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Ok.  This isn't completely Italian, but it is my favorite song of all time.

 

VOLARE ( TO FLY)
Pienso que un sueño parecido no volverá más
I think that a similar dream will never return
Y me pintaba las manos y la cara de azul
and I was painting of blue my hands and my face
Y de improviso el viento rapido me llevó
and suddenly the speedy wind lifted me up
Y me hizo a volar en el cielo infinito
and made me fly in the infinite sky

Volare, oh oh, cantare, oh oh oh oh
to fly oh oh to sing oh oh oh oh
Nel blu dipinto di blu, felice di stare lassù (that's Italian...)
In the blue painted of blue , glad to stay on there.

Y volando, volando feliz
and by flying,by happily flying
Yo me encuentro más alto, más alto que el sol
I find myself higher, higher than the sun
Y mienstras que el mundo se aleja despacio de mi
and while the world moves far away from me
Una musica dulce se ha tocada solo para mi
a sweet music it's played only for me
 

And now the real version by Domenico Modugno

 

Album: -  Genre: Ballad; Released:1958
So far, this song is the only record from an Italian artist that peaked #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was presented at the 1958 Sanremo Music Festival and won the contest. From this moment on, the song achieved a lot of popularity. It is best known as Volare (“To fly”) and talks about the feeling a man has when he is with his lover. An English version of the lyrics was written by Mitchell Parish. “Volare” peaked the top of the charts around the world and was translated into various languages: Russian, French, Spanish, Belgian, Finnish. In USA, the song spent five weeks in the #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

 

Penso che un sogno così non ritorni mai più:                                    I think that a dream like that won’t never return
mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu,                                            I painted my hands and my face with blue
poi d’improvviso venivo dal vento rapito                                          Then suddenly, I was taken by the wind 
e incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito…                                     And I began to fly in the endless sky…

Volare… oh, oh!…                                                                      Flying….oh oh…     
cantare… oh, oh, oh, oh!                                                               singing…oh oh oh oh!
nel blu, dipinto di blu,                                                                     In the blue sky, painted in blue,  
felice di stare lassù.                                                                      so glad to be there

E volavo volavo felice più in alto del sole ed ancora più su,             And I was flying and flying, happily higher than the sun and more
mentre il mondo pian piano spariva lontano laggiù,                         While the world was slowly disappearing so far away
una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me…                                A sweet music was singing only for me   

Volare… oh, oh!…                                                                     Flying….oh oh…   
cantare… oh, oh, oh, oh!                                                             singing…oh oh oh oh!   
nel blu, dipinto di blu,                                                                   In the blue sky, painted in blue,   
felice di stare lassù.                                                                    so glad to be there

Ma tutti sogni nell’alba svaniscon perché,                                     But all the dreams fall away in the rise because
quando tramonta, la luna li porta con sé,                                       The moon brings them away when it falls
Ma io continuo a sognare negli occhi tuoi belli,                              But I’m still dreaming in your beautiful eyes  
che sono blu come un cielo trapunto di stelle.                                That are blue like the sky painted with stars


Volare… oh, oh!…                                                                       Flying….oh oh… 
cantare… oh, oh, oh, oh!                                                               singing…oh oh oh oh!                                                          
nel blu degli occhi tuoi blu,                                                             In the blue sky of your blue eyes,

felice di stare quaggiù.                                                                  so glad to be there  

E continuo a volare felice più in alto del sole ed ancora più su,       And I don’t stop flying happily higher than the sun and more
mentre il mondo pian piano scompare negli occhi tuoi blu,              While the world is slowly disappearing in your blue eyes  
la tua voce è una musica dolce che suona per me…                      Your voice is a sweet music that sings for me 

Volare… oh, oh!…                                                                      Flying….oh oh…                                                                 
cantare… oh, oh, oh, oh!                                                              singing…oh oh oh oh!
 
nel blu degli occhi tuoi blu,                                                             In the blue sky of your blue eyes,
felice di stare quaggiù.                                                                  so glad to be there

Nel blu degli occhi tuoi blu,                                                             In the blue sky of your blue eyes,
felice di stare quaggiù,                                                                   so glad to be there
con te!                                                                                          with you