"'O Sole Mio" was composed by Eduardo Di Capua in 1898 and is referred to as a Neapolitan song. Neapolitan songs were written for the Festival of Piedigrotta in Naples, Italy. Di Capua set the music to the poem by Giovanni Capurro.
One of the most popular versions of the song is "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley.
Here are the Neapolitan Italian lyrics:
Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e sole,
n'aria serena doppo na tempesta!
Pe' ll'aria fresca pare già na festa...
Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e sole.
Ma n'atu sole
cchiù bello, oje ne'.
O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!
O sole
O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!
sta 'nfronte a te!
Quanna fa notte e 'o sole se ne scenne
me vene quase 'na malincunia;
sotto 'a fenesta toia restarria
quanno fa notte e 'o sole se ne scenne.
Ma n'atu sole
cchiù bello, oje ne'.
O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!
O sole
O sole mio
sta 'nfronte a te!
sta 'nfronte a te!
I know that it is probably not easy to read, but that's because the Neapolitan dialect is a little...informal. Also, some of the words are definitely a little different from regular Italian. For instance, in lines 1 and 4, the word "jurnata" is really "giornata." In the Italian language, there is no "j" in the alphabet.
Anyway, here is an English translation:
What a wonderful thing a sunny day
The serene air after a thunderstorm
The fresh air, and a party is already going on...
What a wonderful thing a sunny day.
But another sun,
that's brighter still
It's my own sun
that's in your face!
The sun, my own sun
It's in your face!
It's in your face!
When night comes and the sun has gone down,
I start feeling blue;
I'd stay below your window
When night comes and the sun has gone down.
But another sun,
that's brighter still
It's my own sun
that's in your face!
The sun, my own sun
It's in your face!
It's in your face!
The song was really made popular by Luciano Pavarotti, a famous Italian opera singer. The Italian tenor pop group Il Volo recorded a cover of the song two years ago.
[Source: IlVoloVevo on YouTube]
It's a beautiful song, isn't it? If you search for it on iTunes, so many different versions appear. Andrea Bocelli, Bryan Adams, Luciano Pavarotti...the list is endless!
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