Guardona is an interesting word because it's the feminine form of guardone, which means 'peeping tom' or 'voyeur'. It's not a common word you'd expect to find in a romantic song.
In this song, the lyrics say "Sotto 'a luna guardona", which translates to "Under the watchful moon". The moon is personified as being 'guardona', implying it's secretly watching the intimate moments of the lovers, adding a playful and slightly mischievous tone to the romantic scene.
"Cu tte" means "with you" in Neapolitan, and that phrase is the whole song. Gigi D'Alessio spends every verse describing one night with the person he loves, and every chorus lands back on the same idea: none of it would mean anything with anyone else.
The opening is pure looking. He tells her that if she could only see how beautiful she is tonight she would understand him. He finds stars in her eyes, says even salt turns sweet when she is near, and that her kisses make peace long before there is any argument to settle. Under a moon he calls nosy, she holds him close and calls him love, and he admits he could imagine having a child with her that very evening.
Then the chorus turns heaven into something small and near. He does not need to fly to paradise, he just climbs these stairs. When she undresses it feels like unwrapping the best gift he has ever been given. With her, June feels like Christmas.
The later verses go darker and more devoted. His heart is a kingdom where she is the queen and he is the king. If she cries, he wants her pain handed to him instead. He is not afraid of dying, he is afraid of no longer being able to live, and he would burn beside her if she ever chose to go down to hell.
The lyrics are in Neapolitan rather than standard Italian, so many words will look unfamiliar even to confident Italian learners. A few worth knowing: cu tte is "with you", sulamente is "only", je is "I", nun is "not", and si' does the work of both "if" and "you are" depending on the line. The apostrophes usually mark a dropped letter, so 'o is "il" and 'a is "la".
Gigi D'Alessio, born Luigi D'Alessio on February 24, 1967, in the Fuorigrotta district of Naples, Italy, is one of Italy's most beloved singer-songwriters. He grew up in a working-class family and started performing as a young pianist at weddings and local events before the Neapolitan song legend Mario Merola noticed his talent and brought him into the Naples music scene.
His debut album arrived in 1992, and within a few years he had become a household name across Italy, blending traditional Neapolitan melodies with mainstream Italian pop. Two appearances at the Sanremo Music Festival, in 2000 and 2001, helped cement his national fame, and he has gone on to sell more than 30 million records over his career.
D'Alessio also found success abroad, most notably with the duet "Un cuore malato" alongside Belgian-Sicilian singer Lara Fabian, and he later recorded a Portuguese-language version of one of his hits with Brazilian star Wanessa Camargo. Beyond music, he has appeared in films and hosted television shows in Italy.
Now in his fourth decade as a recording artist, Gigi D'Alessio remains active, still writing and releasing new music while touring across Italy and abroad.