Bellezze della Donna	Feminine Beauty
1. Supra un munti sparman stu bellu ciuri ! Chistu è lu ciuri di la tò billizza ; Risguardu e lu talïu di tutt 'uri, Risguardu quant' è bella la tò trizza. Pri pînciti cu' fu ssu gran pitturi ? Chissu ca dipinciu tanta billizza ? Pinciri 'un ti putia nudu pitturi, Diu sulu ca ti retti ssa grennizza.	1. Upon the hillside grew this fairest flower ; This is the floweret of thy beauty, O my love ; I look on it, I gaze on't every hour. I gaze upon the fairness of thy tresses, O my love. Who is the painter who to paint thee has the power? Who knows to paint such fairness of my love ? Unto no earthly painter is given such power ; Painted, canst be alone by God above.
2. Comu 'na rosa dintra lu buttuni Durmia la bedda e si 'nsunnava a me ; Adaciu, adaciu, cci dugnu un vasuri Si arrisbigghia apri l'occhi e mi talia Cci sciàura di cannedda lu sciatuni ! La trizza coddu coddu pinnulia ! Guardàti si a stu munnu cc' è pirsuni Ca ponnu assimigghiari a la me Dia ! (Dialetto di Acireale.)	2. Like rose within the bud enclosed, My fair one slept and dreamt of me ; Softly I came, and a deep 1 kiss imposed– Waking, she rests her opening eyes on me. Her breath as cinnamon is odorous ; Her hair descends upon her shoulders, free. See, in this world is one you'd have proposed To liken to this my divinity ?
3. Una varcuzza banneri banneri Sta Dia d' amuri mi vinni a purtari ; Ridianu tutti li cilesti speri Trimavanu li specchi de lu mari. Binidittu lu Diu ca ti manteni, Ch' accussi bedda ti vosi furmari ! Spampinanu li ciuri unn' è ca veni L' ariu trubbatu lu fai sirinari. (Dialetto di Alcano, Prov. di Trapani.)	3. It was a pleasure-craft with colors flying Which brought this love-divinity to me ; The heavenly spheres were then with gladness smiling– Trembling 2 with joy the surface of the sea ! Blessed be God ! for me thy life maintaining, For forming thee so beautiful to see. Th' flow'rs with pleasure blow while thou'rt passing, The troubled air is still at glance from thee !
1 Un vasuri=un baccione. 2 "Conobbi il tremolar della marina." – Dante.

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Busk, R. H. The Folk-Songs of Italy. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1887. 66-69

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