This house in Posillipo,
This villa smelling of flowers,
What dreams!… I would like
To have a wife.
What a wish! What a caprice
Has taken hold of me!
Why am I feeling
So enamored?
What dreams! What dreams,
This is what has become of my life!
I fall asleep, I wake up happy
With only one thought:
It's so wonderful to have
A love nest
That makes my heart
Happy!
Everything is fascinated around,
Don't cry, my heart!
This dream of love
Will come back to you.
Posillipo, this air,
The smell of the sea,
This all makes you forget
The most bitter torments.
What dreams! What dreams,
This is what has become of my life!
I fall asleep, I wake up happy
With only one thought:
It's so wonderful to have
A love nest
That makes my heart
Happy!
translated by Natalia Chernega