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Dda'è, dda'è, Lu vitti, lu vitti, lu vitti, Piglia la fiocina, Uccidilu, uccidilu, ahhh! E pigliaru la fimminedda, drittu drittu 'n tra lu cori, E chiangia di duluri. Ahai ahai ai. E la varca la strascinava E lu sangu ci curriva, E lu masculu chiangiva, Ahai ahai ai. E lu masculu paria 'mpazzutu, Cci dicia: "Bedda mia nun chiangiri, bedda mia nun chiangiri Dimmi a tia chi haiu afari". Rispunnia la fimminedda, cu nu filu, filu e vuci: "Scappa, scappa amuri miu, Ca sinnò t'accidinu!" No, no, no, no, no, Amuri miu, Si tu mori vogliu muriri 'Nsemi a tia, si tu' mori amuri miu Vogliu muriri. Cu un sartu si truvau cu issa Cucchiu cucchiu, cori a cori E accussì finiu l'amuri di du' pisci sfurtunati. Dda'è dda'è dda'è, lu vitti, C'è puro lu masculu, Uccidilu, uccidilu, uccidilu, ahhh! Chist'è na storia D'un pisci spada. Storia d'amuri. "Lu pisce spada" © 1954 Domenico Modugno "Lu pisce spada" is very much in the cantastoria song tradition, which Modugno said was the music that enchanted him since he first heard it as a 3-year-old. |
Come on, come on, you saw it, you saw it, you saw it, take the harpoon, kill it, kill it, kill it. They hit the female, straight into the heart, and she cries with pain, ay ay ay. And the boat dragged her and the blood ran, and the male cried, ay ay ay. And the male seemed out of his mind, he said to her, “My beautiful, don’t cry, my beautiful, don’t cry tell me what I can do.” The female responded, with a thin, thin voice, “Escape, escape my love, or else they’ll kill you!” No, no, no, no, no, my love. If you die, I want to die together with you, if you die, my love, I want to die. With a jump he found himself with her. Right up close, heart to heart, and thus ended the love of two unfortunate fish. Come on, come on, come on, you saw it, there’s the male, kill it, kill it, kill it, ahhh! This is a story of a swordfish. Story of love. English translation © 2023 Dennis Criteser  |
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Lu pisce spada - The Swordfish
