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Il-Ħajja Maltija
July 28, 2019
By the Storytellers at Silver Hub, St. Vincent De Paul
Its Vitorin and myself
Wenzu and Rozi
His trousers are down
They're from Mellieha
We don't even go there anymore
or from Mosta
They're laughing about something
or they're watching something funny.
She's screaming with laughter
Enjoying something funny
..a clean joke.
He told her a joke and she took him for granted.
'Song Mur Hallini u itlaq '
He asked me to dance and I told him 'leave me alone'
He's laughing so much his trousers are going to fall
He doesn't have braces - men's trousers have braces.
She's wearing a pinafore
There are sounds of laughter
It was autumn
It wasn't cold
The best time of the year.
She's wearing an apron because she's busy
she's imagining what will happen when his trousers drop
she can't stop laughing,
She's a sweet old lady - around 50 or 75
The man is wearing glasses - because he's got poor eyesight
It was a Friday
It depends whether it's their turn to be on the Rediffusion (broadcasting radio)
They abstain from meat - they're fasting
They're happy
She has 2 or 7 children in the Pushchair
They're still young
They will stay with their mum
When they grow up they will have their own families.
He's in the Garden
They're playing on the computer in their free time
They sing folk songs on the old guitar and the violin.
When it's over they will go to eat at the restaurant Mamma Mia - that's where we go
They used to go to the disco - dancing to Paul Anka
In future they will rest.
'They've worked too long'
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in Maltese
Vitorin u Jien
Wenzu u Rożi
His trousers are down
Mill-Mellieħa
Għax l'anqas inmorru l'hemm
Jew Mill-Mosta.
Qed jidħqu b'xi haġa
jew jaraw xi ħaġa tad-daħq.
Qegħda tgħoxa
Qed tieħu pjaċir b'xi ħaġa tad-daħq.
xi ħaġa pulita..
Qalla xi ċajta u ħaditu for granted
'Mur ħallini u itlaq l'hemm ghax dejjaqtni ...'
Qalli ejja nippruvaw niżfnu u qaltlu 'ħallini'.
Bid-daħq kienm ser jaqalu il-qalżiet -
Anzi m'għamlux bic-cingi - l'irġiel biċ-ċingi...
She's wearing a pinafore
Hemm ħsejjes tad-dahq
Kien il-mezzotemp
Ma kienx bard
L-isbaħ zmien.
Bil-fardal għax kienet imħabtha.
qed timmaġina x'ser jiġri meta ser jaqalu il-qalziet
ma tiflaħx aktar.
Ix-xiħa ħelwa - ghandħa mal 50 jew 75
The man is wearing glasses - għax ma jarax
Kien il-Ġimgha
Skond il-program tagħħom ikunx immishom huma
- fuq ir-Rediffusion
Ma jieklux laħam - biex ma jniżżux (tikser is-sawm)
Ferħana
Għanda 2 jew 7 it-tfal fil-Pushchair
Għadhom zgħar
Ha joqodu m'ommhom
Meta jikbru jaghmlu familja bħalhom.
He's in the Garden
Jilgħabu bil-Kompjuter fil-ħin liberu
Joqgħodu jgħannu bil-gitarra l-antika, u l-vjolin
Meta jispiċċa ser imorru jieklu l-Mamma Mia
Għax ahna hemm inmorru.
Kienu jmorru d-disco, jizfnu għal Paul Anka.
Ha jistrieħu fil-futur
'Kemm ser jaħdmu !!!'
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