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Thread #3465   Message #4052126
Posted By: Joe Offer
12-May-20 - 07:33 PM
Thread Name: Italian Folksongs
Subject: ADD: Maggio di Maresca (Italian)
Here's one sent to me by Larry Vellani, a good singer from Mebane, North Carolina.

Maggio di Maresca
(May in Maresca)

Al ritornar del maggio
Dileguasi ogni nembo
La terra nel suo grembo
C’invita a cantar
Ogni anno coi cantici
O maggio bramato
Sarai salutato
Da mille cantor
Non più spogliata e tacita
La selva e la foresta
Passata è la tempesta
Dei venti il furor
Ogni anno coi cantici
O maggio bramato
Sarai salutato
Da mille cantor



... English ...

When May returns
Every cloud has disappeared
From deep within her womb
The earth beckons us to sing
Each year with songs
Oh long awaited May
You will be greeted
By a thousand voices
No longer denuded and silent
The forest and glade
The roaring winds and furious storms
Have passed
Each year with songs
Oh long awaited May
You will be greeted
By a thousand voices


I can't figure out what that arrow is in the lyrics...