Translation of the song Stabat Mater artist Andrea Parodi

Sardinian (northern dialects)

Stabat Mater

English translation

Stabat Mater

Nàdelu Segnora mia

Tell me, my Lady,

sezis cussa lastimada

are you the injured woman

chi giaman Maria?

called Mary?

Mama proite cuades

Mother, why do you hide

sa cara bianca che nie

your snow-white face?

nàdenos, pro chie?

Tell us, for whom?

Sa Segnora nostra at prantu

Our Lady has been crying

tota sa notte a sucutu,

and sobbing all night long,

mannu est su corrutu.

great is her sorrow.

Su sambene s'est asciutu

The blood has dried up

in sas venas de una rosa.

in the veins of a rose.

Mama dolorosa.

Sorrowful Mother.

Amen.

Amen.

Sas ispinas disatentas

The disrespectful thorns

affligidu an sas intragnas

have deeply wounded

de su Fizu ’e Deus.

the son of God.

Ahi, isculta Fizu meu

Oh, listen, my Son,

salvalu s’homine reu,

save the guilty man,

perdonalu, colpidu.

forgive him, the wretch.

Amen.

Amen.

Mamas chi fizos penades

Mothers who suffer for your sons,

mirade cantu dolore

look how much pain,

mortu est su Segnore.

dead is the Lord.

Amen, amen.

Amen, amen.

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