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A la barcillunisa
(A tune of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto)
Sicilian folk song
Giuseppe Di Stefano
(1921 - 2008)
sings

Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto is a town in the province of Messina, on the north coast of Sicily.

Caru cugnatu, la facistu lesta.
Vi la purtastu la suruzza mia.
Vi la purtastu,
Vi la purtastu la suruzza mia.

Vi la purtastu pulita e onesta
Chi poti stari 'nta 'na signuria.
Chi poti stari,
Chi poti stari 'nta 'na signuria.
перевод Чернега Натальи
Dear brother-in-law, you did it very deftly.
You took my sister away from me.
You took her away,
You took my sister away from me.

You took her pure and honest,
She is worthy of being in a noble house.
She is worthy of being,
She is worthy of being in a noble house.
translated by Natalia Chernega