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by Alessandro Sisca (1875 - 1940), as Riccardo Cordiferro

Core 'ngrato
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect) 
Our translations:  ENG SPA
Catarì, Catarì, 
pecchè me dici
sti parole amare;
pecchè me parle 
e 'o core me turmiente, Catarì?
Nun te scurdà 
ca t'aggio date 'o core,
Catarì, nun te scurdà!
Catarì, Catarì, che vene 
a dicere stu parlà
ca me dà spaseme?
Tu nun'nce pienze a stu dulore mio,
tu nun'nce pienze, 
tu nun te ne cure.
Core, core 'ngrato,
t'aie pigliato 'a vita mia,
tutt'è passato e
nun'nce pienze cchiù!

Catarì, Catarì
tu nun o saie ca 'nfino int' 'a na chiesa
io so' trasuto e aggio priato a Dio,
Catarì
e ll'aggio ditto pure a 'o cunfessore
I' sto' a suffrì pe chella lla'!
Sto a suffrì, sto a suffrì
nun se po credere
sto' a suffrì tutte li strazie
e 'o cunfessore ch'e' persona santa
m'ha ditto: figlio mio, lassala sta', lassala sta'!

Text Authorship:

  • by Alessandro Sisca (1875 - 1940), as Riccardo Cordiferro [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 Salvatore Cardillo (1874 - 1947), "Core 'ngrato", 1911. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Antonio Giuliano) , title 1: "Ungrateful heart", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , title 1: "Corazón ingrato", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Antonio Giuliano

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 29
Word count: 135

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