{"id":9976,"date":"2015-09-04T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=9976"},"modified":"2015-09-04T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T09:06:00","slug":"sicilian-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/sicilian-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicilian Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day as I walked into my parents’ apartment, I heard their carer, Luisa, talking on her cell phone in a \u2018foreign\u2019 language. My first thought was: \u201cOh, Luisa is speaking Romanian!\u201d I was probably influenced by the fact that here in Pontremoli the vast majority of badanti<\/strong> (carers) are in fact Romanian. However, after a moment’s reflection I remembered that Luisa is Italian, to be precise half Siciliana and half Calabrese, and in fact as I paid a bit more attention, I recognised the word mughieri<\/strong>, Sicilian for moglie<\/strong> (wife). Later on, inspired by having heard Luisa speaking Sicilian, I decided to ask her if she could recommend me a traditional Sicilian song to share with our Italian blog readers. After a moment’s reflection she replied: “Sciuri Sciuri, senza dubbio! E’ scritto S-C-I-U-R-I”<\/strong> .<\/p>\n

Later, when I looked up the title of this song on the Internet, I discovered that there are two ways of spelling it: Sciuri <\/strong>or Ciuri<\/strong>, Sicilian for fiore<\/strong> = flower. This is due to the fact that the pronunciation changes depending on the local dialect.<\/p>\n

The music of Sciuri Sciuri<\/strong> was composed in 1883 by maestro Francesco Paolo Frontini<\/strong>, but the author of the lyrics is unknown. It is\u00a0 an ironic song describing the end of a love story and, as with many folk songs, it has numerous variations, which you can find on this link, written all in Sicilian! Ciuri Ciuri<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You can listen to Sciuri Sciuri<\/strong> interpreted by Domenico Modugno<\/a><\/strong><\/span> by clicking on the photo below:<\/p>\n

\"Domenico_Modugno-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the lyrics in Sicilian, followed by the Italian translation:<\/p>\n

Sciuri, sciuri, sciuri di tuttu l’annu<\/span><\/strong>
\n l’amuri ca mi dasti ti lu tornu.<\/span><\/strong>
\n Sciuri, sciuri, sciuri di tuttu l’annu<\/span><\/strong>
\n l’amuri ca mi dasti ti lu tornu.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lu sabatu si sapi allegra cori<\/span><\/strong>
\n beatu cu avi bedda la mugghieri,<\/span><\/strong>
\n Cu l’avi bedda ci porta i dinari,<\/span><\/strong>
\n cu l’avi laria ci mori lu cori<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ritornello<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Si troppu dispittusa tu cu mia,<\/span><\/strong>
\n cascu du’ letto si mi ‘insonnu a tia.<\/span><\/strong>
\n Si brutta n’ta la faccia a n’ta lu cori<\/span><\/strong>
\n amaro cu ti pigghia pi mughieri.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ritornello<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sciuri di rosi russi a lu sbucciari,<\/span><\/strong>
\n amaru l’omo ca fimmini cridi.<\/span><\/strong>
\n Amaro cu si fa supraniari,<\/span><\/strong>
\n l’uscio di paradisu non ni vidi.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ritornello<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Italian translation:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Fiore, fiore, fiore di tutto l’anno<\/span><\/em>
\n l’amore che mi hai dato te lo restituisco.<\/span><\/em>
\n Fiore, fiore, fiore di tutto l’anno<\/span><\/em>
\n l’amore che mi hai dato te lo restituisco.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Il sabato, si sa, rallegra il cuore,<\/span><\/em>
\n beato chi ha la moglie bella.<\/span><\/em>
\n Chi l’ha bella gli porta i soldi,<\/span><\/em>
\n chi l’ha brutta gli muore il cuore.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Ritornello<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Sei troppo dispettosa tu con me,<\/span><\/em>
\n casco dal letto se ti sogno.<\/span><\/em>
\n Sei brutta in faccia e nel cuore,<\/span><\/em>
\n soffrir\u00e0 chi ti prende in moglie.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Ritornello<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Fiore di rose rosse allo sbocciare,<\/span><\/em>
\n triste l’uomo che crede nelle donne.<\/span><\/em>
\n Triste colui che si fa soggiogare,<\/span><\/em>
\n la porta del Paradiso non la vede.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Ritornello.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

The other day as I walked into my parents’ apartment, I heard their carer, Luisa, talking on her cell phone in a \u2018foreign\u2019 language. My first thought was: \u201cOh, Luisa is speaking Romanian!\u201d I was probably influenced by the fact that here in Pontremoli the vast majority of badanti (carers) are in fact Romanian. However…<\/p>\n

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