Tanto pe' cantà [English translation]

It’s a song without a title,

just to sing, to do something.

It’s nothing extraordinary,

is something of our country

that you can sing even without voice,

the health is enough.

If you have health, you have everything,

with just health and a pair of new shoes

you can travel all over the world…

and I accompany myself alone.

To make life less bitter

I’ve bought a guitar

and when the sun sets and dies

I feel my heart is a singer.

My voice is little but tuned,

It’s no use to serenade

but only to make me able

to have a dream early in the evening.

Just to sing

because I feel a thrill in my heart

Just to dream

Because a flower is blooming in my bosom

A lilac flower

that brings me back to my first love

who sighed while singing my songs

and made me crazy with her lies.

Beautiful, passionate songs

that remind me of my Rome,

sang just for spite

but with a yearning heart,

I don’t sing you in full voice,

but all my soul is serene

and when the sky fades in colour

nobody falls in love with me.

Just to sing

because I feel a thrill in my heart

Just to dream

Because a flower is blooming in my bosom

A lilac flower

that brings me back to my first love

who sighed while singing my songs

and made me crazy with her lies.

Just to sing

because I feel a thrill in my heart

Just to dream

Because a flower is blooming in my bosom

A lilac flower

that brings me back to my first love

who sighed while singing my songs

and made me crazy with her lies.

• Artist:Nino Manfredi