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Fabrizio De André: Monti di Mola

GLI EXTRA DELLE CCG / AWS EXTRAS / LES EXTRAS DES CCG
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La versione inglese di Dennis Criteser [2014]
THE MOUNTAINS OF MOLAMOUNTAINS OF MOLA
  
In the mountains of Mola, in the morningIn the Mountains of Mola, early morning,
A white-coated donkey was grazing in the meadow.a donkey mare, white of coat, was pasturing.
  
In the mountains of Mola, in the morningIn the Mountains of Mola, early morning,
cutting branches there was a dark-haired handsome fellow.a sturdy young dark-haired man was cutting branches.
As they drank they looked into each other's eye, ea ea eaeAnd their eyes met searching for water water water water,
The water dribbled down their chins as they let out a sigh, ea eaeand water dripped from their snouts along with the drool ool ool.
  
The donkey's eyes were of the same color as the sea,And the donkey mare, she had eyes the color of the sea,
And the youth was swept by the Mistral when she breathed.and to him from her nostrils issued the Northwest Wind
And enchanted she began to bray, ae ae ae aeaand she brayed, enchanted, ea ea ea ea.
And haltingly he answered though he found it hard to say, ea eaeHe replied to her, mispronouncing, ae ae ae ae.
  
"Oh lovely girl moon of a donkey,“Oh my beautiful one, moon donkey,
Oh lovely girl, wool-covered cushionmy beautiful one, cushion of wool,
Oh lovely girl, milk-white good fortune."oh my beautiful one, white fortune.”
"Oh lovely boy, you make my eyes sting“Oh my handsome one, you make my eyes sting,
Oh lovely boy, orgy of kisses,oh my handsome one, carnival of kisses,
Oh lovely boy, you sew up my heart strings."oh my handsome one, you sew up my heart.”
  
The greatest love, the very firstDeep love for the first time,
The bee sucks honey, from this flower to slake its thirst.the bee sucks all the honey from this myrtle.
Puppy love, eternal Spring,Young love of all the hours,
The velvet moss, the clapper that makes this heart ring.of moss is the clapper of this heart.
  
But nothing can be kept a secret in Gallura,But no one can do anything in Gallura
Everything becomes common knowledge in an hour.that doesn’t come to be known in an hour,
And hidden lurked an ugly crone who liked to spy, ea ea eaeand on the scene an ugly old woman hidden in the branches,
Who, drooling as shewatched, began to cry ea ea ea eaecrying and watching,says to herself, foaming at the mouth:
  
"Oh happy she! Lord he's so handsome“Lucky her, mamma mia, what a handsome man.
Oh happy she! Dark-haired and youthfulLucky her, young and dark-haired.
Oh happy she! I'll die on my lonesome.Lucky her, I die alone.
Oh happy she! I remember so clearly"Lucky her, I remember it well.
Oh happy she! And not one time onlyLucky her, more than one time.
Oh happy she! Twisted and lonely."Lucky her, twisted old age.”
  
The greatest love, the very firstDeep love for the first time,
The bee sucks honey, from this flower to slake its thirst.the bee sucks all the honey from this myrtle.
Puppy love, eternal Spring,Young love of all the hours,
The velvet moss, the clapper that makes this heart ring.of moss is the clapper of this heart.
  
Everyone dressed up in their finest for the wedding feast,The entire countryside got decked out for the wedding,
And in his sacramental vestments, came the priest.the same parish priest entered in his vestments.
But the man and donkey's wedding, it was frustratedBut they didn’t manage to marry, the donkey and the man,
Because the parish records revealed that they were related.for in the documents they turned out to be first cousins.
  
And enchanted she began to bray, ae ae ae aeaAnd she brayed, enchanted, ea ea ea ea.
and haltingly he answered though he found it hard to say ea eaeHe responded to her, mispronouncing, ae ae ae ae.


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