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A la vallelunghisa
(A tune of Vallelunga Pratameno)
(A tune of Vallelunga Pratameno)
Sicilian folk song
Giuseppe Di Stefano
(1921 - 2008)
sings
(1921 - 2008)
sings
Vallelunga Pratameno is a town in the province of Caltanissetta in Sicily.
The song talks about suffering of love like the Greek myth of Orpheus who goes down to the underworld.
Jivi a lu 'nfernu e mai cci avissi jutu
E la Menadi unn'è la viria.
Idda mi rissi: – Cani scilliratu!
Chisti sù peni chi patu pi tia.
E iu ci rissi: – Nun m'avissi amatu,
Ci nn'è raru, ne cchiù megghiu di tia.
E la Menadi unn'è la viria.
Idda mi rissi: – Cani scilliratu!
Chisti sù peni chi patu pi tia.
E iu ci rissi: – Nun m'avissi amatu,
Ci nn'è raru, ne cchiù megghiu di tia.
перевод Чернега Натальи
I went down to the underworld and never left it
And I saw the Maenad* there.
She said to me: – Nasty dog!
I suffer this pain because of you.
And I answered her: – You never loved me,
There're a few others, and they're better than you.
And I saw the Maenad* there.
She said to me: – Nasty dog!
I suffer this pain because of you.
And I answered her: – You never loved me,
There're a few others, and they're better than you.
translated by Natalia Chernega
* According to the Greek myth, the Maenads killed Orpheus.
