Core N'Grato - Carlo Buti w/Translation

"Ungrateful Heart" a Classic Neapolitan Song composed in 1911 by S. Cardillo
My Translation follows:
CORE n'GRATO - by Carlo Buti
Catarì, Catarí...
pecché mm''e ddice sti pparole amare?!
Pecché mme parle e 'o core mme turmiente Catarí'?!
Nun te scurdá ca t'aggio dato 'o core, Catarí'...
Nun te scurdá...
Catarí...
Catarí, che vène a dicere
stu pparlá ca mme dá spáseme?
Tu nun ce pienze a stu dulore mio?!
Tu nun ce pienze, tu nun te ne cure...

Core, core 'ngrato...
T'hê pigliato 'a vita mia!
Tutto è passato...
e nun ce pienze cchiù.

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Caterina, Caterina,
Why do you say these
terrible words to me
Why do you torment me so.

Caterina, I have given you my heart.
Do not forget.
Catarina,
Catarina,
What are you saying?
How can you say the words
that hurt me so?
No you don't care, It doesn't bother you

Heart, ungrateful heart,
you have taken my life
all is gone
and we are no more

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[ramqen951]

I would like to know to which Di Stefano recording others are referring to, he made so many.

[reduxmisc]

There are several versions by GDS on YT

I suspect they are referring to the one

posted by KUNI0417

Core N' Grato is very popular and has been done by many singers. Which is the "best" is really a matter of opinion.

Buti's is more quiet and introspective. Others are more dramatic or passionate.

one version does not negate another.. it's just how it moves YOU.

[sabhti]

Me encanta,adoro la canción napolitana,es de un sentimiento total...Bellisima!!,5*,Isabel.

[fezzorama]

@klokheten This is simply the most beautiful version of this song I have ever heard.Passion? No more passion can be mustered that this performance.,I have hear several of the other versions you have mentioned as passionate and soulful and none compares to Buti's version.I heard lot of screaming and self indulgent perfomances.No one can sing this like Buti.Period.The Golden voice of velvet.It is soothing,soulful,passionate and most important,Beautiful.

[bernalor1]

This song is exactly 100 years old. It was composed in 1911 by S. Cardillo

[alludaangel]

Sublime rendition, sublime voice!

[mikekui]

All I know is that I've never heard it done in a more "heart-rending" manner than in this recording. The passion of the others, including Pavarotti and Bocelli, is alright and powerful, but THIS recording actually tells the story that the words say. Bravo!!

[theirisher]

Beautiful rendition. It is a shame the original recording was so ill served by the phony echo effects though. Still, a nice example of Buti's exquisite phrasing and "in the moment" singing. In many ways he was Italy's precursor to our own Frank Sinatra.

[bajobaritonoAH]

is there any bass singing  core'n grato.....please let me know...thanks

[giovannigajo]

Carlo Buti è un grande cantante melodico da rivalutare

[erial80]

Para cantar canciones napolitanas en DIALECTO napolitano se debe ser napolitano: Carlo Buti era florentino. Excelente su versión...si se tiene presente lo dicho.

Talvez valiera la pena escuchar a dos 'antiguos': Enrico Caruso (napuletano) y Riccardo Stracciari...pero, es cuestión de gustos.

Erial80

[justice3280]

one of the best!!!

Thanks for posting

[klokheten]

Maybe the most congenial way to sing this phenomenal song. If you need more passion and soul there is always Franco Corelli,Giuseppe di Stefano,Mario del Monaco and more recently Francesco Valpa.