Calypso italiano [English translation]

Calypso ay! Calypso ay! Calypso italiano!

Calypso si! Calypso si! Calypso siciliano!

Do you know that a little wind of madness

blew throughout all of Italy?

In the streets, people dance wildly

to tunes that came from the West Indies.

Calypso ay! Calypso ay! Calypso italiano!

Calypso si! Calypso there! Calypso siciliano!

Mothers doing laundry

wear vividly colored scarves,

calling out in a placid tone:

"My doudou! My bird of the islands!"

Calypso ay! Calypso ay! Calypso italiano!

Calypso si! Calypso there! Calypso siciliano!

The suitor who wants to please his piccina

no longer comes to play for her on the mandolin.

She prefers to barcarolles

the beats of Creole songs.

Calypso ay! Calypso ay! Calypso italiano!

Calypso si! Calypso si! Calypso siciliano!

But one day this little wind of madness

will blow far away from Italy

carrying to distant islands

a thousand serenades from Neapolitan women.

Calypso ay! Calypso ay! Calypso italiano!

Calypso si! Calypso oh! Si-ci-li-a-no!

• Artist:Dalida
• Album:Come prima (1957)