Sagra del Redentore (Nuoro)

Little Mary
It was a winter day, bad and cold,
It was windy, large snowflakes were falling
And Little Mary, all stiffened with cold,
Was returning from Istiritta1with a pitcher.

Breathing on her nails, poor creature,
At each step she made a pause
And from her crumpled skirt
A bluish little leg jutted out.

While walking so, stop and go,
She was gazing at the snowflakes
Which were whitening a mulberry bush

And behold, she stumbles and the pitcher falls to the ground!
Then Little Mary, weeping, thinks that
They’ll take off her cold with a rope!2

1.Istiritta was an old fountain in the centre of Nuoro where people used to go for getting water with clay jugs when still there wasn’t a town water supply.
Wealthy families used to assign this task to young maids as Little Mary was.
2.A rope used as a whip to punish disobedient servants.
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Mariedda
Fit una die de iberru mala e fritta,
fit bentu, fit frocande a froca lada
e Marïedda, totu tostorada,
ghirabat chin sa broca dae Istiritta.

Buffàndesi sas ungras, poberita...
fachiat a cada passu s'arressada,
e dae sa fardetedda istratzulada
nch'essiat un'anchichedda biaita.

Mentras andabat gai arressa arressa,
istabat annotàndesi sa froca
ch'imbïancabat una murichessa,

cando trabucat e - a terra sa broca! -
Mariedda pranghende tando pessat
chi li catzan su frittu chin sa soca!
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Piccola Maria
Era una giornata invernale, brutta e fredda,
C'era vento, cadevano grandi fiocchi di neve
E la piccola Maria, tutta irrigidita dal freddo,
Stavo tornando da Istiritta con una brocca.

Respirando sulle sue unghie, povera creatura,
Ad ogni passo faceva una pausa
E dalla sua gonna spiegazzata
Una zampina bluastra sporgeva.

Mentre cammini così, fermati e vai,
Stava fissando i fiocchi di neve
che imbiancavano un cespuglio di gelsi

Ed ecco, inciampa e la brocca cade a terra!
Allora la piccola Maria, piangendo, pensa questo
Le toglieranno il raffreddore con una corda!2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWbhN5YZ7FI



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