est là aussi!
Mais, mais tu peux t'en aller comme ça!
Ici tu es chez toi! Ici tu es le roi!
(Arriva)
Tu entends? Tu les entends Gigi?
Ils sont tous là
Ils ont dû te reconnaître à 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! Bravo!
Carmella, Carmella lo sai che é arrivato Gigi dell'America!
Joselina, Joselina scendi è arrivato Gigi da Hollywood!
Ma se te lo dico io che é arrivato, scendi, no
Guaglione, corri, corri va a dire a zio Gennaro
Che é arrivato lo zio Gigi dall′America!
(Toujours vainqueur, parfois sans cœur
Mais jamais sans tendresse
Partout c′était la fête quand il chantait
Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio)
Arriva Gigi L′Amoroso!
Croqueur d'amour, l′œil de velours comme une caresse
Gigi L'Amoroso
Gigi the Lover
I'm going to tell you
Before I leave
The story of a little village near Napoli
We were four friends
At the dance every Saturday
Playing, singing all night
Giorgio on the guitar
Sandro on the mandolin
I danced while playing the tambourine
But everyone who came
Came to listen
To the one who made all hearts beat
And when he arrived
The crowd would exclaim
Here comes Gigi the Lover!
Love crooner, velvet-eyed like a caress
Gigi the Lover
Always victorious, sometimes heartless
But never without tenderness
Everywhere was a party when he sang
Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio
Here comes
Gigi! Giuseppe, but everyone called him Gigi the Lover
And the women were crazy about him, all of them
The baker's wife who closed her shop every Tuesday to go
The notary's wife who was a saint and had never cheated on her husband before
And the Colonel's widow, the Colonel's widow who no longer wore mourning because he didn't like black
All of them I tell you!
Even me!
But me
Gigi loved his freedom too much
Until the day
A rich American woman
With lots of I love yous
Proposed to him to go to Hollywood
You'll be the most beautiful of all the Carusos
She told him until she was out of breath
Here we are at the station
With all our handkerchiefs
Heartbroken, moved by this great departure
Yet we were proud
That he was surpassing our borders
Gigi was off to conquer America
And when he arrived
The village was there
Here comes Gigi the Lover!
Love crooner, velvet-eyed like a caress
Gigi the Lover
Always victorious, sometimes heartless
But never without tenderness
And there, in front of the crowd, he sang
Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio
Here comes Gigi the Lover!
Gigi! When the train had disappeared, we all went back home
And the next day the village was not the same
The baker's wife refused to light her oven
The notary's wife, in despair, took several lovers!
And the Colonel's widow closed her shutters and resumed mourning for the second time
Yes, the village had changed
And me
Years have passed
Five winters, five summers
No news was good news, we were told
It took courage and time
To continue without him
And despite his absence
At night in the silence
Folding our costumes and instruments
We could hear coming
Like a tear, a sigh
From the back of the room, this melody
Love crooner, velvet-eyed like a caress
Gigi
Gigi?
Is that you over there in the dark?
Wait, let me look at you
But you're crying, you're crying, Gigi
It didn't go well there, huh?
And then
And then, what do those Americans understand besides rock and twist, huh?
My Gigi, what did you think?
To become like that, Gigi the American!
And instead no, you are Giuseppe Fabrizio Luca Santini! And you are Neapolitan!
Listen, Giorgio picked up the guitar
Wait! Sandro is here too!
But, but you can't just leave like that!
Here you are at home! Here you are the king!
(Here he comes)
Do you hear? Do you hear them, Gigi?
They're all here
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 on, bravo Gigi! Sing! Bravo!
Carmella, Carmella, you know Gigi from America has arrived!
Joselina, Joselina, come down, Gigi from Hollywood has arrived!
But if I tell you he's arrived, come down, no
Guaglione, run, run, go tell Uncle Gennaro
That Uncle Gigi from America has arrived!
(Always victorious, sometimes heartless
But never without tenderness
Everywhere was a party when he sang
Zaza, Luna caprese, O' sole mio)
Here comes Gigi the Lover!
Love crooner, velvet-eyed like a caress
Gigi the Lover
Escrita por: Lana Sebastian / Michaele / P. Sebastian