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<strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Italian</strong> <strong>Translation</strong><br />

COR’ ‘SCANTÀT’<br />

(stupido cuore spaventato) –poesie in amore<br />

***<br />

Puortam’ mbaravìs’<br />

p’ na nghianàta ianch’<br />

e cinèr’<br />

com’ sta faccj r’ miscegghj.<br />

Meglj: famm’ assì paccj<br />

e sìngam’ la fisìn’<br />

ndò accuménz’ e part’<br />

sta vociavucegghj r’ mamm’<br />

figlj e mugliér’.<br />

***<br />

So’ cos’ ra nnammuràt’ ll’ ros’.<br />

Parlan’ cu vuccuccj preziòs’<br />

e riron’ ropp’ a vocca chien’.<br />

So’ nnammuràt’ ll’ ros’.<br />

Prén’ s’ ceglian’ e appìccian’<br />

p’ nunsaddunà r’ l’acquariccj.<br />

So’ nnammuràt’ ll’ cos’.<br />

Parpitiéscin’ senza vient’<br />

sulament’ ca t’ penz’.<br />

***<br />

Suonn’ ca sonn’ r’ sunnà,<br />

e appauràt’ s’ ndurcéglj<br />

com’ na lacért’ appapagnàt’.<br />

Suonn’ r’ intr’, suonn’ r’ musér’,<br />

e t’ cunzòl’ lu cunt’ r’ nu suonn’<br />

ca mbòch’ ll’ lenzòl’.<br />

Suonn’ r’ for’, suonn’ sunnat’<br />

alért: ra na ngògn’ t’ vech’,<br />

tu luntan’ t’ vuot’ cu l’uocchj<br />

e nummivìr’ ancòr’.<br />

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