Italianol coracino, che andava per mare,
venne voglia di sposarsi.
si fece un bel vestito
di scaglie di spine pulito pulito
con una parrucca tutta piena
di rimasugli avvolti,
con il colletto, fazzoletto da collo e polsini
di seta inglese molto fine.

Con i calzoni di reti di fondo,
scarpe e calze di pelle di tonno
e mantella e mantellina
di alghe e peli di bue marino,
con bottoni e bottoniera
di occhi di polipo, seppie e coregoni bianchi *
fibbie, spada e fiocchi dorati
di nero di seppia e fette di occhiata

Due belle catene
di polmone di conchiglie,
un capello elegante
di codini di luccio salato.
tutto inamidato** e ben stirato
faceva il fighetto,
girava di quà e di là
per trovarsi la fidanzata

La Sardina, al balcone
stava suonando il colascione***
e a suono di trombetta,
cantava questa arietta:
"O larello o marellena
e la figlia della zia Lena
ha lasciato il fidanzato
perché niente glia ha regalato!"

Il Guarracino che la guardò
della Sardina si innamorò,
se ne andò dalla Bavosa.
la più vecchia maliziosa.
le diede una bella mancia
per mandarle un messaggio.
La bavosa, pissi pissi
chiaro e tondo glielo disse.

Nel sentirla la Sardella
rossa rossa si fecce,
per la vergogna che la prese
sotto uno scoglio si infilò,
ma la vecchia Bavosa
subito disse: "Ah, schizzinosa!
In questa maniera non trovi partito
in gola ti resta il marito".

Se hai voglia di accasarti
tante smorfie non le devi fare,
fuori la galanteria e via la timidezza,
anima e cuore e faccia tosta".
Ciò sentendo la zia Sardina
s'affacciò alla finestrella
e fece un occhiolino d'intesa
allo speranzoso innamoratino.

Ma la Patella che stava appostata
la chiamò faccia tosta,
traditrice, svergognata,
senza parola e malnata
perché aveva piantato l'Alletterato,
primo e antico fidanzato
di carriera da questo andò
e ogni cosa gli disse.

Quando la sentì il poveretto
se lo prese un demonio
andò a casa, s'armò di rasoio,
si caricò come un mulo
di fucili, di spingarde,
polvere, palle, stoppa e schegge;
quattro pistole e tre baionette
in tasca si mise.

Sulle spalle settanta colubrine,
ottanta bombe e novanta cannoni
e come un guappo paladino
andava cercando il coracino.
La sfortuna vuole
che in mezzo la piazza lo incontrò
l'afferra per il cravattino
e poi gli dice: "Ah malandrino!

Tu mi rubi la fidanzata
e prenditela questa bastonata".
Tuffete e taffete, a milioni,
gli dava schiaffi e colpi alla gola,
schiaffi, pugni e scappellotti,
scappoloni, fecozze**** e percosse alla nuca,
scapaccioni e pugni al volto
e gli ammaccò ossa e cartilagini.

Succede che al rumore
parenti e amici uscirono fuori,
chi con mazze, coltelli e coltellini,
chi con spade,spadoni e spadini
quello con sbarre, questo con spiedi
chi con mandorle e chi con nocciole,
chi con tenaglie e chi con martelli
chi con torroni e susamielli *****

Padri, figli, mariti e mogli
si azzuffarono come fiere
e milioni accorrevano a frotte,
i pesci di questa e di quella fazione
Quante ne vedesti di sarde e di alose
di palamiti e sogliole e razze chiodate,
saraghi, dentici e occhiate,
sgombri, tonni e alletterati.

Pesci palombo e rane pescatrici,
scorfani, cernie e alici,
pastinace, seriole, musdee e ghiozzi rasposi,
lecce stelle, lucci e storioni,
merluzzi, gronghi e murene,
capodogli, orche e balene,
capitoni, aguglie e aringhe,
cefali, caponi lira, tracine e cernie dorate.

Triglie, torpedini occhiute, trote e tonni,
musdee, cepole, latterini e zerri,
polipi, seppie e calamari,
pesci spada e stelle di mare
pesci palombo e pesci martello
bocche d'oro e gianchetti,
seppioline e coracini
cannolicchi, ostriche e ricci di mare.

Vongole, cuori eduli e patelie
pescecani e granchietti
tordi marvizzi, marmore e bavose,
boghe, vedove e spose,
spigole, spondili, serpenti e salpe,
scalze con gli zoccoli o con le scarpe,
murici, gamberi e aragoste
vennero perfino con le diligenze.

