Soggu soru senza un cani chi mi possia cunsurà,
I am alone with not even a dog to comfort me,
soggu in zercha d'un amori chi aggiu auddu tempu fa.
I’m looking for a love that I had a while ago.
Ma una luzi vegg'azzesa, m'avvizinu p'abbaiddà,
But I see a light on, so I get close to watch
e una bozi a l'imprubisu m'è dizendi: via di qua!
and a voice of a sudden tells me: “out of here!”
E lu pinsamentu meu vora pianu finza a te;
And my thought is flying slowly until it reaches you;
abbrazzaddi e ippassizendi cantu zi vurìami bè.
hugging and strolling, how much we loved each other.
Mi jurabi pa la vidda: no ti possu mai lassà;
You swore on your life: I could never leave you;
in un lampu sei ipparidda, soru un sognu pari abà.
in a flash, you disappeared; now you’re just a dream for me.
Aggiu in cabbu tanti cosi chi no soggu cosa fà,
I have so many things on my mind that I don't know what to do,
a dugnunu i la carrera eu mi pongu a dumandà:
down the street, I’m asking everybody:
si pai casu la vididdi mi dividdi d'avvisà.
if by chance you see her, you must let me know.
Pregu sempri a la Madonna chi mi la fozzia abbrazzà.
I always pray to Our Lady to make me embrace her.
Ma lu pinsamentu meu vora pianu finza a te
But my thought is flying slowly until it reaches you;
abbrazzaddi e ippassizendi cantu zi vurìami bè.
hugging and strolling, how much we loved each other.
Mi jurabi pa la vidda: no ti possu mai lassà;
You swore on your life: I could never leave you;
torra, torra, amori meu, no ti possu immintiggà.
come back, come back, my love, I can’t forget you.
Ma lu pinsamentu meu vora pianu finza a te
But my thought is flying slowly until it reaches you;
abbrazzaddi e ippassizendi cantu zi vurìami bè.
hugging and strolling, how much we loved each other.
Mi jurabi pa la vidda: no ti possu mai lassà;
You swore on your life: I could never leave you;
torra, torra, amori meu, no ti possu immintiggà.
come back, come back, my love, I can’t forget you.