Sunday, May 10, 2020

Stornello dell'estate - Summer Stornello

Pe' te me distruggo d'amore
Bellezza mia
Pe' te butto sangue der core
Ma nun me voi

Se è vero che giù nell’inferno
c’è 'sto calore
dovemo prega’ er Padreterno
de nun c’anna’.

Er letto me diventa 'n bruciore
Co' 'sta callaccia
La smania de baci e d'amore
Più nun ce l'ho
Perché, perché,
Perché più nun me voi

Stornello dell'estate - 1964 Ghigo De Chiara and Ennio Morricone

The lyrics of "Stornello dell'estate" were written by playwright Ghigo De Chiara and set to music by Ennio Morricone for the duo Luisa and Gabriella in 1964. The live version below with Mia Martini is from a 1975 TV special on Martini.

I’m destroying myself over love for you,
my beautiful one.
For you I shed my heart’s blood,
but you don’t want me.

If it’s true that down in hell
there’s this heat,
we must pray Eternal Father
that we don’t go there.

The bed becomes for me a fire pit
with this mugginess.
The yearning for kisses and love
no longer do I have,
because, because
because no more do you want me.

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.