Paroles et traduction Alessio Bondì - Vucciria

Vucciria

Scappàvamu ri nichi e nichi
"Strata liscia, pista vascia!"
Iccati ddà nei viculicchi
A pieri in tierra, in tiesta 'a guerra.
Me' matri avieva 'i sdillinchi, ch'i tiritanchi,
Mentri ìu spicava ch'i manu nei cianchi
Assicutatu 'i tutti comu 'u carru r'i santi.
"Sangu ru sagnu r'i me' vini
Si t'annagghiu t'i rugnu nei rini!"
Me' matri nun lu sapi ca mi scassu ri forst
E poi satarìu attipu grillu
Una sardella
In capu a' sella
In capu 'nu quintale 'i gel
Arrivu isannu in mienzu o' burdiellu
Ma me' matri chi voli capiri, si nun mi viri,
Ìu cercu l'amuri in mienzu 'o Garraffaello.
Ciesca ciesca, 'a chiazza
è un armalu chinu chinu ri tieste,
Chinu ri vrazza
A' punt'a cantuniera incocciu quattru amici mia
Mi finisci 'a cunfusioni er accumincia 'a Vuccirìa

Ccà nun c'è nuddu ca nni rici niente
Nun c'è nuddu ca nni cunta favole
'A matina abbannìu
A menz'jornu abbannìu
Tutta 'a sira abbannìu
Arriva 'a notti e fazzu vuccirìa

'Atti 'mmriachi runnègghiè
A unu a unu càrinu attipu niespuli
Unu lientu lientu pi lanzari s'arrassa
E viu 'stu ciuri biancu, una cavadda ri razza,
Troppu delicata, troppu assistimata
Sulu sulu ca mi rici "ciònnami" c'una taliata
Smuntu r'u muturi
N'a me' tiesta attacca 'u film e ìu sugnu l'atturi
Anzi ìu e idda nuri
Chini ri sururi
Nni schiacciamu i punti nìvuri doppu l'amuri
Mi pigghiu ri curaggiu e ci ricu: "chi fa,
N'ammuttunamu 'i birra fino a doppuruma'?"

Nun mi nni avieva addunato
A lato 'i l'amuri miu
C'è 'u so' zito, acciuratu,
Cu' un pezzu ri cutieddu ca pàrinu rui,
Unu in capu all'àvutru, simpatico,
Mi quartìu e ni viru n'àvutru, poi n'àvutru, poi n'àvutru...

Si mi scusassi e m'a svignassi,
Ma chi pienzi ca 'un m'a scapuliassi?
Ma ormai addivintavu un armale
E l'antitetanica m'a fici a natale
P'un muzzicuni ri cane,
E 'u culu ormai 'un mi fa cchiù male
Trovu una vuci e 'a jeccu supr'a Vuccirìa
"Ora viriemu cu è ca s'arrifardìa!"

Ccà nun c'è nuddu ca nni rici niente
Nun c'è nuddu ca nni cunta favole
'A matina ìu abbannìu
A menz'jornu abbannìu
Tutta 'a vita abbannìu
Arriva 'a notti e fazzu vuccirìa

"Cu 'i vagnò 'i balati r'a Vuccirìa?"
Sunnu quattru contr'a unu
Iccati all'anciluni versu 'i mia
'A genti s'allasca a taliare,
'A chiazza è un giru ri nasca, è un altare
E nui cinqu ddà nmienzu 'o tagghiere
Haju un aumientu di frieve
Ogni vota ca unu avanza un piere
S'avvicinanu ma nun mi spostu n'arriere
Mi pari tutta una manu ca strinci supra 'u pusiere
Cu fu ca 'i vagnò 'i balati r'a Vuccirìa?
S'u vegnu a sapìsciu m'allìsciu e poi m'u vasu tuttu
Ìu a vuàvutri vi futtu
Cu 'sti balati lippusi
Vi fazzu càriri senza bisognu ca v'ammuttu
Infatti (sentiti chista, eranu quattru no?):
'U primo sciddicò e 'u sicunnu ci carìu in capu
'U terzu li azziccò e sbattìu 'a tiesta supra 'na balata
'U quartu si vutò e si firriò
S'intisi minacciato e s'a scapputtò
Comu fu, comu non fu
In mienzu a tutt'a genti arristamu sulu
Ìu e l'amuri miu, mischina, traumatizzata p'u riestu r'a vita
Siddu 'a sienti parrari, nun havi cchiù parole
Ci prova siempre ma ormai s'a fira sulu a diri:
"Stump staz stupurutanz!"

Vucciria

We used to run away as kids, me and you,
"Smooth road, low track!"
Hidden there, in the alleys,
Feet on the ground, war in our heads.
My mother had worries, like gunshots,
While I strutted around with my hands on my hips,
Safe and sound, like the chariot of saints.
"The blood of my veins
Will roar in your kidneys if I get you!"
My mother doesn't know that I'm going crazy,
And then, like a starved cricket, I jump,
A sardine
On top of the saddle,
On top of a ton of ice cream.
I arrive sweating in the middle of the brothel,
But my mother, what does she understand? If she doesn't see me,
I look for love inside Garraffaello.
Drop by drop, the square
Is a basket full of heads,
Full of arms.
At the corner, I bump into four of my friends,
My confusion ends, and Vucciria begins.

Here, nobody tells us anything,
Nobody tells us fairy tales.
I shout in the morning,
I shout at noon,
I shout all night long.
Night comes, and I make "Vucciria."

Other drunkards circle around,
One by one, they fall like bowling pins.
One, slowly, slowly, to throw himself on the ground,
And I see this white flower, a thoroughbred horse,
Too delicate, too well-kept.
Alone, she tells me "take me" with just a glance.
I turn off the engine,
The film starts in my head, and I'm the actor.
Or rather, me and her, naked,
Full of sweat,
We erase the dark spots after love.
I take courage and ask her: "What do you say,
Shall we drink beer until tomorrow morning?"

I hadn't noticed,
Beside my love,
There's her boyfriend, sharp,
With a piece of knife that looks like two,
One on top of the other, nice guy,
He stares at me and winks, then again, and again...

He should apologize and go to hell,
But do you think I'm going to run away?
But by now I've become an animal,
And I got my tetanus shot at Christmas,
For a dog bite,
And my ass doesn't hurt anymore.
I find my voice and shout over Vucciria:
"Now we'll see who dares to mess with me!"

Here, nobody tells us anything,
Nobody tells us fairy tales.
I shout in the morning,
I shout at noon,
I shout all my life.
Night comes, and I make "Vucciria."

"Who did the Vucciria ballads?"
There are four against one,
Hidden in the darkness, coming towards me.
People gather to watch,
The square is a circle of noses, an altar,
And we are five there, in the middle of the chopping board.
My fever rises
Every time one of them takes a step.
They get closer, but I don't back down.
It feels like a hand squeezing my chest.
Who did the Vucciria ballads?
If I find out, I'll kneel and kiss him all over.
You, I'll fuck you all.
With these lousy ballads,
I'll make you fall without even touching you.
In fact (listen to this, there were four of them, right?):
The first one slipped, and the second fell on top of him.
The third one joined them and hit his head on a ballad.
The fourth one turned and froze.
He felt threatened and ran away.
Somehow, someway,
In the middle of all those people, only we were left,
Me and my love, poor thing, traumatized for the rest of her life.
If you hear her speak, she has no more words.
She always tries, but now she can only say:
"Stump staz stupurutanz!"