di latti la cammisa

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Italian term or phrase:cammisa
English translation:vest, blouse (Sicilian)
Entered by: evwool

15:15 Aug 13, 2003
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / opera
Italian term or phrase: di latti la cammisa
Opera Cavalleria Rusticana:
I think this must be some dialect of Italian.
O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa
Si bianca e russa comu la cirasa,
Quannu t'affacci fai la vucca a risa,
Biato cui ti dà lu primu vasu!
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu è sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
evwool


Summary of answers provided
5 -1oh lola with the vest as white as milk
Francesca Siotto


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
oh lola with the vest as white as milk


Explanation:
it is sicilian dialect.
cammisa= vest, blouse
latti=latte=milk

http://www.supercable.es/~ealmagro/kareol/obras/cavalleria/a...


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Note added at 1 hr 54 mins (2003-08-13 17:09:26 GMT) Post-grading
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note for anaita:

it does non explicitely say white but what do you think milky or milk stand for? brown, yellow, or blue?

Francesca Siotto
Italy
Local time: 19:37
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  anaita: It does not say explicitely "white" but "milky" or "milk
42 mins
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