TARANTA

(lyrics: M. Durante / music: L. Einaudi, M. Durante)

 

[en]

 

io tegnu nu tormentu intra lu piettu

ca me consuma e nu se ferma mai

me tremula la terra sutta li peti

nu c’è mai fine pe lu miu cadire

quiddhu ca mangiu nu tene sapore

pe mie nu c’è chiui luce ne culore

la gente sapia comu t’i curare

ci lu tou male se chiama’ taranta

e osce ca li tempi hannu cangiati

ci è ca po sentire lu miu dulore

e ci me porta l’acqua pe sanare

a ci chiedu la grazia pe guarire

nu sacciu ci è taranta ca me tene

ma nu me lassa e me face mpaccire

ci è taranta nu me abbandunare

ci balli sulu nu te puei curare

ci e’ taranta lassala ballare

ci e’ malencunia cacciala fore

I hold anguish in my chest
This is killing me and never stops
The ground is trembling under my feet
There’s no stopping me falling
What I eat has no taste
for me there is no more light nor color
People knew how you had to cure yourself
If your ilness was called taranta
And now that time have changed
Who can feel my pain
Who brings me the water to cure
Who shall I ask to grant me recovery
I don’t know if it’s taranta that got me
But it doesn’t let me and makes me crazy
If it’s taranta don’t let me down
If you dance alone you cannot heal
If it’s taranta let her dance
If it’s melancholy throw it out