A CUMPAGNELLA E SCOLA
 
Io tengo sempe a mente, quenn’ero guaglione
me suseve a matina , pe’ ghi a chesta scola
mammeme me faceva, l’uovo a zambaglione
po’ me’deve a cartella, cu’u pane e pummarola
 
A scola nun me’ piaceva, o studia’ m’addurmeve
ma avive ghi per forza, assieme a tutti quanti
si facive filone, in castigo te’ mettevene
e si’ e’sapeve pateme, me’ menave cu’ e guanti
 
Pero’dinte a stessa classe, ca’veneva da’campagna
ce’ steve na’ guagliuncella, cu’ doie belle trezze
a chiammavene Anna, addiventaime cumpagne
e cu a manella n’faccia, me’ faceva na carezza
 
Tenevame ott’anne, arapeveme e cartelle
e ce’mangiavame a mmarenna, auniti e felice
essa purtave sempe, o pane e murtadella
a vota me’piaceva, e mangia’ o pane cu’ alice
 
Spartettene e classe, ,e cagnamme doie scole
e mo’tenghe a mente a cumpagnella e nomme Anna
rimango sempe a pensa’ , senza di’ na’ parola
dico, chi sape addo’ sta’, doppe chiu’ e cinquant’anne
 

di: Antonio De Girolamo

MY  CHILDHOOD  SCHOOL  FRIEND  

I will always remember when I was a youngster 

 got up in the morning to go to our school

my mother would give me an egg  zambaglione

than gave me my school bag  with bread and tomatoes

I didn’t like school much studying would make me sleepy

 but for sure you had to be there together with other kids

if you played hooky  teacher would punish you,

and when my dad find out, I would get hit with his gloves

But in my same class that came from the farmland ,

there was this beautiful girl with nice looking braids

they called her Anna  we became good friends,

at times with her little hand she would caress my face

We where eight years old  would open our lunch boxes,

use to eat our lunch together and happy

she always  use to eat bread  with  mortadella

at time I loved to eat  bread and  anchovies

they  split the classrooms  we went to separate classes

and now I still remember my childhood  friend  named Anna

I would remain thinking of her without saying a word

wondering where  she can be after more than 50 years

by: Antonio De Girolamo