Canzona chien' 'e lagreme,
Canzona mia ca vaje
P' 'o cielo e 'o mare 'e Napule,
Salutala pe' mme!
Sto a 'n'anno fore patria,
Pentito ch' 'a lassaje;
M'addormo pe' sunnarmela;
M' 'a sonno e cchiù pegg' è…

Napule, io voglio a tte!
Io voglio 'o sole e 'o mare 'e casa mia…
Sò comm' 'o figlio c'ha lassata 'a mamma
E chiagne e 'a vasa e 'a chiamma!

Che ffà, si già m'aspettano
Forse 'a galera o 'a morta,
P' 'a 'nfamità 'e 'na femmena,
C' 'a fforza vò accussì?
Basta ca 'st'uocchie 'a vedono,
Pe' 'n'ora, nun me 'mporta!
Basta ca veco Napule!
Basta ca pozzo dì:

"Napule, io voglio a tte!
Nun me canusce cchiù? 'Sta voce è 'a mia;
Sò 'nu figlio ca torna 'mbracci' 'a mamma
E chiagne e 'a vasa e 'a chiamma!"

Napule mio, io voglio a tte!

My song full of tears,
My song that flies
Through the sky and sea of Naples,
Give my regards to my city!
I've been away from my homeland for a year,
Regretting that I left it;
I fall asleep to dream about my land;
I see it in my dreams and it gets worse…

Naples, I want to come back to you!
I want the sun and sea of my land…
I'm like the son who left his mother
And cries and kisses her and calls her!

What should I do if in my homeland,
Maybe, prison or death already waits for me
For the meanness of my woman,
Who, unwittingly, wants it?
It's enough that I see her,
Even for an hour, I don't care!
It's enough that I see Naples!
It's enough that I can say:

"Naples, I want to come back to you!
Don't you recognize me? This is my voice;
I am a son, who returns to his mother's arms,
And cries and kisses her and calls her!"

My Naples, I want to come back to you!