Sta accusì. La padrona cor padrone, <br />Volenno marità la padroncina <br />Je portonno davanti una matina, <br />Pe sceje, du' bravissime perzone. <br /> <br />Un de li dua aveva una ventina <br />D'anni, e du' spalle peggio de Sanzone; <br />E l'antro lo diceveno un riccone <br />Ma aveva un po' la testa cennerina. <br /> <br />Subbito er giuvinotto de quer paro <br />Se fece avanti a dì: "Sora Lucia, <br />Chi volete de noi? parlate chiaro". <br /> <br />"Pe dilla, me piacete voi e lui", <br />Rispose la zitella; "e ppijerìa <br />Er cicio vostro e li quadrini sui". <br /> <br /> <br />English <br /> <br />This is how it went. My master and mistress, <br />Wishing to have their daughter married <br />One morning brought in front of her <br />Two very respectable persons to choose. <br /> <br />One of the two was about twenty <br />Years old, and had shoulders wider than Samson's; <br />While the other one was known as a rich man <br />But had a few grey hair. <br /> <br />Immediately the young man of the couple <br />Started saying: "Miss Lucy, <br />Who of us do you want? speak frankly". <br /> <br />"Really, I like both of you", <br />Answered the girl [1] ; "and I would take <br />Your tool [2] and his money".<br /><br />Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/la-scerta-the-choice/
