Lyrics and translation Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare - Vulumbrella

Vulumbrella

Fatte molla e no cchiù ddura
Mò che si′ formosa e bella
Ca ogne fica vulumbrella
A 'sto tiempo s′ammatura.
Fatte doce e no cchiù amara,
Nun te fa' vedere acerba
E non esser tanto brava,
Fatte umile e no superba.
Mò ca è verde la toja erba
E lu munno renovella,
Ca ogne fica vulumbrella
A 'sto tiempo s′ammatura.
E mò ca sì mmeza ammullata,
E tra fronne fai la guerra
Nun aspettare ca si′ seccata
E che cade in chiana terra.
Fa' ca po′ da te se sferra,
Ca sì tosta fredda e bella,
Ca ogne fica vulumbrella
A 'sto tiempo s′ammatura.

Ripe Fig

Become soft and no longer hard
Now that you are beautiful and fair
For every fig ripens
At this time, it matures.
Become sweet and no longer bitter,
Don't show yourself as unripe
And don't be so tough,
Become humble and not proud.
Now that your grass is green
And the world renews,
For every fig ripens
At this time, it matures.
And now that you are half-ripe,
And you are at war among the leaves
Do not wait until you are dried up
And fall to the flat ground.
Make it so that you can get away from yourself,
Because you are cold and beautiful,
For every fig ripens
At this time, it matures.