Recently, I learned some famous verses from my general education class. One of the verses impressed me so much is the Italy verse called “Funiculi-Funicula.” The reason why I am so interested in this song is that its’ lyrics are so funny, and I am familiar with this Italy verse since I was young. Therefore, I browsed the Internet to find some information which concerned this song and its composers the day before yesterday.
Unlike other verses, this famous song has two composers and their positions are widely divergent. One is a composer-Luigi Denza; however, the other is a journalist-Peppino Turco. What a strange team they are! Moreover, this song was composed to commemorate the opening of the first funicular cable car on Mount Vesuvius. They can not know that their song could be so popular for hundreds of years. Rumor has it that a composer heard this song and he really loved this melody, so he used part of this song into his symphony. Unfortunately, this song has its copyright, at the consequence, he was charged with invading the right. Eventually, he paid for a large amount of money to solve this problem. Following is the lyrics in English version:
Yesterday evening, O Nannina [short for Carolina], I climbed up,
Do you know where?
To where an ungrateful heart can no longer vex me!
Where a fire is burning, but if you flee
It lets you be.
It doesn't chase you, doesn't melt you, with just one glance!
Let's go, let's go, let's go to the top,
Let's go, let's go, let's go to the top,
Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà!
Let's go to the top, Funiculì, funiculà!
Let's go from here below up to the mountain, O Nannina, a step away!
You can see France, Procida, and Spain,
And I see you!
You rise, pulled by a cable, quick as a wink
into the sky.
We'll rise up like the wind all of a sudden knows how to do!
Let's go , let's go, let's go to the top,
Let's go, let's go, let's go to the top,
Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà!
Let's go to the top, Funiculì, funiculà!
My brain has gone up there, O Nannina, has gone up there already!
It got there, turned around, and then returned:
It's always here!
My mind is turning, turning, around and round,
Encircling you!
This heart of mine is always singing
the same refrain:
"Marry me, O Nannina"!
Let's go, let's go, let's go to the top,
Let's go, let's go, let's go to the top,
Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà!
Let's go to the top, Funiculì, funiculà!
As we can see, the lyrics of this song are so interesting enough! It describes a man went to take the cable car after he had some quarrel with his girl friend. Then, once he stepped upon the top of this mountain, he saw everything France, Procida, and Spain; most important of all, he thought of his girl friend. Abruptly, everything changed in his mind. He wanted to marry his girl friend and leaded the happy lives ever after. What a funny story it was! Maybe the chief cause of this change is the magnificent scenery under the top of the mountain. He threw all the pressure behind him and wanted to seize the perfect thing which he had in his life.
I want to share this song for all of you, and hope you can like this song as much as I do.
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