Te Voglio Bene Assaje
La notte tutte dormeno,
e io che buo' dormi'!
Penzanno a nenna mia
me sent'ascevoli'!
Li quarte d'ora soneno
a uno a ddoie a tre
Io te voglio bene assaie
e tu non pienze a me!
Io te voglio bene assaie
e tu non pienze a me!
Ricordate lo juorno
ca stive a me becino,
e te scorreano nzino
le llacreme accossì.
Diciste a me: "Nun chiagnere
ca tu lo mio sarraie
Io te voglio bene assaie
e tu non pienze a me!
Io te voglio bene assaie
e tu non pienze a me!"
Guardame 'nfaccia e vide
comme song'arredutto:
sicco, peliento e brutto,
nennella mia pe tte!
Cusuto a filo duppio
co tte me vedarraje
Io te voglio bene assaie
e tu non pienze a me!
Io te voglio bene assaie
e tu non pienze a me!
I Love You Very Much
At night everyone sleeps,
and I, who should sleep!
Thinking of my baby
I feel restless!
The quarter hours ring
one, two, three
I love you very much
and you don't think of me!
I love you very much
and you don't think of me!
Remember the day
when you were close to me,
and tears flowed down
your cheeks like that.
You said to me: "Don't cry
because you will be mine"
I love you very much
and you don't think of me!
I love you very much
and you don't think of me!
Look at my face and see
how I am reduced:
thin, pale, and ugly,
my baby, for you!
Sewn with double thread
if you were with me
I love you very much
and you don't think of me!
I love you very much
and you don't think of me!