Capitoni, sauri e anguille,
pesci grossi o piccoli,
d'ogni ceto e nazione.
Piccolini, piccoli, più grandi e grandissimi!
Quante botte, mamma mia!
Che si davano. Non sia mai!
A centinaia le bastonate!
A milioni le pietrate!.

Morsi e pizzicotti a bilioni!
A pioggia i colpi alla gola!
Non vi dico che fuoco vivo
si faceva per ogni luogo.
Te, te, ttè, qua pistolettate,
ta, ta, ttà, là schioppettate
tu, tu, ttù, qua le colubrine,
bu, bu, bbù, là i cannoni.

Ma di cantare sono già stanco
e ora mi manca il fiato,
perciò, datemi licenza
grazioso e bel pubblico.
Fate che beva una mezza di "seje"******,
alla salute di lui e di lei,
altrimenti mi si secca il gargarozzo,
svuotandosi il polmone.

English

The chromis that swam in the sea
he decided to marry.
He made a nice suit
From the sharp scale, very neat.
He' put on a curly wig
Strewed with small cockle-shell,
A collar, a shawl on a neck and cuffs
made of english silk, very thin.

Trousers from a net,
Boots and socks from a skin of tunny,
A cloak and a cape
From algae and bristle of a dugong,
With buttons and press-buttons
From eyes of octopus, cuttlefish and vendace,
Buckles, a sword and gilded bands
From ink of cuttle and a bile of saddle bream.

Two beautiful chains
From cockle-shells,
An elegant hat
From tails of ling.
Everything is starched and ironed,
He seemed like a dandy.
He swam here and there
To find a bride.

A sardine stood on her balcony,
Playing the lute;
And hearing a sound of trumpet,
She sang a song:
"Oh, sea, sea,
A daughter of my aunt Lena
Left his fiance
Because he gave nothing to her!"

The chromis saw her
And felt in love with sardine.
went away to a blenny
Grumbling old fish.
He gave her money
To send a message to sardine.
The blenny, in a whisper,
Told it to her clearly.

Hearing this message,
The sardine was blushed.
From the shyness
She hided under a rock.
But old blenny
told her: "Ah, fastidious!
In this way you'll not find a fiance
And remain without husband.

If you want to marry,
You don't have to make difficulties!
Forward the courtesy
1
and away the shyness!
Be with the kind heart and soul!"
Listening to an aunt, the sardine
looked out from window
And winked in consent
At the lover, full with hopes.

But the patella that stood beside,
called her "Impudent,
Traitress, shameless,
Not keeping word and rude",
Because she had left the tunny,
Her first fiance.
She went away from him so fast
And told him many things.

When poor tunny heard it,
He was possessed by demon.
He went to home, armed himself with knife,
He loaded himself like a mule
With guns, springalds,
Powders, bullets, tows and gun tubes.
Four pistols and three bayonets,
He put them in his pocket.

On his shoulders there were seventy muskets,
Eighty bombs and ninety cannons
And like a cruel knight
He came search the chromis.
The misfortune wanted so,
And in the middle of square the tunny found him,
Has seized him by the collar
And told him: "Ah, villain!

You've stolen my bride,
Take this blow!"
Million punches,
He slapped him in the face.
Slaps in face, clips on the back of head,
Stabs, bumps, punches on head,
Kicks, punches on face,
He broke to pieces his bones and cartilages.

The noise was risen,
Relatives and friends came out.
Who with maces, knives and clasp-knives,
Who with swords, rapiers and sabres.
That came with girders, this came with spears,
Who with almonds and who with nuts,
Who with nippers and who with hammers,
Who with turrons and susamielli
2.

Fathers, children, husbands and wives
Fighted like the beasts.
Millions gathered in throng,
Fishes of two sides.
How many sardines one could see,
How many shads, plaices and various rays,
Crucians, dentexes and saddle breams,
Mackerels, tunnies and tunas.

Houndsharks and sea-devils,
Scorpionfish, dusky groupers and anchovies,
Stingrays, amberjacks, cods and gobies,
Pompanos, barracudas and sturgeons,
Hakes, congers and morays,
Cachalots, killer whales and whales,
Eels, garfishes and herrings,
Mullets, gurnards, weeverfishes and tenches.

