Carmela mia

Addio Carmè’, dimane aggi”a partí…
                I’ só’ surdato, ‘a Patria aggi”a serví…
                ‘A luntananza nun mme fa scurdá
                ‘e st’uocchie belle fatte pe’ ‘ncantá.
                Tutte sti mise senza mme vedé…
                sarraje sincera comm’io só’ cu te?…
 
                                 Carmè’!
                                 Carmè’!
                                 T’aggi”a lassá
                                 nun c’è che fá…
                                 Carmè’!
                                 Carmè’!
                                 Luntano ‘a te
                                 chi nce pò stá?
 
                                                              II
 
                ‘A fantasia te turmentarrá…
                a tanta cose te farrá penzá.
                Tu si’ gelosa, assaje gelosa ‘e me,
                comm’io geluso sóngo ‘e te, Carmè’!
                ‘Ammore vero nun se pò tradí:
                Sempe ‘a reggina ‘e chistu core si’…
 
                                 Carmè’!
                                 ………….
 
                                                             III
 
                E quanno, sulo, ‘int”o quartiere stó’…
                e ‘a passione turmentá mme vò’,
                suspiro e vaso ‘o cierro tujo Carmè’
                comme si chilli vase ‘e ddesse a te!
                Da ‘o dito, ‘aniello mio, nun t”o levá,
                scriveme sempe…’e me nun te scurdá!
 
                                 Carmè’!
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