SANT' AMPEIU

Se ti vai a Burdighea                                                 burdezandu sci a marina                                                             ti trovi sc'ina scuiera                                                               ina geixia pecenina.

In sce a storia du Paise                                                              u se leze ancura avù                                                                che Ampeiu da burasca                                                              u l'à sarvau u Sefbù.

E i antighi burdigoti                                                                   in segnu de devussion                                                              stu munumèntu de Fede                                                              i gh'an faitu cun pasciun.

A l'è stà ina couza vera                                                             l'è da tuti diciarà                                                                 alantù a pupulassiun                                                                 l'è restà alabeà.

L'è di seculi, o geixeta,                                                           che ti stai delongu in pei:                                                         ma nu sulu i burdigoti                                                                  i t'ama ascì i furustei.

U ciocu de campane                                                                 cand'i sona u matutin                                                               tute e gènte i u sènte                                                                 perchè bèlu e argentin.

Sant'Ampeiu, ti sei in Santu                                                    che de grassie ti n'ai fau                                                             e u l'è pè ricunuscensa                                                             chi te an delongu amau.

A matin, spuntandu u sù                                                             u te baixia u campanin:                                                                tu, geixeta in riva au mà,                                                            ti sai tuta de sarin.

Candu a luna a brila in cielu                                                       a pà d'argèntu a marina:                                                          mi a cuntemplu u tò prufilu                                                       cu te fà tantu cuchina.

Cheli antighi marinai                                                               che sce schune navigaiva                                             t'aregordi Sant'Ampeiu   c                                                     anti vuti te purtaiva?

Oh, geixeta belurina,                                                                ch'a te portu in tu mei co                                                             i son ciù de otant'agni:                                                              de cand'eiru ancù fio.

Burdighea, sitadina                                                                   pu tò clima rinumà:                                                                     u furèstu  s'inamura                                                             cande u gh'è a sugiurnà.

E tò parme e passeggiate                                                           e tò sciure, u tò sù,                                                                     ti sei propriu in Paradiisu:                                                           ti sei tèra du Segnù.

Sant'Ampeiu lì sciu scoiu                                                   atacau cum'a patela                                                            garda i rairi burdigoti                                                                  e cummossu poi parpela.

A Regina Margherita                                                                 li pè contru assetà                                                               goude cande i burdigoti                                                               i ven inta geixia a pregà.

Cande st vei pescaui                                                                     i andeixeiva a pescà                                                          faixeiva riferimèntu                                                                    a tò geixia in riva au mà.

E i diixeiva a Sant'Ampeiu:                                                      fane di pesci pescà                                                                  che nui inta geixia vegnimu                                                   tute e vote a rongrazià.

E sti veij burdigoti                                                                        i conta ai nevi pecin                                                                    u perchè i an faitu a geixia                                                         cu stu belu campanin.

In sce l'ura du tramuntu                                                         cande u sù stà pè carà                                                                u gh'è passure e curumbi                                                         chi te ven a saluà.