Love in Portofino

About Love in Portofino

Love in Portofino is a 1959 song recorded by French singer Dalida, with lyrics in Italian and French language although the name is in English. The song was her minor hit upon its release, but it was soon catched up and covered by several other singers, including Gloria Lasso under the name "A San Cristina", and in instrumental versions by accordionists and conductors. Being embraced by musical intellectuals as masterpiece of Dalida's early repertoire and pop standard of 1950s, it eventually became the symbolic song for the Portofino, to which the it is referred to. More recently, Love in Portofino was covered by Andrea Bocelli in 2013 and was featured on the eponymous album. more »

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2005

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Il y avait à San Cristina
Deux jolis yeux qui s'ennuyaient,
Pourtant les hommes j'imagine
A San Cristina leur souriaient
On aurait dit qu'à San Cristina
Sous le ciel rose de juillet,
Cachés dans l'ombre des colines
De San Cristina ils m'attendaient
C'était la fin de mes vacances,
Mais quand ils ont croisé les liens
Dans ces yeux là j'ai vu d'avance
Que le bonheur me disait : viens?
Et le soir même à San Cristina
On a pu voir sous le ciel bleu,
Bercés par la brise marine
De San Cristina, deux amoureux !

Il y avait à San Cristina
Un vieux clocher qui s'ennuyaient
De ne sonner que les mâtines
Quand San Cristina se réveillait
Mais après cette nuit divine
On l'entendit sonner un jour
Même jusqu'aux villes voisines
De San Cristina pour notre amour
Je vois la mariée que j'importe
Et le petit chalet de bois
Dont je lui fais franchir la porte
En la tenant entre mes bras?
Si vous passez par San Cristina
Vous verrez que je ne mens pas,
Et que le bonheur compte double
Quand on le trouve à San Cristina !

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Dalida

Dalida (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), born with the Italian name Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a famous singer and actress born in Egypt to Italian (Calabrian) parents but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc. Dalida performed and recorded in more than 10 languages including: French, Arabic, Italian, Greek, German, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Spanish. more »

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