Translation of the song L'asinello artist Italian Folk

Sicilian

L'asinello

English translation

The little donkey

Avevo un' asinello

I had a little donkey

davvero saporito

really tasty

adesso me l'hanno ammazzato

now the killed him

povero asino mio

my poor little donkey

Che bella voce aveva

What a beautiful voice it had

pareva un gran tenore

It was like that of a great tenor

asinello del mio cuore

Little donkey of my heart

come ti potrò mai scordare

how will I ever forget you

e quando cantava faceva:

and when he sung it was like:

iha, iha, iha...

iha, iha, iha...

asinello del mio cuore

Little donkey of my heart

come ti potrò mai scordare

how will I ever forget you

Quando incontrava un compagno

When he would meet up with a someone

subito lo odorava

he would sniff them right away

e dopo lo grattava

and then he wound rub up on them

con grande carità

with great generosity

Che bella voce aveva

What a beautiful voice it had

pareva un gran tenore

It was like that of a great tenor

asinello del mio cuore

Little donkey of my heart

come ti potrò mai scordare

how will I ever forget you

e quando cantava faceva:

and when he sung it was like:

iha, iha, iha...

iha, iha, iha...

asinello del mio cuore

Little donkey of my heart

come ti potrò mai scordare

how will I ever forget you

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