Another version is given in a poem by giovanni pascoli. Today in italy, the tale of the befana lives on and young children are given gifts in stockings while some are given carbone which is. Translation the befana comes at night in wornout shoes. However, there is even a more ancient and popular italian christmas tradition that has its origins traced back to the th century. Can we translate the description of epiphany back to english.
During the day paola is an ordinary primary school teacher, but at night, she turns into the christmas witch, a magical creature who brings gifts to the good kids. Translate befana to italian online and download now our free translation software to use at any time. Translation for befana in the free italianenglish dictionary and many other english translations. Filastrocche della befana il paese dei bambini che sorridono. On 14012019 14012019 by knottytranslations in christmas, culture, traditions. The befana comes by night with her shoes all tattered and torn she comes dressed in the roman way long life to the befana. In italian or better, in my dialect there is a a singsongs that he sings on january 6 party of the epiphany the epiphany comes at night. Translated, the above poem reads the befana comes at night in worn out shoes dressed like a. Buona epifania greeting card italian childrens market.
For the small, little children she leaves a lot of little chocolates, for the bad little children, she leaves ashes and coal. She comes, the befana comes, she comes from the mountains deep in the night. Protected by copyscape dmca takedown notice infringement search tool. The translation on the side is mine, i have tried to keep the rhymes if not the metric, i hope you like it.
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