NI SENTU UNA VOCI IN PIAZZA
(Corsican)
"Ni sentu una voci in piazza
Mi par Paula Maria
Quella chè lu mio figliolu
Amava per cumpagnia."
"Or lasceti u m'abbraccià
Incù poca ghjilusia
Ch'era ghjà trè mesi è più
Chì vidutu eu ùn l'avia
Chì lu vi teniate ascosu
Indeh par Paula Maria."
"La me Paula Maria
Cunfessu lu me piccatu
Piuttostu chè dallu à voi
Bramava avellu intarratu
Ma sè era vivu stamani
Saria lu vostru spusatu
Or cacciami da st'angoscia
Or cacciami da quistu mali
È po fà alloch'è à trè anni
O cara lu viduvali
Ti docu trecentu scudi
Cuntati in u me scusali
Altrettanti à la me morti
Li ti suttuscrivu avali."
"Ringraziu i vostri dinari
Ringraziu i vostri quattrini
Sapeti ch'in la me casa
Si misuranu à bacini
In casa di lu me babbu
Ci fala quattru funtane
Una di lu russu vinu
L'altra di lu biancu pani
Una di l'amor di Diu
L'altra di la caritani." | I HEAR A VOICE ON THE SQUARE
I hear a voice on the square
It seems to be Paula Maria's voice,
The one whose company
My son loved."
"Let me kiss him
Without any jealousy,
For I hadn't seen him again
For more than three months.
You kept him hidden
From Paula Maria's eyes."
"My dear Paula Maria,
I confess my sin.
Rather than giving him to you,
I would prefer to see him buried,
But if he were alive this morning,
He would be your husband.
Take this anxiety from me
Take this pain from me
And wear for three years
My dear, the widows' dress.
I'll give you three hundred crowns
Counted in my apron
As many when I die,
I subscribe them to you right now."
"I thank you for your money,
I thank you for your crowns.
You know well that in my family,
We count them by the bushels.
In my father's house,
Four fountains would flow,
One of red wine,
The other of white bread,
One of God's love,
The other of charity." |