Paroles et traduction Alfio Antico - La Me Badia

La Me Badia

C'era na vota nu vicchiareddu
Aveva quattru vaccareddi
Munceva latti na cischitedda
E lu vinneva ca scicaredda

Comu jttari 'ncocciu i frumenti
Cussì pulitu, cussì educatu
Di luntanu ni salutamu
Comu nu gestu siminatu

'Nta lu quarteri di la mè badia
Unni nascìu mè matri Lina
Figghiua di Ciuzza e Jaffiu Azzarellu
Niputi sugnu di Battagghiedda
Sunaturi di friscalettu
Ma nanna Ciuzza a lu tambureddu
Ma ziu Ciccinu alla chitarra
Catalicciardu sempri in festa

Ma chi vòddiri essiri granni?
Sapiri fari sapiri nenti
C'era pocu ma c'era tuttu
Senza malizia, cu fantasia e jocu
Ci truvaumu 'nta na funtana
Cu l'acqua frisca duci e sana
Nnò baddaturi di Pippinu Musciu
Ddà vicinu ci jucaumu

Fra lu 'mmucciari e lu cchiappari
"Scinni scinni rianedda
Chi dici a vacca scinni e n'gravacca
Nesci Girolamu cu li so figghi"
Cummari Rosa Cavaleri
Fimmina saggia fimmina vera
Quannu scappava di la mè casa
Ah!- idda sula mi sapeva pigghiari

La Me Badia

Once there was an old man
He had four little cows
He milked the milk into a jug
And sold it as sour cream

Like young wheat in the fields
So polite, so well-mannered
We greet each other from afar
Like a planted gesture

In the district of my abbey
Where my mother Lina was born
Daughter of Ciuzza and Jaffiu Azzarellu
My grandmother's brother was Battagghiedda
Friscalettu player
But my grandmother Ciuzza played the tambourine
And my uncle Ciccinu played the guitar
Catalicciardu always in celebration

But who wanted to be important?
To know how to do things, to know nothing
There was little but there was everything
No malice, with fantasy and play
We found ourselves at a fountain
With fresh, sweet, and healthy water
Pippinu Musciu's watering hole
We played nearby

Between hiding and catching
"Come down, come down, little rascal
Tell the cow to come down and give milk
Girolamo comes out with his children"
Comare Rosa Cavaleri
Wise woman, true woman
When I ran away from home
Ah!- She alone knew how to take care of me