Buongiorno a tutti. I would be forever grateful if someone could help me with a little translation. My grandfather recently passed away, and as my mother was going through his things she came across a paper with this prayer handwritten in Italian, presumably Sicilian dialect. His parents were from the towns of Favara and Valledolmo, in Sicily. But my grandfather was born in the US and claimed to speak no Italian, “except for the dirty words.” I speak French and decent Spanish, so obviously they sent this to me to translate! Below is the original note, and my attempt (with a little help from my friends) to translate.
Maggio 3
Arma mia, penzo pi tia, ca quando
morirai lu nimico ti scondrerai
iddu ti dice, e tu ciderai, alontanati
di mia, che sono figlia di Maria,
che lu giorno di la Santissima Croce
aio ditto mille volti,
Jesu Mia Misericordia.
20 volti nella crona
May 3
My love, I am thinking of you, that when
you die the enemy (devil?) will come for you
as God has said, and you will tell him, “Get away from me, for I am the daughter of Mary,”
that the day of the Holy Cross
I’ve said a thousand times.
Lord have mercy.
20 times around the rosary
For a little context, my grandmother died three years ago. May 3 would have come between the time she suffered a stroke and when she finally passed away six weeks later. Would this be something like a prayer for the sick, to help them on their way to heaven? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
Adam
Maggio 3
Arma mia, penzo pi tia, ca quando
morirai lu nimico ti scondrerai
iddu ti dice, e tu ciderai, alontanati
di mia, che sono figlia di Maria,
che lu giorno di la Santissima Croce
aio ditto mille volti,
Jesu Mia Misericordia.
20 volti nella crona
May 3
My love, I am thinking of you, that when
you die the enemy (devil?) will come for you
as God has said, and you will tell him, “Get away from me, for I am the daughter of Mary,”
that the day of the Holy Cross
I’ve said a thousand times.
Lord have mercy.
20 times around the rosary
For a little context, my grandmother died three years ago. May 3 would have come between the time she suffered a stroke and when she finally passed away six weeks later. Would this be something like a prayer for the sick, to help them on their way to heaven? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
Adam
