Table of Contents ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND SOUTHERNDIALECTS A History in Two Parts ABRUZZO VITTORIO CLEMENTE La prima lune The First Moon Chela notte d’estate That Summer Night Autunne Autumn A tiempe de sorve When Sorbs are in Season Viatezze Bliss L’ovalò The Ovalò ALESSANDRO DOMMARCO 2 Gna ‘rvòte lu vènde As the Wind Blows È da quande so’ nète Since the Moment I Was Born E ne’ vò’ pióve cchiù And It Won’t Rain Anymore Pandanicchie a ‘nn’ammòlle Stagnating Pool OTTAVIANO GIANNANGELI * * Ze’ Pietre Uncle Pietro * * Chele che vu dicere What you mean to say ‘Mmernate senza neve No Snow This Winter GIUSEPPE ROSATO * 3 * * * E s’apre’ la nenguente Snowfall La neva furastere The Foreign Snow * * COSIMO SAVASTANO Sciate e pretame Breath and Stone I’ so’ I Am * * Puterla arretuhà che na canzone Would that My Song Could Find Her * * Ciuòcchere 4 The Kindling A mená grànnera Hailstorm LATIUM CESARE PASCARELLA I I IX IX XXIX XXIX XLIII XLIII XLVIII XLVIII L L GIGI ZANAZZO A la ppiù bbella de Roma To the Most Beautiful Woman in Rome Estri matti 5 Crazy Whim XIV XIV A Rosina To Rosina TRILUSSA Er ventriloco Ventriloquist Er porco e er somaro The Pig and the Donkey Er gatto e er cane The Cat and the Dog La maschera The mask All’ombra In the Shade of a Hay Rick MARIO DELL’ARCO Bodoni corpo dodici Bodoni Twelve Points La lodola The Skylark 6 Tormarancio Tormarancio Tormarancio (cont.d) Tormarancio (cont.d) Tormarancio (cont.d) Tormarancio (cont.d) Un volo in celo A Flight in the Sky Un prato A meadow Un’arpa verde A Green Harp Io gatto I-Cat Er gatto bianco The White Cat MAURO MARÈ Concerto Concert Smemoria Dismemory 7 Dubbiquità Doubiquity Controcore Counter heart Er pensiere Thought full ness Er forno The Oven MOLISE GIUSEPPE ALTOBELLO La festa de le muorte All Souls’ Day PrimaveraIII SpringIII. L’acqua de la FotaVIII. The Water of the FotaVIII. XVIII. XVIII. Minghe a PeppaII. Minghe to PeppaII. Minghe a PeppaXX. 8 Minghe to PeppaXX. LUIGI ANTONIO TROFA ‘Na zénghera nera A Dark Gypsy Woman Ciérte notte affàtate Certain Enchanted Nights Sole d’autùnne Autumn Sun Mariteme m’ha scritte My Husband Wrote to Me cont.d cont.d La vita Life EUGENIO CIRESE Serenatella Serenade (cont.d) (cont.d) Canzone d’atre tiempe Song of Times Past 9 Ritorne Return Niente Nothing La svota The Crossroads Sole de vierne Winter sun GIUSEPPE JOVINE Lu pavone The Peacock La tagliola The Trap My Father’s Ties Ogne notte Every Night Quanne sì morta chella sera, má Mother, the Evening When You Died (cont.d) (cont.d) GIOSE RIMANELLI 10