I always get a kick out of hearing this old Italian Song and I am trying to learn the lyrics by heart. Does anybody have a link to a video of this song? I have posted both the Italian lyrics and the English ones underneath!

Malafemmina

Si avisse fatto a n'ato
chello ch'e fatto a mme
st'ommo t'avesse acciso,
tu vuò sapé pecché?

Pecché 'ncopp'a sta terra
femmene comme a te
non ce hanna sta pé n'ommo
onesto comme a me!...

Femmena
Tu si na malafemmena
Chist'uocchie 'e fatto chiagnere..
Lacreme e 'nfamità.

Femmena,
Si tu peggio 'e na vipera,
m'e 'ntussecata l'anema,
nun pozzo cchiù campà.

Femmena
Si ddoce comme 'o zucchero
però sta faccia d'angelo
te serve pe 'ngannà...

Femmena,
tu si 'a cchiù bella femmena,
te voglio bene e t'odio
nun te pozzo scurdà...

Te voglio ancora bene
Ma tu nun saie pecchè
pecchè l'unico ammore
si stata tu pe me...

E tu pe nu capriccio
tutto 'e distrutto,ojnè,
Ma Dio nun t'o perdone
chello ch'e fatto a mme!...

WOMAN
If you did to someone else
what you did to me
this man would have killed you
do you want to know why?

Because there should not be
women like you on this world
for a honest man like me!

Woman
You are a bad woman
You made these eyes cry
tears and infamy.

Woman,
You are worse than a viper,
you intoxicated my soul,
I can't live anymore.

Woman
You are as sweet as sugar
but your angel face
is made to deceive...

Woman,
you are the most beautiful woman
I love you and I hate you
I just can't forget about you

I still love you
But you don't know why
because you have been
my only love

And for one fancy of yours
all is lost now
But God won't forgive what you did to me!....

Where did you find this? I never heard it before so it's not really an old favorite of mine. It sounds kinda bleak.:eek:

I used to hear this song a lot as a child and it simply brought back some funny memories for me because my dad would sing it for no real reason. The words in English may sound "bleek" as you put it, but when you hear it sung in the neopolitan dialect, it is a very beautiful song about the pain people feel when a relationship ends.

I did not know : Apparently Toto' composed this song !!
( Toto' was probably the most famous movie comedian a few decades back )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fGxxUwH07k


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cox07V8isFQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o2lFMSnBwk

Here's another clip of Malafemmina.. sung by Lina Sastri - mia cugina! Enjoy! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzkFXLAbDjk