Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Passione

Ivari Ilja - Piano
Moscow 2008

Passione (Tagliaferri/Valente) 1935

Cchiù luntana mme staje,
The further from me you are
cchiù vicina te sento...
The closer to you I feel...
Chisà a chistu mumento
Who knows in this moment
tu a che pienze...che faje!...
what you're thinking...what you're doing!
Tu m'e' miso 'int''e vvene,
You've poured into my veins
nu veleno ch'è doce...
a sweet poison
Comme pesa 'sta croce
How heavy is this cross
ca trascino pe' te!...
that I bear for you!...

Te voglio...te penzo...te chiammo...
I want you...I think of you...I call you...
te veco...te sento...te sonno...
I see you, I hear you, I dream of you...
E' n'anno, 'nce pienze ch'è n'anno
Just think -- it's been a year, a whole year
ca stu'occhie nun ponno cchiù pace truvà!...
That these eyes have known no peace!


E cammino, cammino...
And I walk and walk
ma nun saccio addo' vaco...
But I don't know where I'm going...
I' sto' sempe 'mbriaco
I'm always drunk
e nun bevo maje vino...
though I never drink wine...
Aggio fatto nu vuto
I've made a vow
a' Madonna d'a neve:
to Our Lady of the Snow
si mme passa 'sta freve,
that if this fever passes
oro e perle lle do'...
I'll offer her gold and pearls...

Te voglio...te penzo...te chiammo...
I want you...I think of you...I call you...
te veco...te sento...te sonno...
I see you...I hear you...I dream of you...
E' n'anno, 'nce pienze ch'è n'anno
Just think -- it's been a year, a whole year
ca stu'occhie nun ponno cchiù pace truvà!...
That these eyes have known no peace!