Surmullets, electric rays, trouts and tunnies,
Pomfrets, bandfishes, sand-smelts, picarels,
Octopuses, cuttlefishes and squids,
Swordfishes and starfishes,
Houndsharks and hammerhead sharks,
Shade-fishes and sand eels,
Octopuses and chromises,
Sword razors, oysters and sea urchins.

Carpet shells, cockles and sea snails,
Sharks and crabs,
Wrasses, sea breams and blennies,
Bogues, widows and married,
Seabasses, sea daces, snakes, salema porgies,
Barefooted, with heels or with boots,
Sea snails, shrimps and spine lobsters,
Everybody came with the diligence.

Eels, horse-mackerels and grigs,
Small and big fishes
Of every estate and nation,
Small, big and biggest.
How many punches, mama mia,
They have made. Horror!
Thousands punches with stick,
Millions punches with stone!

Billions bites and tweaks,
A hail of punches to neck.
I cannot tell you what live fire
burned everywhere.
Te - te - ttè, here a wound from pistols,
Ta - ta - ttà, there from guns,
Tu - tu - ttù, here from muskets,
Bu - bu - bbù, there from cannons.
But I'm tired already sing about it
And now I'm short of breathing.
Therefore give me a respite,
Dear and nice public!
Let's drink a half glass
Health of him and her,
Otherwise my throat will be dry parched,
The lungs will be empty.

ItalianoTu
Era bello il tuo vestito blu
Lungo lago sai che non c'è piu
La riva del nostro grande amore
Solo nebbia e vento freddo qua
E il velo bianco dell'umidità
Ammanta i miei ricordi di grigiore

Dove sei cosa fai
Con che gente sarai
Adesso chi lo sa
L'amore viene va

E se tu tornerai
Se mi ricorderai
Adesso chi lo sa
Stasera...una nuova primavera

Tu
Vedo riflesso il tuo vestito blu
Al lungolago non ci vieni più
Lo sai che un ricordo consola
Un bel sorriso e poi quell'aria scura
Tu ridevi della mia paura
E io ti ho lasciato partir sola

Dove sei cosa fai
Con che gente sarai
Adesso chi lo sa
L'amore viene va

E se tu tornerai
Se mi ricorderai
Adesso chi lo sa
Stasera...una nuova primavera

E se tu tornerai
Se mi ricorderai
Forse tu non lo sai
Stasera…avrò la mia primavera

Ora,
E un spettro quel vestito blu
Il nostro lungolago non c'e piu
Portami
La primavera

Français

Toi
Il était beau ton vêtement bleu
Le long du lac tu sais qu’il n’y a plus
La rive de notre grand amour
Seuls le brouillard et le vent froid
Et le voile blanc de l’humidité
Enveloppe mes souvenirs de gris

Où es-tu, que fais-tu
?
Avec qui es-tu
?
Maintenant qui le sait
L’amour va et vient.

Et si tu revenais
Si je me souvenais
Maintenant qui le sait
Ce soir....un nouveau printemps

Je vois une illusion de ton vêtement bleu
Le long du lac nous n’allons plus
Sais-tu qu’un souvenir console
Un beau sourire et puis cet air sombre
Tu riais de ma peur
Et je t’ai laissé partir seule

Maintenant

Ce vêtement bleu est un fantôme
Notre bord de lac n’existe plus
Apporte-moi
Le printemps
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La main dans la main, traverser les boulevardsLes yeux dans les yeux comme un roman de gare
J’ai toujours sur moi, un pola de toi.

Marcher sous la pluie avec toi dans la nuit
C’est pas un problème, dis moi juste «
je t’aime
»
Les bijoux, les fleurs, je vois la vie en couleur.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.

Quand viendra le jour où tu ne seras plus là
Tu sais mon amour j’aurai toujours sur moi.
Tu sais devines quoi? Un pola de toi.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble a ça.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.

English translation :

ROMANTIC NOVEL

Hand in hand, crossing the boulevards
Eye to eye, like in a romantic novel
I always have on me, a polaroid of you.

