La tarantella [English translation]

Let's go to the seacoast to see

While the full moon shines,

The night seems to be the morning,

The fishermen of Mergellina

Gather round you with the lively

The tarantella, the tarantella!

Gather round you with the lively

Tarantella, tarantella!

E tiritùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete

Ttùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete - ttù...

E tiritùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete

La tarantella la llara lla llá....

A man and a woman go to the middle,

The people comes to make a circle,

But with slyness, the fisherman

In dance flirts with her.

It's not only the joyous

Tarantella, tarantella!

It's not only the joyous

The tarantella, the tarantella!

E tiritùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete

Ttùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete - ttù...

E tiritùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete

La tarantella la llara lla llá....

He invites her, she's obstinate,

Now she is rude, now she is jealous,

Now they are at quarrel, now they are at war,

Then they kneel and make peace.

Gentle, pure and beautiful is

The tarantella, the tarantella!

Gentle, pure and beautiful is

The tarantella, the tarantella!

E tiritùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete

Ttùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete - ttù...

E tiritùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete

La tarantella la llara lla llá....

Ah, I also would like to be a seaman

And this merriment that is so fine,

In Chiaia, what a pleasure,

We'll arrange every evening!

Then you'll see if beautiful is

The tarantella, the tarantella!

Then you'll see if beautiful is

The tarantella, the tarantella!

E tiritùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete

Ttùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete - ttù...

E tiritùppete - ttùppete - ttùppete

La tarantella la llara lla llá....

• Artist:Amália Rodrigues