Sdegno	Indignation
1. 0 Diu, figghioli, chi rimediu pigghiu ! 'Na picciuttedda la vurria vasari ; E' 'nutili ; la testa mi scavigghiu 'Na bona forma nun la pozzu asciari ! Cc' è sò patruzzu 'nsemmula a sò figghiu Cu l' armi su', e mi vonnu pustiari. 'Nfini di facci e facci cci la pigghiu ! Armi cu armi, e po' cu' cadi, cadi ! (Dialetto di Partenio, Prov. Palermo.)	1. 0 God !1 And you, friends, tell, which way to turn. A love I have, yet can't obtain a kiss. Distraction makes my brain with fire burn ; No way I find to ’ttain unto my bliss ! Her father and his son a pact have sworn Arm’d watch to keep–to my increased distress. Thus, but to bear her off, I nought discern. Let arms clash arms, and one or other dies !
2. Nun ti pigghiari pena si nun vegnu Tantu a lu spissu comu cci vinìa ; Li toi parenti mi pigghiàru a sdegnu E nun vonnu chi parru cchiù cu tia ; Di 'mpegnu t' happi e di 'mpegnu ti tegnu Di 'mpegnu e 'mpegnu nun ti lassiria. S' io vaju 'n paradisu e tu a lu 'nfernu Vegnu a lu 'nfernu pri vidiri a tia. (Dialetto di Palermo.)	2. Be not distressed with me, if now I come Less often than before to visit the ; Thy parents' anger keeps me from thy home, Nor can I more obtain t’ have speech of thee. Engaged we are, since engaged we've once become : And being engaged I will not let thee free. If I were sent to heav'n and thou to outer doom, I'd come below, that I might visit thee !
1 This exclamation is probably the outcome of the simple faith of the Sicilians. An immense proportion of their songs either commence with or contain it.

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Busk, R. H. The Folk-Songs of Italy. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1887. 72-73

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