Aggiu vistu lu mappamundu (Traditional)
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- (Posted 2018-02-22) CPDL #48891:
- Editor: Francesco Spiga (submitted 2018-02-22). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 327 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Arranged for soprano, alto and tenor/baritone. The text is reconstructed on the basis of medieval Sicilian.
General Information
Title: Aggiu vistu lu mappamundu
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Lyricist: Traditional
Number of voices: 3vv Voicings: SAT, SAB, STT or STB
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: Sicilian
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Popular song at the Sicilian court of Alphonsus V of Aragon. It is a parody of the moral lauda by the Florentine poet Feo Belcari (1410 - 1484) Haggio visto il cieco mundo, sung on the same tune. It survives in some manuscripts, with a few differences in the text and the melody. The lyrics are probably transcribed by not Sicilian speakers.
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Original text and translations
Sicilian text
Aggiu vistu lu mappamundu
E la carta di navigari,
Ma Cicilia mi pari
La chiù bella di quistu mundu.
Tri Cicilie son, nun chiui,
Tutti tri son curunati:
Re Alfonso 'n tien li dui,
Citrapharum et Ultrapharum.
La terç'ha 'n lu calendari,
Nun zi parla di la quarta,
Chi nun zi truva in carta:
È vinuta di l'autru mundu.
Vidi Corziga e Sardigna
E la isula di Medea,
Nun zi ha nullu chi m'inzigna
Cipra, Candia e la Morea.
Ai' circatu cun la gallea
La nov'isula di Castella,
Ma Cicilia è tantu bella
Chi pinzandu mi cunfundu.
Aggiu vistu lu mappamundu
E la carta di navigari,
Ma Cicilia mi pari
La chiù bella di quistu mundu.