E allora? [English translation]

In the summertime, on a tram to Posìllipo

A gracious thing happened to me a year ago:

The tram was full, in the front, in the middle and in the back, when in Via Partènope, a lady entered.

And than?

And I told her immediately

"Lady, sit down!"

She replied: "Don't get up, if we squeeze, we can fit, if we squeeze, there will be place for me..."

And almost on top of him,

in his arms,

the lady sat.

And than?

And, there in the corner, I squeezed a bit more...

she laughed and then looked at me, her legs crossed...

I sighed cause I've seen both of her bare legs, oh, How Ceaser sighed for sake of a lady!

And than?

And I said: Are you from Naples? " " No, I'm from Milan! "

"You are staying here, surely!" "No, I'm leaving tomorrow...

I would like to see Frìsio, I haven't seen it yet..." "If you want, I can..." "Oh thank you"

And the lady took stood up!

And than?

And later, I remembered that people in the tram were watcing, I said:

"Lady,

let's go out... "

And I took a cab for 20 lira per hour...

And we went to Frisio,

me and the lady,

alone!

And than?

And now, without scrupulous, throw me...

But she naively said to me: "oh, that's not yet... First we go to Frisio, we eat and, at good time ...

I'm at the Hotel Vesuvio, you accompany me...

and than..."

And than?

And now I screwed up quickly, "out of necessity, virtue..."

But in Frisio we spent more than 200 lire.

We came back, imagine, I was with my eyes out...

Until, at the Hotel Vesuvio, I went down with the lady...

And than?

And here comes the hilarious thing that as I walked

She would introduce me to all of them: "May I introduce you to my husband!"

She had completely fooled me, like a real jerk ...

And we ended up inside the room, and the lady sat down!

And than?

And then, just as I was about to hug her, someone knocked.

"Who can be so shameless, it's not a good time..."

A waiter in a tuxedo, with lady's bill!

And than?

And then we looked at each other curiously, all of us...

She took the bill and... "Total: 2083 lire"

Thinking it was a joke, I said: "It's not the time"

And the waiter said:

Excuse me,

sir, ma'am!"

And than?

And than she said:" You're stupid!" but how am I stupid, ma'am:

one hundred lire for the taxi, two hundred for lunch ...

Two thousand and more for the room ... And that's for starters!

The Bank of Naples is needed here, dear lady!

And now...?

And now, without adding an "i" or an "a",

I took the hat and quickly got down from there ...

I found a taxi: "Chauffeur, the Flora pension!"

And I ended up finding Amelia, who was still waiting for me ...

And now...?

And now I got the proof of a great truth:

That the old way, for the new, must never be changed!

• Artist:Roberto Murolo