nights without you without you in my arms I can kiss you, I can draw you close to me but wake up from your slumber you make me cry for you! Notable performances and recordings Mario Lanza Mario! 1958 Sergio Franchi on Romantic Italian Songs. 1962 RCA Victor Red Seal album. Billboard Top 200 (number seventeen) Franco Corelli on Passione. 1963 Giuseppe di Stefano on Neapolitan Songs III 1965 Anna Magnani's performance of the song, in the film La sciantosa (1971), is well known, as is the version of Massimo Ranieri. Luciano Pavarotti on Favourite Neapolitan songs 1981 Luciano Pavarotti duet with the Corrs. The middle verse is sung in English Andrea Bocelli on "Incanto" (2008) Vittorio Grigolo on "Arrivederci" (2011) See also Nini Grassia directed a film which took its name from the song in 1983. References External links , 1983 E-chords Italian translation 1915 songs Neapolitan songs Songs about soldiers Songs about the military Songs of World War I