Santa Lucia Luntana

Santa Lucia Luntana

Santa Lucia Far Away

Partono 'e bastimente pe' terre assaje luntane... Cántano a buordo: só' Napulitane! Cantano pe' tramente 'o golfo giá scumpare, e 'a luna, 'a miez'ô mare, nu poco 'e Napule lle fa vedé... [Refrain] Santa Lucia! Luntano 'a te, quanta malincunia! Se gira 'o munno sano, se va a cercá furtuna... ma, quanno sponta 'a luna, luntano 'a Napule nun se pò stá! E sònano...Ma 'e mmane trèmmano 'ncopp''e ccorde... Quanta ricorde, ahimmé, quanta ricorde... E 'o core nun 'o sane nemmeno cu 'e ccanzone: Sentenno voce e suone, se mette a chiagnere ca vò' turná... [Refrain] Santa Lucia, tu tiene sulo nu poco 'e mare... ma, cchiù luntana staje, cchiù bella pare... E' 'o canto d''e Ssirene ca tesse ancora 'e rrezze! Core nun vò' ricchezze: si è nato a Napule, ce vò' murí! [Refrain]

The ships are leaving for lands far away… They sing on board: they are Neapolitan! They sing while in the sunset the bay disappears, and the moon, above the sea, a glimpse of Naples lets them see… [Chorus] Santa Lucia! Far away from you, what melancholy! We go round the world, we go to seek better luck… but, when the moon rises, away from Naples you cannot stay! And they play... but their hands tremble on the strings. How many memories, how many memories. And my heart cannot heal not even with those songs; hearing those voices and that music, It begins to cry because it wants to return! [Chorus] Santa Lucia, you have only but a little bit of sea… But the further away you are, the more beautiful you seem… It is the song of the sirens that is still casting its net! This heart doesn't want riches: if it was born in Naples, it wants to die there! [Chorus]