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Original lyrics
Voce 'e notte
Si 'sta voce te scéta 'int'â nuttata
Mentre t'astrigne 'o sposo tujo vicino
Statte scetata, si vuó stà scetata
Ma fa' vedé ca duorme a suonno chino
Nun ghì vicino ê llastre pe ffà 'a spia
Pecché nun puó sbaglià, 'sta voce è 'a mia
È 'a stessa voce 'e quanno tutt'e dduje
Scurnuse, nce parlávamo cu 'o "vvuje"
Si 'sta voce, che chiagne 'int'â nuttata
Te sceta 'o sposo, nun avé paura
Vide ch'è senza nomme 'a serenata
Dille ca dorme e che se rassicura
Dille accussì: "Chi canta 'int'a 'sta via
O sarrà pazzo o more 'e gelusia
Starrà chiagnenno quacche 'nfamità
Canta isso sulo, ma che canta a fà?"
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Alberto Scotti on 2021-11-21
Alberto Scotti on 2021-11-21English
Translation
A voice in the night
If this voice wakes you in the night
While you’re embraced with your husband
Stay awake if you want to stay awake
But pretend to be in a deep sleep!
Don’t go peeking out the window
Because you can’t be mistaken: this voice is mine
It’s the same as when, both of us
With embarrassment, spoke to each other using “you”
If this voice, crying in the night
Wakes your husband, don’t be afraid
Tell him the serenade is nameless
Tell him to sleep, to be reassured
Tell him this: “Whoever sings in this street
Is either a madman or someone dying of jealousy
He must be crying over some disgrace
He sings alone, but why is he singing?”
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Russia is waging a disgraceful war on Ukraine. Stand With Ukraine!
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