Ungrateful heart | Catarì, Catarì

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

Translation © by Antonio Giuliano

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

Ungrateful heart

Language: English after the Italian - Neapolitan (dialect)

Catarì, Catarì, 
why do you tell me
only words of bitterness,
why only things 
that torment me, Catarì?
Don't forget 
that once I gave you my heart,
Catarì, don't forget!
Catarì, Catarì, why do you 
say these things 
that make me suffer?
You never think of my pain,
you never think of it, 
you don't care.
Ungrateful heart,
you wrenched my life from me
and now it's all over,
you no longer think of me!

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a text in Italian - Neapolitan (dialect) by Alessandro Sisca (1875 - 1940), as Riccardo Cordiferro
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 75