Sciummo [English translation]

You're coming down

river, river, river

from the mountain

I'm coming down

with a misfortune

that befell me

and we're going, alas

love is a river that's lost in the sea

You're singing

knock, knock, knock

feller:

I know it

there isn't a mouth

more bloody.

And I'm going down, alas

whoever's lost love is looking for the sea

Bell

that sounds on top of this convent

listen

what a particular saint-like girl has done:

Yesterday, in my arms, she was fainting

tonight she kisses someone else and she boasts

Oh, how slowly and sad it sounds

a zampogna1 that's coming down

river, river, river

from the mountain

and we're going, alas

love is a river that's lost in the sea

and the heart rests at the bottom of the sea

My land

where I was born I'm bidding you farewell

I looking at you

there on the mountaintop alone and abandoned

and me shameful, shameful me I'm gone from it

I'm leaving you because love has left me

You're weeping

almost like a man who's grieving

and I'm going down

river, river, river

from the mountain

and we're going, alas

love is a river that's lost in the sea

and only the sea will let the love be forgotten

1. Italian bagpipe