Friday, May 8, 2020

L'eco der core - The Echo of the Heart

Canzone de sto core appassionato
Che sospiri pe' lei tutte le pene
Faje senti' cor canto delicato
Sta fiamma che me brucia nelle vene
Di che pe' lei sortanto
Io smanio soffro e canto

Nell'aria dorce e tenera
Assieme cor profumo d'ogni fiore
Porta 'na nota limpida
Co' l'eco de sto core
Che dice co' 'na voce d'incantesimo
Amore, amore, amore

Chitara che m'accordi in Fa minore
Mentre la notte è limpida e stellata
Fa che quest'eco che sussurra amore
Lo senta pure lei la mejo fata
Che dorme fra l'incanto
Mentre sospiro e canto

Nell'aria dorce e tenera
Assieme cor profumo d'ogni fiore
Porta 'na nota limpida
Co' l'eco de sto core
Che dice co' 'na voce d'incantesimo
Amore, amore, amore

Barcarolo romano - 1926 Oberdan Pedrini and Romolo Balzani

"L'eco der core" is one of Romolo Balzani's first songs, which like "Barcarolo romano" became a standard in the canzone romana tradition.

Song of this impassioned heart
that sighs for her all the suffering,
make her feel with delicate singing
this flame that burns in my veins.
Say that for her only
I hunger, I suffer, I sing.

In the sweet and tender air
together with the smell of every flower
is carried a limpid note
with the echo of this heart
that says with a voice of enchantment,
"Love, love, love."

Guitar that accompanies me in F minor
while the night is clear and starry,
make this echo that whispers love
be heard by her, the finest fairy,
who sleeps in the spell
while I sigh and sing.

In the sweet and tender air
together with the smell of every flower
is carried a limpid note
with the echo of this heart
that says with a voice of enchantment,
"Love, love, love."

English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser


Gabriella Ferri was released in 1966, Ferri's first album as a solo artist. About half of the songs are classics from the canzone romana tradition, and the other half were written by Ferri.