{"id":91,"date":"2009-02-16T12:51:59","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T16:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=91"},"modified":"2009-02-16T12:51:59","modified_gmt":"2009-02-16T16:51:59","slug":"i-suoni-della-campagna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/i-suoni-della-campagna\/","title":{"rendered":"I suoni della campagna"},"content":{"rendered":"

How different our life is here in this little village in the Appenino Tosco-Emiliano mountains to that which we lived for 14 years in the city of Nottingham, England. When\u00a0we wake up in the morning no longer do we hear the distant rumble of traffic,\u00a0the regular wail of sirens and the general hubbub of city life.\u00a0These sounds have been replaced by gentler, more timeless ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Usually the first sound we become aware of when we leave il mondo dei sogni<\/strong> (the land of dreams) is\u00a0the river\u00a0flowing over the rocks\u00a0(il fiume che scorre fra le rocce<\/strong>) in the valley below our house. This is often accompanied by il canto del gallo: chicchirichi\u2019, le galline che fanno coccode\u2019, e i loro pulcini che pigolano<\/strong>\u00a0(the crow of the cockerel \u2018cock-a-doodle-doo\u2019, the clucking of the chickens and the cheeping of their chicks).<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the day, depending on the time of year, we will hear various other sounds:<\/span><\/p>\n

C\u2019e\u2019\u00a0il cane che abbaia<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 there\u2019s the the dog that barks\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

la mucca che muggisce<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the cow that moos<\/span><\/p>\n

le pecore che belano<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the sheep that bleat<\/span><\/p>\n

gli uccelli che cinguettano<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the birds that twitter<\/span><\/p>\n

il corvo che gracchia<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the crow that croaks<\/span><\/p>\n

e il cavallo che nitrisce<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 and the horse that neighs<\/span><\/p>\n

Hmm, sounds a bit like a nursery rhyme!<\/span><\/p>\n

During the summer there are of course innumerable insects such as le api<\/strong> (the bees), le mosche<\/strong> (the flies), and le vespe<\/strong> (the wasps) that serenade (or annoy) us with their ronzio – <\/strong>buzzings and whinings.\u00a0Two such sounds that are very characteristic of\u00a0a long hot\u00a0summers day\u00a0are il canto dei grilli e il frinire delle cicale<\/strong>\u00a0(the song of the crickets and the screeching of the\u00a0cicadas). Then there is\u00a0il suono<\/strong> delle lucertole che fanno frusciare le foglie secche<\/strong> (the sound of the lizards that rustle the dry leaves). We have learned to distinguish the quick furtive rustling of the lucertola<\/strong> (lizard) from the longer drawn out sliding rustle of the serpente<\/strong> (snake) which we have disturbed whilst it was basking in the morning sun. Most of the snakes that we see are, like the two meter monster who lives on our orto<\/strong> (vegetable plot), the fairy harmless frustone<\/strong> (western whip snake), but\u00a0we always have to be aware of the vipere<\/strong> (vipers) which are deadly poisonous.<\/span><\/p>\n

We also hear, of course,\u00a0the many customary sounds of rural working life\u00a0such as il trattore<\/strong>, (the tractor),\u00a0la motosega<\/strong> (the chainsaw), and l\u2019Ape<\/strong> (the Ape: not a real bee this time but the ubiquitous\u00a0tiny three wheeler van with a motorbike engine,\u00a0usually containing an old man wearing a cap, his wife and their dog, all squashed together in\u00a0a minuscule cab. <\/span><\/p>\n

But marking out the pace of the day is the most pleasing of these man made sounds: il rintocco delle campane<\/strong> (the chiming of the bells). As they have done for centuries the bells of the village clock regulate rural life: three times a day, at 7.00 a.m., 12\u00a0a.m., and 6.30 p.m.,\u00a0they sound out the Angelus<\/strong> to call the villagers to prayer. The twelve chimes of midday also\u00a0signal ora di pranzo<\/strong> (lunch break), and usually, as the first of these twelve chimes begins, we hear our next door neighbor shout out to her husband\u00a0who is out on the orto<\/em> \u201cAdriano, la pasta e\u2019 pronta\u201d<\/strong> (Adriano, the pasta\u2019s ready – in other words stop work and come and eat, now!). <\/span>Other sequences of bells are used to announce funerals and weddings, which are public in Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s 11.58, in two minutes time the clock will sound mezzogiorno, ora di pranzo<\/strong>, so I\u2019ll finish here and say arrivederci<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How different our life is here in this little village in the Appenino Tosco-Emiliano mountains to that which we lived for 14 years in the city of Nottingham, England. When\u00a0we wake up in the morning no longer do we hear the distant rumble of traffic,\u00a0the regular wail of sirens and the general hubbub of city…<\/p>\n

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