English translation

Allow me to tell you

Before I leave you

The story of a small village near Napoli

We were four friends

At the dance every Saturday

Playing, singing all night long

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 throb

And when he arrived

The crowd would cry out:

"Here comes Gigi l'Amoroso!"

Love charmer

Velvet eye

Like a caress

Gigi l'Amoroso

Always victorious

Sometimes heartless

But never without tenderness

Everywhere was a celebration when he sang

"Zazà," "Luna caprese," "'O sole mio."

Gigi Giuseppe, but everyone called him Gigi l'Amour. And the womenfolk 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 who had never cheated on her husband before. And the colonel's widow, the colonel's widow who no longer mourned 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 when...

A wealthy American woman

With a lot of 'I love you's'

Offered him a chance to go to Hollywood

"You'll be the most handsome

Of all the Carusos!"

She told him until she was breathless

Here we are at the train station

With all our handkerchiefs

With heavy hearts, moved by this grand departure

Yet, we were proud

That he surpass our borders–

Gigi was going to conquer America!

And when he arrived

The village was there

Here comes Gigi l'Amoroso–

Love charmer

Velvet eye

Like a caress

Gigi l'Amoroso

Always victorious

Sometimes heartless

But never without tenderness

And there, in front of the crowd, he sang

"Zazà," "Luna caprese," "'O sole mio."

Gigi... When the train disappeared, we all went back home. And the next day, the village was no longer the same,

The baker's wife refused to cut on her oven, the notary's wife, out of despair, took multiple lovers, and the colonel's widow closed her shutters and resumed mourning for the second time. Yes, the village had changed a lot, and me...

The years have passed–

Five winters, five summers

No news was good news, we were told

It took guts,

courage, and more time

To get to go on without him

And despite his absence

At night in silence

Folding our outfits and instruments

We could hear coming

Like a tear, a sigh

From the back of the hall, this melody

Love charmer

Velvet eye

Like a caress...

Gigi...

Gigi? Is that you over there in the dark? Wait, let me look at you! But, but you're crying! You're crying, Gigi! It didn't go well there, huh? So what! So what! What do those Americans understand aside from rock and twist? Well, Gigi, what'd you expect?

To become like that, Gigi the American?

No way! You are Giusappe Fabrizio Luca Santini, and you are Neapolitan!

Listen... Giorgio started playing guitar

Wait, Sandro is here, too! But, but you can't just leave like that! Here, here you are at home! Here you are the king!

Do you hear? Do you hear them, Gigi? They are all here! They must have recognized you at the train station! Sing, Gigi, sing, iIt's your audience! Sing for them! Sing for me, who never knew how to talk to you. Yes, go ahead, bravo Gigi, sing, bravo!

Carmella, Carmella! Do you know that Gigi has arrived from America?

Cesarina, Cesarina, Come down! Gigi has arrived from Hollywood!

I'm telling you that he has arrived! Come on down!

Little boy, little boy, run, go tell Uncle Gennaro that Uncle Gigi has arrived from America!

Here comes Gigi l'Amoroso–

Love charmer

Velvet eye

Like a caress

Gigi l'Amoroso

Always victorious

Sometimes heartless

But never without tenderness

Everywhere was a celebration when he sang

"Zazà," "Luna caprese," "'O sole mio."

Here comes Gigi l'Amoroso–

Love charmer

Velvet eye

Like a caress

Gigi l'Amoroso

Always victorious

Sometimes heartless

But never without tenderness

Everywhere was a celebration when he sang

"Zazà," "Luna caprese," "'O sole mio."

Here comes Gigi l'Amoroso–

Love charmer

Velvet eye

Like a caress

Gigi l'Amoroso

Always victorious

Sometimes heartless

But never without tenderness

Everywhere was a celebration when he sang

"Zazà," "Luna caprese," "'O sole mio."