Aperimi sa janna o frisca rosa ca so tremende che foza ’e canna.
Open to me your door, fresh rose, for I’m trembling like a reed leaf.
Sa janna no l’aperio, oh no l’aperio finas ch’essit su sole in artu mare.
I won’t open the door, oh I won’t open it until the sun raises on the high seas.
Aperimi sa janna o frisca rosa ca so tremende che foza ’e canna.
Open to me your door, fresh rose, for I’m trembling like a reed leaf.
Tue ses in su lettu e ti reposas, a mie lassas in fora ‘e sa janna
You're resting in your bed, and you leave me outside the door
che unu pellegrinu in sa campagna pellegrinende sa vida penosa.
like a pilgrim wandering in the countryside his painful life.
Aperimi sa janna o frisca rosa ca so tremende che foza ’e canna.
Open to me your door, fresh rose, for I’m trembling like a reed leaf.