If I see you, my heart starts beating
And I don't know how to make it stop
Because you are .. you are the love
That I only find here
With my open eyes, I tryed to ring you
Day and night (and evening)
And I was watching you without being able(or allowed) to touch you
You dark Malaterra
I would like to stay here forever
Just in order to cuddle you
Those alleys that go down
Like a woman's hair
To kiss you
As if you were my mom
To taste this salt
That I can't find in another city
Tell me why
When I'm with you
I go back to being a child
And I feel the warmth in my soul
I don't make it to understand
If I see you suffer
Malaterra, if they hurt you
I feel like dying
You made lot of people write songs
Even the ones who can't read or play
You made lot of poets come up
Who made everyone sing
And even if I am far away
I am Napolitan
Because I am the son of this sea
I am Malaterra and love
I would like to be here forever
Only watching
When the sun caresses these houses
And the prostitutes fall asleep
This sky there
I don't find it in another city
This moon is covered
And the cold that can't scratch
Before dying
Just make me feel
That this fire doesn't burn the hope
Of these children to grow
You, slave to yourself
A queen to me
Malaterra you are sugared tears
And I know why
Even for me