I cannot find the translation page I created so I'm just going to put this question here.
So someone is asking on my YouTube channel to translate the Italian lyrics into English for the song Catena. Is there anyone who can double check them for me before I put them up on the video. They are in the Neopolitan dialect. Thanks.
Also, What is a better word to use than chain?
Catena lyrics
Nun mme vuó' bene?
E dimme, comme mmo ppuó' dí?
Tu si' guagliona...
Ll'ammore nun 'o ppuó' capí!
Ch'aggia fá, pe' me è destino...
Pe' st'uocchie belle tanto aggia suffrí?
Pe' me tu si' catena...
Pe' ll'ate si' Maria...
Io perdo 'a vita mia,
Maria! Marí', pe' te!
Tu nun mme dice maje,
maje na parola!...
Dimme na vota sola:
"Te voglio bene"
e po' famme murí!
Tu cante e ride...
e mme turmiente 'a giuventù...
Io mme ne moro,
ma sempe 'a stessa rieste tu!
Mamma chiagne e, a tutte ll'ore,
mme dice: "Figlio, nun 'a penzá cchiù!"
Pe' me tu si' catena...
Dimme na vota sola:
"Te voglio bene"
e po' famme murí!
Catena lyrics English
Don't you love me?
Tell me, you can say it
You are, but a girl...
You cannot understand love
But for me it is our destiny
Oh, those beautiful eyes
How they make me suffer!
For me, you are the chain...
To others you are just Mary
But to me, you are my life
Mary! Mary,
You never say a word to me
Tell me once
I love you
And then I shall die happy
You sing and laugh...
You torment my youth
I wish I was dead
But it's always the same with you
My mother cries and tells me
Do not think of her
For me you are the chain
To others you are just Mary
But to me you are my life,
Mary! Mary
You never say a word to me
Tell me once:
I love you
And then I shall die happy!