Walking in the rain with you in the night
It's not a problem, just tell me “I love you”
The jewels, the flowers, I see life in color.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

When the day comes when you will no longer be here
You know, my love, I will always have on me
You know, guess what, a polaroid of you.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

Tout était beau, tout était bleu, du ciel jusqu'à ses yeux
Tout s'est passé en un instant, comme un jeu d'enfant

Je n'avais rien connu de mieux, mon amoureux
Cœurs légers, baisers hors du temps, mon bel amant

Rêve éveillé, cheveux au vent
Et se cacher comme un jeu d'enfant

Sans un mot, nous faisions tous deux l'amour en feu
Non, plus rien n'était important, aussi brûlant

La fin de l'été c'est déchirant
Pour tout oublier comme un jeu d'enfant

Son regard glissa peu à peu comme un adieu
Les garçons ne sont pas sérieux à 17 ans
Comme un jeu d'enfant...
English translation :
LIKE A CHILDREN’S GAME

Everything was beautiful, everything was blue, from heaven to his eyes

Everything happened in a moment like a children’s game

I’d never known anything better, my love

Light hearts, timeless kisses, my beautiful lover

Dreams wide awake, hair blowing in the wind

And hiding like a children’s game

Without a word, we made love, we were on fire

No, nothing was as important anymore,

The end of summer is heartbreaking

Forgetting everything, like a children’s game

His gaze slipped slowly away like a goodbye

Boys of 17 are not serious

Like a children’s game …

J’ai grandi seule, loin de toi, sans père sans reprocheJ’ai poussé droit, sans tuteur, ignorant mes racines
J’ai plié sans céder, le cœur pris dans la roche
Plantée comme cette épée attendant un signe

Je voudrais te dire que je t’aime
J’aurais dû crier ton absence
J’aurais pu verser dans la haine
ou l’indifférence.
Quand ma mère gardait le silence
Sur ton nom, ton existence même
Elle protégeait mon innocence
Cette promesse lointaine

Elle n’a gardé qu’une photo comme preuve du passé
Qu’elle n’a jamais exhumé comme tu l’avais souhaité
Je sais maintenant d’où je viens, où te retrouver

Je voudrais te dire que je t’aime
J’aurais dû crier ton absence
J’aurais pu verser dans la haine
ou indifference.
Je ne comprenais pas sa gène
Pourquoi elle gardait le silence
Sur ton nom et ton requiem
Pourquoi cette distance
Je voudrais te dire que je t’aime
J’aurais dû crier ton absence
J’aurais pu verser dans la haine
ou indifference.
Je ne comprenais pas sa gène
Pourquoi elle gardait le silence
Sur ton nom et ton requiem
Pourquoi cette distance
Je partirai comme toi dans cette caravane folle
Contempler avec toi ces trésors espagnols…
English translation : I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU

I grew up alone, far from you, without a father, without reproach
I grew up straight, without a guardian, ignorant of my roots
I accepted without giving in, my heart caught in the rock
Planted like this sword waiting for a sign

I would like to tell you that I love you
I should have yelled your absence
I could have slipped into hatred
or indifference.
When my mother kept quiet

About your name, your very existence
She was protecting my innocence
This distant promise

She only kept a photo as proof of the past
That she never exhumed as you wanted
I now know where I come from, where to find you

I would like to tell you that I love you
I should have yelled your absence
I could have slipped into hatred
or indifference.
I could not understand her problem
Why she kept quiet
About your name and your requiem
Why this distance

I would like to tell you that I love you
I should have yelled your absence
I could have slipped into hatred
or indifference

I could not understand her problem
Why she kept quiet
About your name and your requiem
Why this distance

I'll go away like you on this crazy caravan
Contemplate with you these Spanish treasures ...

Life’s become so fragile
now that I care
But I guess that means that I’m
Getting somewhere
Remember the time
Laying in your bedWhen you told me that you loved me
And you stroked my head

And I stared out the open window
I’d even told you
That one night howWords don’t mean a thing
But it’s alright
Cause every time
I open my mouth
And I wanna tell you something
But something else comes out

But do you know that I need you nowI’m trying to tell you but I don’t know how
So much frustration in my
Untidy roomThat you thoughtfully went andGot me a broom
But inside my room
Is a messy mind that isTangled and twisted
And untied

You know that I’m not too organisedI’m trying to be but I don’t have the time
The cement in my headWas making me sinkBut you pulled me up
and it hurts a little less to think
So life’s a little fragile
But I guess it always isWhen you’ve got some sort of reasonThat makes you wanna live
But will you share a bit of the weightI’ve carried it with me for 21 years straight

Let my eyes keep on roamingAs you look the other wayIn the end you know I’m not goingSo we’ll just stay the same
Straight past me and straight aheadAs you tell me what you think I needYou haven’t heard a word I’ve saidJust rehearsed lines that you feed me
Stay with me in silence
I’m trying to tell you what I’m missingAs you tell me nothing is wrongBut how can you see when you don’t listenLook ahead and move along
Stay with me in silenceStay with me, but leave me in silence