singing at Dyonisios' Ear - Ahrirang vs. Ciuri Ciuri

Ebbene si. Ho ceduto!
Dopo quasi ventanni di onorata carriera di guida turistica..ho ceduto!
Ho cantato anche io all'Orecchio di Dionisio!!! ed i miei colleghi non ci crederanno mai!

Il gruppo di turisti coreani di questa mattina così carino ha cantato una canzone d'amore dal vago titolo  Ahrirang ( che dovrebbe significare 'tristezza').

Una melodia dolce e delicata che per  il tema trattato  mi ha fatto ricordare della nostra canzone siciliana Ciuri Ciuri dal ritmo però decisamente  più vivace! Entrambe raccontano  in un certo senso della fine di una storia  d'amore .

I miei turisti. incuriositi per il  paragone fatto , mi hanno piacevolmente invitata o meglio costretta ad intonare "Ciuri Ciuri"...
Vano il tentativo di rifiutarmi spiegando che non lo avevo mai fatto prima!

Cosa fare?  accertatami che non ci fosse nessuno ( chi vuoi che ci sia a Gennaio al parco archeologico?) ed arrossendo terribilmente ho iniziato ad intonare: 

"Ciuri ciuri,  ciuriddi i tuttu l'annu, l'amuri ca mi rasti ti lu tornu"

Eccoci qui ,dopo la nostra performance!

after my great performance at Dyonisios'Ear!!

Yes it's true.
After almost twenty years of a respectful career as tourist guide ,I did!

I sang a song this morning at the Ear of Dyonisios!

I had a lovely Korean group  who sang a love song, whose title sounded like Ahrirang ( which should mean Sadness). It was a sweet and delicate melody talking about the end of a love story

It reminded me the famous Sicilian song Ciuri Ciuri which somehow talks about the same theme
So I told them about Ciuri Ciuri and  they invited or better to say, obliged me to sing my Sicilian song!

I desperately tried to explained that I had never done it before, but they insisted so politely that it was impossible to refuse.
I quickly looked around .and as soon as I was sure that nobodyelse was there
I started:

"Ciuri ciuri ciuriddi tuttu l'annu

l'amuri ca mi rasti ti lu tornu..."

"Flowers, flowers all the year

the love you gave me I give you back"

p.s. after some research, suggested me by a Korean reader, here the lyrics of Ararang into English version:

If you leave and forsake me, my own, Ere three miles you go, lame you'll have grown. Wondrous time, happy time—let us delay; Till night is over, go not away. Arirang Mount is my Tear-Falling Hill, So seeking my love, I cannot stay still. The brightest of stars stud the sky so blue; Deep in my bosom burns bitterest rue. Man's heart is like water streaming downhill; Woman's heart is well water—so deep and still. Young men's love is like pinecones seeming sound, But when the wind blows, they fall to the ground. Birds in the morning sing simply to eat; Birds in the evening sing for love sweet. When man has attained to the age of a score, The mind of a woman should be his love. The trees and the flowers will bloom for aye, But the glories of youth will soon fade away.