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'U sciccareddu
(The donkey)
Sicilian folk song
Franco
Trincale
sings

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Avia 'nu sciccareddu,
Daveru mafiusu.
Chi vuci ca tinia!
Nun lu pozzu scurdà.
Quannu chiamavu: "Cicciu",
Iddu m'arrispunnia.
Lu ragghiu ca facia
Nun lu pozzu scurdà.

Quannu ragghiava facia:
"I-ha, i-ha, i-ha".
Sciccareddu di lu mè cori,
Comu t'haiu a scurdà!?

'Nta lu misi di maggiu,
Li ragghi chi facia,
Purtava l'allegria
'Nta tutti li città.
Ora m'è mortu 'u sceccu
E 'n'autru, comu ad iddu,
'A vogghia di girari,
Nun lu pozzu truvà.

Quannu ragghiava facia:
"I-ha, i-ha, i-ha".
Sciccareddu di lu mè cori,
Comu t'haiu a scurdà!?

Ogni sceccu ca viu,
Sentu lu chiantu 'ncori,
Ca lu mè sciccareddu
Mi pari d'ascutà.
Chiancitilu, chiancitilu,
Lu sciccareddu miu,
Ca 'n'autru, comu ad iddu,
Nun lu pozzu truvà.

Quannu ragghiava facia:
"I-ha, i-ha, i-ha".
Sciccareddu di lu mè cori,
Comu t'haiu a scurdà!?
перевод Чернега Натальи
I had a donkey,
Very unruly.
How it brayed!
I can't forget it.
When I called it "Ciccio",
It answered me.
The bray it made
I can't forget it.

When it brayed, it did it this way:
"Eeyore, eeyore, eeyore".
Donkey of my heart,
How can I forget you!?

In May
With the bray it made
It brought joy
In every town.
Now my donkey is dead
And another one like that,
Even if I search the entire area,
I can't find it.

When it brayed, it did it this way:
"Eeyore, eeyore, eeyore".
Donkey of my heart,
How can I forget you!?

Every donkey I see
Makes my heart cry,
Because it seems to me
That I hear my donkey.
Cry for it, cry for it,
For my donkey,
Because another one like that
I can't find it.

When it brayed, it did it this way:
"Eeyore, eeyore, eeyore".
Donkey of my heart,
How can I forget you!?
translated by Natalia Chernega