Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Addio...addio by Domenico Modugno from Italian to English.
Pigghiate ci te pare
Take whoever you want
Si vo' te spesi
If you want to spend
Però nun ti pigghiari
But don't take
'Na donna riccia
A curly woman
Cu ricci e ricciteddi
With curls and little curls
Issa t'incanta
She enchants you
Però dopo du' misi
But after two months
Voli te pianta
You want to leave
Picchè da ogni ricciu
Because from every curl
Ti caccia 'nu capricciu
Comes a whim
La donna riccia nun la vogliu, no
I don't want a curly woman, no
Picchè da ogni ricciu
Because from every curl
Ti caccia 'nu capricciu
Comes a whim
La donna riccia nun la vogliu, no
I don't want a curly woman, no
La donna riccia nun la vogliu, no
I don't want a curly woman, no
Prima o le ti vasa poi le ti lassa
First she kisses you, then she leaves you
Nun ci capisci nenti
You don't understand anything
È comu matassa
It's like a tangle
Te mbrigghia e poi te sbrigghia
She entices you and then rushes you
C'è cu 'mpazzisci
You go crazy
Però si te carizza tu t'addurmisci
But if she caresses you, you fall asleep
Picchè da ogni ricciu
Because from every curl
Ti caccia 'nu capricciu
Comes a whim
La donna riccia nun la vogliu, no
I don't want a curly woman, no
Picchè da ogni ricciu
Because from every curl
Ti caccia 'nu capricciu
Comes a whim
La donna riccia nun la vogliu, no
I don't want a curly woman, no
La donna riccia nun la vogliu, no
I don't want a curly woman, no
Poi la encontrai
Then I met her
E ni parlai
And I spoke to her
Ni dissi, 'Sienti bedda mia, te vogliu bene
I said, 'Listen, my beautiful, I love you
De ricciu e de capricciu nun me ne importa niente
I don't care about curls and whims
Torna mia'
Come back to me'
Nun posa che me guarda manco en faccia
You can't even look me in the face
Mamma mia che maledetta
My goodness, how cursed
Pigghiate ci te pare
Take whoever you want
Si vo' te spesi
If you want to spend
Però nun ti pigghiari
But don't take
'Na donna riccia
A curly woman
Cu ricci e ricciteddi
With curls and little curls
Issa t'incanta
She enchants you
Però dopo du' misi
But after two months
Voli te pianta
You want to leave
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