Reginella campagnola [English translation]

At dawn when the sun comes out

In all golden Abruzzo

The prosperous peasant women

descend into the valley's full of flowers .

Chorus: O beautiful countrywoman,

you are the little queen!

In your eyes there is the sun

the color of the violets

and of all the valleys in bloom

If you sing, your voice

Is a harmony of peace

That spreads and says:

"If you want to live happily,

you have to live up here!"

When there is the feast in the village

she goes around with her basket...

Trotting around with the donkey,

that brings her to the city.

Chorus

But then in the evening, at sunset

she goes with her friends

And she is all intent on telling

What she has seen in the city

Chorus