O SCUNGILLO
 
Faccio na’ vita e cane n’funno a stu’ mare
tutto fetente anfuse e muorte e famme
sto’ quase sempe sule a comme pare
niscune ca me’ vede e po’ me chiamme
 
Camminnghe ammieze a l’aliche a jiurnate
pe’ truva’ nu poco e mangia’ vicine e foglie
o mare ca’ me sbatte mai stonghe fermate
aggia’ mangia’ cu’ a pressa e senza voglia
 
Tutta a nu tratto sengo rinte a rena
na seccia ca’ se’ fruscia a parta mia
aggiu’ lassa’ e mangia’ e a comme vene
m’aggia’ annasconne dinte o scuorze mio
 
Quanne staie spienzerato e maie t’aspiette
siente na mana ca’ te piglia m’braccie
vache a ferni’ cu’ a salza de spaghietti
e visto po’ che fine ca’ po’ io faccio ?

 

di: Antonio De Girolamo

THE SEA CONCH
 
I live a dog life at the bottom of the sea
 dirty all wet and always starving to death
 I’m always by myself and lonely
 with no one that ever sees me or calls me
 
I walk through sea weeds all day
 trying to find something to eat on the leaves
 the rolling sea throws me everywhere
 I’ve got to eat in a hurry and with no appetite
 
All of a sudden I hear in the sand
 a sepia fish that is crawling my way
 I got to stop eating and in a flesh
 I’ve got to pull back and hide in my shell
  
When you’re carefree and you’ll never expect it
 you feel a hand picking you up
 I wind up boiled in a pot of spaghetti sauce
 did you see how my life really ends ?
 

by: Antonio De Girolamo