Lyrics - Italian
(Folk song)
’Ndormênzete popin e fa la nana
fa ’n sonetin contenta la tò mama
contenta ’l tò papà e mama ancora
fa ’n sonetin da brào che l’è ora.
L’è ora de polsar e de dormire
fa ’n sonetin e no me far pù dire
l’è ora de dormire e de polsare
fa ’n sonetin e no me far penare.
E no me far penare cossì tanto
sèra i oceti e non far pù pianto
tra urli e zighi e sgninfe mi laòro
se te dormi te sei ’l mé tesoro.
Tesor te sei pù grande de la tera
desmissià te sei pézo de la guera
dormi beato dormi dormi chì
me toca a mi lavar la not e ’l dì.
English Translation - Sleep little one
Go to sleep, little one, and take a nap
Make your mama happy with a little sleep
Make your papa happy and your mama too
Take a nap like a good child, it’s time.
It’s time to rest and to sleep
Take a nap and don’t make me say it again
It’s time to sleep and to rest
Take a nap and don’t make me suffer.
And don’t make me suffer so much
Close your little eyes and don’t cry anymore
Between screams and cries and whimpers I work
If you sleep, you are my treasure.
You are a treasure, bigger than the earth
When you’re awake you’re worse than war
Sleep peacefully, sleep, sleep here
It’s up to me to wash day and night.
See also
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
