Josep Carreras "Na sera 'e maggio", neapolitan song, from CD "Energia" 2004. Music: Giuseppe Cioffi, Lyrics: Gigi Pisano.

Quanno vien'a 'appuntamento
Guarde 'o mare, guard' 'e ffronne,
Si te parlo nun rispunne,
Staje distratta comm'a che.
Io te tengo dint' 'o core,
Songo sempe 'nnammurato
Ma tu invece pienze a 'n'ato
E te staje scurdanno 'e me.

Quanno se dice "Sì",
Tienelo a mente!
Nun s'ha da fà murì
'Nu core amante.
Tu mme diciste "Sì" 'na sera 'e maggio
E mo tiene 'o curaggio 'e mme lassà!

'St'uocchie tuoje nun sò sincere
Comm'a quanno mme 'ncuntraste,
Comm'a quanno mme diciste:
"Voglio bbene sulo a tte".
E tremmanno mme giuraste,
Cu 'na mano 'ncopp' 'o core:
"Nun se scorda 'o primmo ammore",
Mo te staje scurdanno 'e me.

Quanno se dice "Sì",
Tienelo a mente!
Nun s'ha da fà murì
'Nu core amante.
Tu mme diciste "Sì" 'na sera 'e maggio
E mo tiene 'o curaggio 'e mme lassà!

ENGLISH (attempt)

When you keep an appointment,
You look at the sea, you look at the leaves,
If I speak with you, you don't answer,
You stand, embarrassed, who knows why.
I keep you in my heart,
I'm still in love,
But you, on the contrary, think of another,
You are forgetting me now.

When one says "Yes",
Remember it!
Then one can't break
A loving heart.
You said me "Yes" an evening in May
And now you have a courage to leave me!

Your eyes are not sincere
How when you met me,
How when you said me:
"I love only you".
And, trembling, you swore me,
Putting a hand on heart:
"The first love doesn't be forgotten",
But now you are forgetting me.

When one says "Yes",
Remember it!
Then one can't break
A loving heart.
You said me "Yes" an evening in May
And now you have a courage to leave me!

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