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by Giambattista de Curtis (1860 - 1926)

Torna 'a surriento
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect) 
Our translations:  SPA
Vide 'o mare quant'è bello!
spira tanta sentimento...
Comme tu, a chi tiene mente,
ca, scetato, 'o faje sunná!

Guarda guá' chisti ciardine,
siente sié' sti sciure 'arancio...
nu prufumo accussí fino,
dint''o core se ne va...

E tu dice: "Io parto, addio!"
T'alluntane da stu core...
Da la terra de ll'ammore,
tiene 'o core 'e nun turná?!

Ma nun mme lassá,
nun darme stu turmiento...
Torna a Surriento:
famme campá!...

Vide 'o mare de Surriento
che tesore tene 'nfunno:
Chi ha girato tutt''o munno,
nun ll'ha visto comm'a ccá!

Guarda, attuorno, sti Ssirene
ca te guardano 'ncantate
e te vònno tantu bene:
Te vulessero vasá!...

E tu dice: "Io parto, addio!"
T'alluntane da stu core...
Da la terra de ll'ammore,
tiene 'o core 'e nun turná?!

Ma nun mme lassá,
nun darme stu turmiento...
Torna a Surriento:
famme campá!...

Text Authorship:

  • by Giambattista de Curtis (1860 - 1926) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Ernesto de Curtis (1875 - 1937), "Torna 'a surriento" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "¡Vuelve a Sorrento!", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Robert Uomini

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-06
Line count: 32
Word count: 140

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