Translation of the song Sett' ispadas de dolore artist Elena Ledda
Sett' ispadas de dolore
Seven Swords of Sorrow
Pro fizu meu ispiradu
For my son, slain
A manos de su rigore
By cruel hands
Sett'ispadas de dolore
Seven swords of sorrow
Su coro mi an trapassadu
Have pierced my heart
Sett'ispadas de dolore
Seven swords of sorrow
Su coro mi an trapassadu
Have pierced my heart
Truncadu porto su coro
My heart is devastated
Su pettus tengo freciadu
My chest has been arrowed
De cando mi an leadu
Ever since they have taken
Su meu ricu tesoro
My sweet treasure
Fuit tant'a cua ch'ignoro
With great effort I try to forget
Comente mi es faltadu
How much I am missing him
Sett'ispadas de dolore
Seven swords of sorrow
Su coro mi an trapassadu
Have pierced my heart
In breve ora l'an mortu
In a brief time they killed him
Pustis chi l'an catturadu
After having captured him
Bindigh’oras est istadu
For fifteen hours he stood
In sa rughe dae s'ortu
Nailed to His cross, since the garden
E bendadu l'an mortu
And, bandaged, they slew him
Cun sos colpos chi l'han dadu
With the blows they gave him
Sett'ispadas de dolore
Seven swords of sorrow
Su coro mi an trapassadu
Have pierced my heart
Morte no mi lesses bia
Death, don't leave me alive
Morte no tardes pius
Death, don't take so long
Ca sende mortu Jesùs
For since Jesus is dead
No podet biver Maria
Mary cannot live either!
Unu fizu chi tenia
The only son I had,
Sa vida li an leadu
Had his life taken
Sett'ispadas de dolore
Seven swords of sorrow
Su coro mi an trapassadu
Have pierced my heart
Sett'ispadas de dolore
Seven swords of sorrow
Su coro mi an trapassadu
Have pierced my heart