Max Manfredi — Caterina song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Caterina" by Max Manfredi.

Lyrics

Caterina e' una ragazza, una ragazza che da' sul mare
Abita in una piazza, in una casa tutta da sposare
Caterina e una ragazza che ti fa innamorare
Quando passa sulla terrazza sotto la luce del temporale
E nei giorni di sole prende il fresco sull’altana
Col vestito leggero di seta indiana
Una di queste sere era li al davanzale
Una di queste notti saliro' le sue scale
Caterina ha paura, in una notte di bufera
Aggrappata alla finestra ha visto la Dama Nera
Ha vista la Dama Nera, ha vista la Dama Viola
Caterina non ha voglia di dormire da sola
La settimana santa legano le campane
Come legano i cani di case lontane
I miei piedi sono stanchi di questi rioni
Dove abbraccio i lampioni invece dei suoi fianchi
Amore mio, che strano tenersi quasi a bada
Ritrovarsi per strada quando non c’e piu' strada
Amore mio, che strano cadere addormentati
E perdersi di vista rimanendo abbracciati
Come la sentinella di un' «alba» medievale
II camion della rumenta ci veniva a svegliare
Una di queste sere stendeva il maestrale
Una di queste notti dormiro' nel suo sale
Se mi assiste fortuna, se il destino e' contento
Sbattero' nella sua notte come un lenzuolo al vento
L 'altra sera ho venduto per andarmene al cine
Il mio fuoco di paglia e la mia casa di spine
Sono entrato che il film era quasi finito
Chi baciavi nel buio, non I’ho mica capito
Se era solo un amico, se era il volto di un dio
Vuoi vedere che invece chi baciavi era io?

Lyrics translation

Caterina is a girl, a girl who gives on the sea
Lives in a square, in a house all to marry
Catherine and a girl that makes you fall in love
When it passes on the terrace under the light of the thunderstorm
And on sunny days it takes the cool on the altana
With light Indian silk dress
One of these nights was there at the windowsill
One of these nights, I'm gonna climb his stairs.
Catherine is afraid, on a stormy night
Clinging to the window saw the Black Lady
He saw the Black Lady, he saw the Purple Lady
Catherine does not want to sleep alone
Holy Week tie the bells
How do dogs from distant houses tie
My feet are tired of these wards
Where I embrace the lampposts instead of his hips
My love, what a strange thing to keep at bay
Find yourself on the street when there's no way
My love, how strange to fall asleep
And get out of sight by being hugged
Like the Watchtower of a medieval "Dawn"
The rumenta truck was coming to wake us up.
One of these nights he was laying out the maestrale
One of these nights, I'll sleep in his room.
If I'm lucky, if fate is happy
I'll crash into his night like a sheet in the wind
The other night I sold to go to the cinema
My fire of straw and my house of thorns
I entered that the film was almost finished
I didn't understand who you were kissing in the dark.
If he was just a friend, if he was the face of a God
You want to see that I was the one you were kissing?