I think it's lovely, both melody and rhythm; I just wish I could understand the lyrics, although I could pick up a few words here and there.
We have something similar in Italy called stornelli, which are also meant to be improvised and to rhyme according to a set system. They can very often be insulting, stornelli a dispetto or stornelacci, which is part of a long tradition in the Mediterranean. Prominent Roman figures often were the brunt of what were probably similar kinds of 'dittys' or improvised songs. They can be sung by one person, or it can be a sort of competition between two people. Some of them can be very vulgar indeed, particularly when they're sung by old countrymen at the end of the night when they've had a little too much wine. Since not everybody even in Italy can sing, it can sometimes sound likes cats caterwauling!
Then there are the stornelli amorosi which were part of the courtship ritual where a boy sang underneath the girl's window. The difference is that the ones with which I'm familiar in Italy are all about the voice and the lyrics; the music is just a back note on guitar.
Anyway, this is one that immediately came to mind...it's by the great Claudio Villa and when I searched for it, a fun video of it popped up where the visuals are from the movie The Big Night, written, directed and acted in by Stanley Tucci, which is supposedly about two brothers from Italy trying to make a go of a restaurant in 1950's or 60's America, but which is actually, I think, about art and family love.
Okayyyy, I can understand the similarity
. Something new to me. I love it, thou the vocals are expressed in a more refined mode. The typical 'Ghana' (aana) is sang in a very crude manner but the concept is very much the same!
Here is a quick rough translation for you
No music can rest my heart
No note can comfort me
No word can ease me
No kiss will make me forget
I was born only to love
only in it I find all beauty
Music art and all the other
without it everything all life willwither
with love everything looks morebeautiful
It transforms life to a symphony
all the creation that surrounds us
is transformed into poetry
because love is there to bond us
its a force that will never end
where there is no love there are no arts
and all will ebb to the lowest levels
Great work of arts are onlyaccomplished
with much love and dedication
and where there is its mark
you find only the best productions
and the biggest love around us
is the one that keeps us united
where its missing there is hate
and results in broken nations
this love is given to all creations
like the love between lovers
where it does not rein
there is no joy but only misery
and when this life will end
It will still rein in the heavens