L'amuri ca v'haju - The Love I Have for You

Malidittu 'ddu mumentu Ca grapivu l'occhi 'nterra 'Nta 'stu 'nfernu 'Sti vint'anni di turmentu Cu lu cori sempri 'nguerra Notti e jornu Terra ca nun senti ca nun voi capiri Ca nun dici nenti vidennumi muriri Terra ca nun teni cu' voli partiri E nenti cci duni pi falli turnari E chianci, chianci, ninna oh Maliditti tutti st'anni Cu lu cori sempri 'nguerra Notti e jornu Malidittu, cu' t'inganna Prumittennuti la luci E 'a fratillanza Terra ca nun senti ca nun voi capiri Ca nun dici nenti vidennumi muriri Terra ca nun teni cu' voli partiri E nenti cci duni pi falli turnari E chianci, chianci, ninna oh Traditional The lyrics of "L'amuri ca v'haju" first appeared in a collection of traditional Sicilian songs in 1857.

Accursed, that moment when I opened my eyes on the land in this hell, these twenty years of torment with the heart always at war, night and day. Land that doesn’t hear, doesn’t want to understand, that says nothing seeing me die, land that doesn’t restrain those who want to depart and gives nothing to make them return, and cries, cries, rockabye oh. Accursed all these years with the heart always at war, night and day, accursed, those who trick you, promising light and brotherhood. Land that doesn’t hear, doesn’t want to understand, that says nothing seeing me die, land that doesn’t restrain those who want to depart and gives nothing to make them return, and cries, cries, rockabye oh. English translation © 2023 Dennis Criteser Vinni a cantari all'ariu scuvertu (I Came to Sing in the Open Air) was Balistreri's sixth album, released in 1978.