Amici amici chi 'n Palermu jiti

Rosa Balistreri

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AMICI AMICI CHI 'N PALERMU JITI	SONG OF THE PRISONER

Amici amici chi 'n Palermu jiti	Ah, friends and comrades all, who forth are faring,
mi salutati 'dda bedda ciutàti	My love to fair Palermo ye are bearing
mi salutati li frati e l'amici	A greeting give to all my friends, my brothers,
e 'dda poira vicchiaredda di me matri..	A tender greeting, too, for my old mother.

Spihàtimi di mia chi si nni dici	See what in town they all of me are saying,
si li me cosi sunnu cujitàti	And see if my affair is growing quiet;
ca siddu voli Diu - comu si dici -	For then, if God so will as I'm praying,
puru iu ci haju a jiri a libbirtàti...	My longing eye in freedom soon shall spy it.

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