One of my favorite opera song is Caruso, which was composed by Lucio Dalla. It said that Caruso is a tribute to Enrico Caruso, an Italian opera tenor which which is said to be lived a life that not so happy as how his name was greatly respected as an opera artist.
Caruso – if I may say – is a simple history and love song about someone whose life reached its end and tried to regain back all memories and straighten all hopes that left into a single charming melody.
The song was sold in more than 20 million copies all over the world in many albums, including the version that sung by Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli and also Josh Groban. So it is a well known song, that loved by many people around the globe.
Qui dove il mare luccica
e tira forte il vento
su una vecchia terrazza davanti al golfo di Surriento
un uomo abbraccia una ragazza
dopo che aveva pianto
poi si schiarisce la voce e ricomincia il canto:Te voglio bene assai
ma tanto tanto bene sai
è una catena ormai
che scioglie il sangue dint’e vene sai…Vide le luci in mezzo al mare
pensò alle notti là in America
ma erano solo le lampare
e la bianca scia di un’elica
sentì il dolore nella musica
si alzò dal pianoforte
ma quando vide la luna uscire da una nuvola
gli sembrò più dolce anche la morte.
Guardò negli occhi la ragazza
quegli occhi verdi come il mare
poi all’improvviso uscì una lacrima
e lui credette di affogare.Te voglio bene assai
ma tanto tanto bene sai
e’ una catena ormai
e scioglie il sangue dint’e vene sai…La potenza della lirica
dove ogni dramma e’ un falso
che con un po’ di trucco e con la mimica
puoi diventare un altro
Ma due occhi che ti guardano
così vicini e veri
ti fanno scordare le parole
confondono i pensieri.Così diventò tutto piccolo
anche le notti là in America
ti volti e vedi la tua vita
come la scia di un’elica.Ah si, e’ la vita che finisce
ma lui non ci pensò poi tanto
anzi si sentiva felice
e ricominciò il suo canto:Te voglio bene assai
ma tanto tanto bene sai
e’ una catena ormai
che scioglie il sangue dint’e vene sai…
Te voglio bene assai
ma tanto tanto bene sai
e’ una catena ormai
che scioglie il sangue dint’e vene sai…
And here is the English translation…
and a strong wind blows,
on an old terrace overlooking the gulf of Sorrento,
a man holds a little girl in his arms
after he’s been crying.
He clears his throat and sings the song again.I love you so much;
so very much, you know.
It’s a bond, now,
you know, that thaws the blood in the veins.He looked at the lights, out at sea,
and thought about the nights in America.
But they were only the lamps of fishing boats
and the white of wake.
He felt the pain of the music.
He got up from the piano,
but when he saw the moon come out from behind the clouds
death seemed sweeter to him.
He looked into the little girl’s eyes –
those eyes as green as the sea,
then suddenly a tear fell
and he thought he was drowning.I love you so much;
so very much, you know.
It’s a bond, now,
you know, and it thaws the blood in the veins.The power of opera!
where every drama is a sham;
where, with a little bit of make-up and mimicry,
you can become someone else.
But two eyes that look at you,
so close and so real,
make you forget the script,
confounding your thoughts.
And so everything became insignificant,
including the nights in America.
You look back and see your life
like the wake [of the boats].
Ah yes! Life is ending,
but he wasn’t worried about it any more.
Instead he felt happy
and began to sing the song again.I love you so much;
so very much, you know.
It’s a bond, now,
you know, that thaws the blood in the veins.
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