'A cittá 'e pulecenella [English translation]

I will take you from alley to alley

Only you, because you are a friend

And I’ll take you to the quarter where the sun cannot be seen

But you’ll see everything else

And they'll open up the windows

And you’ll understand the beauty of

The City of Pulcinella

How beautiful, how beautiful

(is) the city of Pulcinella!

How beautiful, how beautiful

(is) the city of Pulcinella!

The only thing I regret

Is that the pride of this people

Is being trampled every day

By a bunch of low lives

Who don’t have any conscience

Nor any respect

How can they even sleep

When they’re in bed at night?

In bed, in bed

At night when they’re in bed

In bed, in bed

At night when they’re in bed

Now I’ll take you to Margellina,

Only if you’re not in a hurry,

At around five in the morning

If the traffic permits

Everything is permitted here

Not because you have the right

But because it has always done

Or just in spite of it all

For spite, for spite

Only for spite

For spite, for spite

Only for spite

The only thing I regret

Is that the pride of this people

Is being trampled every day

And has filled us with shame

But there is nothing we can do about it

So we just eat sweets

How sweet and beautiful is the city of Pulecenella!

How sweet and beautiful

(is) the city of Pulcinella

How sweet and beautiful

(is) the city of Pulcinella

I am a musician

And feel fortunate

Singing and playing, Playing and singing

This beautiful serenade

Because I am in love with (this city)

Perhaps it is because I was born here

But look at how beautiful

(is) the city of Pulcinella

How beautiful, how beautiful

(is) the city of Pulcinella

How beautiful, how beautiful

(is) the city of Pulcinella