N'esci, n'esci, suli, suli
This rhyme is in the Calabrese dialect.
N'esci, n'esci, suli, suli
Come Out, Come Out, Sun, Sun
Rhyme
Rhyme
(Italian Dialect)
(English)
N'esci, n'esci, suli, suli
Per le Santu Salvaturi
Per la luna e pe li stridi
Pe li povri picciridi
N'hannu ninti da mangiari
N'esci suli a caddiari.
Come out, come out, sun, sun,
For the Holy Savior,
For the moon and for the stars,
For the poor little babies,
They have nothing to eat
Come out sun to warm them up.
Notes
This rhyme was collected in 1862 from a little boy by Cesare Lombroso in Palmi (Calabria) and published in his "Tre mesi in Calabria" in "Rivista contemporanea" (1863) and in "In Calabria" (1898).
Here are the lyrics in standard Italian…
Esci, esci, sole, sole,
Per il Santo Salvatore,
Per la luna e per le stelle,
Per i poveri piccolini,
Non hanno niente da mangiare,
Esci sole a scaldarli.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Mirella for contributing this rhyme, and for the translations in standard Italian and English.
