24.10.2017
Vomero and Mergellina
You live in a house in Vomero,I live in Mergellina.
You sleep under the trees,
I sleep on the seacoast.
With creepers and ivy
Is entwined your bed.
I lie on the fine sand
And a rock is my pillow.
Let's get married! Let's get married!
'Cause if this marriage
Is united by love,
I'll see you on Vomero
From the seacoast of Mergellina.
You hear how the birds sing
In the gardens.
I hear from Posillipo
The sounds of guitars and mandolins.
If with joy and melancholy
San Martino looks at you,
I hear the Vesuvius
That whistles to me.
Let's get married! Let's get married!
'Cause if this marriage
Is united by love,
My beauty, from the Vomero
You'll see me in Mergellina.
You say: 'From Vomero
The sky is bluer'.
I say: 'The sea of Naples
Is the feast of all parties!'
And if on the trees
The leaves whisper to you,
From the untroubled sea
The boats and waves sing for me.
Let's get married! Let's get married!
'Cause if this marriage
Gives us two children,
A son will be named Vomero,
A daughter will be named Mergellina.
Thanks a lot for your attention!
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