Gianmaria Testa - La ca sla colin-a - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Gianmaria Testa - La ca sla colin-a




La ca sla colin-a
The small house on the hill
La ca sla colin-a l'é bela
The small house on the hill is beautiful
Maria la varda peui dis:
Maria looks at it and then says:
Am piasrìa podèj catèla,
I would like to be able to buy it,
Sarìa 'l paradis!
It would be my paradise!
L'é bianca la ca sla colin-a,
The small house on the hill is white,
L'é bianca come 'n linseul,
As white as a sheet,
S'it la varde a smija ch'a grigna,
If you look at it, it seems to grin,
L'é pròpi la ca che a veul.
It's exactly the house I want.
L'é gròssa la ca sla colin-a,
The small house on the hill is big,
Tante stansie con finestre e pogieuj,
Many rooms with windows and balconies,
Starìo pròpi bin ansima
We would be really good there
Mi, òm e ij fieuj.
Me, my husband and my children.
pare fasìa 'l murador
My father was a bricklayer
L'é mòrt ancora spòrch ëd càussin-a,
He died still dirty with lime,
L'ha fala chiel la ca sla colin-a,
He built the small house on the hill,
L'ha fala për quatr ësgnor.
He built it for four gentlemen.
E lor a ven-o d'istà
And they come in the summer
Stan mach doi mèis peui van via,
They stay only two months and then leave,
La ten-o mach basta ch'a sìa
They keep it just enough to keep it up
E mi a son sensa ca.
And I am without a house.
La ca sla colin-a l'é bela
The small house on the hill is beautiful
Maria la varda peu dis:
Maria looks at it and then says:
Mi podreu mai catèla,
I could never buy it,
Për ij pòver a-i-é nen paradis!
For the poor there is no paradise!





Writer(s): G. Testa


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