Текст и перевод песни Alfio Antico - Diceva me matri

Diceva me matri

Me matri ieva ndi me nannu, ca era sa patri
Dicennuci: "Papà, vossia u sapi unni è Iaffiu?"
"Iaffiu? Eh! C'ha spiari ai venti, sulu i venti u sanu unn'è"
"Disgraziatu, chissà unn'è! A scola nun c'agghiutu"
"Eh! Comu si rici, figghia mia, Alfio Antico ntisi vola
Quantu lignati ha avutu ppi nun ghiri a scola!"
"Bi! Vossia c'abbagna un pani?"
"Bi! Ma niputi è!"

My Mother Told Me

My mother went to my grandfather, who was her father
Telling him: "Dad, you know where Iaffiu is?"
"Iaffiu? Oh! The winds have taken him, only the winds know where he is"
"Unfortunate, who knows where he is! He's not at school"
"Oh! As they say, my dear daughter, Alfio Antico heard you flying
How many beatings he got for not going to school!"
"Well! You want me to bake a loaf of bread for him?"
"Well! He's your grandson!"