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''Par trexentosetantasete ani'' ''le nostre sostanse, el nostro sangue,'' ''le nostre vite le xè sempre stàe'' ''par Ti, S.Marco; e fedelisimi'' ''senpre se gavemo reputà,'' ''Ti co nu, nu co Ti,'' ''e senpre co Ti sul mar'' ''semo stài lustri e virtuoxi.'' ''Nisun co Ti ne gà visto scanpar,'' ''nisun co Ti ne gà visto vinti e spauroxi!'''' | "For three hundred and seventy seven years our souls, our blood our lives have alvays been for You, St. Mark; and very faithful we have always been regarded, You with us, we with You, And always with You in the sea we have been illustrious and virtuous. No one has seen us with You flee, No one has seen us with You defeated and fearful!" |
''Sti cantori vèci da na volta,'' ''co i cioéa su le profezie,'' ''in mezo al coro, davanti al restèl,'' ''co'a ose i 'ndéa a cior volta'' ''no so 'ndove e ghe voéa un bèl tóc'' ''prima che i tornésse in qua'' ''e che i rivésse in cao,'' ''màssima se i jèra pareciàdi onti'' ''co mezo litro de quel bon'' ''tant par farse coràjo.'' | "These singers of the past, when they picked up the Prophecies, in the middle of the choir, in front of the gate, whith their voice they went off who knows where, and it was a long time before they came back and landed on the ground, especially if they had been previoulsy "oiled" with half a liter of the good one {Link without Title} just to make courage." |