Italian poem
Poesias da divers Aucturs/Il Linguach Romauntsch
by Simon Caratsch (1826–1892)
„Da sieus antenats — quel ais in vardcd „Ün püvel chi crouda — chi vo in maltiru „Ün pövel indegn da giodnir liberted !" Eir nus hoz üna launtscha — v'Iains rumper in favur Da nos linguach Romauntsch — pel quèl portains amur; Nus vzains co cha plaun plaun — el vain da bgers miss dvart In möd ch'el morirò — piir memma, bod o tard. Que ais zuond dolorus — eppür que ais varded La lingua da nos baps — dvanted' ais rarited — 349 — E vi e pü udins — tschantscher in riv' al In La lingua ch'ün discuorra — a Yienn' ed a Berlin! Avaunt ün secol circa — tschantschaivan il Tudais-ch • Tiers nus solum ils docts — ils sabis e l'Ovais-ch, Mentre cha hoz in di — ün l'oda a tschantscher Ad ogni vittürin — o schneder o chalger! — Che dschess mê nos Pallioppi — nos Flugi, nos Klaingut, Sch'els ressüster pudessan — eir be per ün minut E vzessan il Romauntsch — chi ad els eira taunt cher, Neglet, abbanduno, — sül punto da croder! — — Ma na! l'ais auncha viv — in nossa Engiadina Ho el auncha bain bgers — e valents defensuors, El ho in prüma lingia — l'armeda feminina Chi '1 drov' auncha gugend — in scrit ed in discuors, El ho eir nos Ministers — o stimos Predichants Chi del Romauntsch-ladin — sun protectuors zelants, El ho eir sieus poöts — chi 's daun granda fadia Per retarder sia fin — sia mort ed agonia; E finelmaing ho el — la nouva, fich stirneda Socioted Romonscha — avaunt cuort temp formeda Col scopo sench e nöbel — da vulair coltiver Nos idiom Romauntsch — a nus asaimper cher; La ditta Societed — quinta bgers aderents, Fra quels püs Professuors — e letterats valents, Magisters e poüts — privats e predichants E bgers romaunt<chs nel Ester — stüdents e negoziants; Part-Sura, Engiadina — Belfort e Val Surset, Bravuogn e Yal Müstair — con ün accord perfet As dettan la parola — tupts proclamand con schlauntsch: „Murir nus nun laschains — nos vegl linguach Ilomauntsch!" E nus con els insembel — vulains eir giavüscher Cha '1 Plod Ladin nun moura — e possans exclamer: „Fintaunt il Languard, il Piz Ot, la Bernina „Intuorn nus adozan superbis lur chos, „Fintaunt s-chümand l'uonda del Öen cristallina „Percuorra la Yall ed arrosa nos pros, „Vulains nus eir saimper Romauntsch faveller „Nos vegl idiom, chi taunt an 's ais cher!"