Comments on: Italian Proverbs – Good Things are Ahead!

By: Joe H.

Joe H. — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:45:51 +0000

“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.
Red sky at morning, sailor take warning.”

E la mia favorita:

“L’amore fa passare il tempo,
e il tempo fa passare l’amore.”

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:45:40 +0000

I was going to say the version (in english) I have heard is this:

Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight.
Red sky in teh morning, shepherd’s warning!

Perhaps that has been modified for a country with 10x the amount of sheep than people…

PS Lovely pics. Send us some of those nice evenings!! We’ve been having days and days of rain and storms. When is summer going to come to sicily this year?

By: nyc/carribbean ragazza

nyc/carribbean ragazza — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:49:50 +0000

These photo are gorgeous Cherrye!

By: Playful Professional

Playful Professional — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:41:30 +0000

These are beautiful pictures. I haven’t seen a sunset or sunrise for a long time and never one in Italy. I think it’s about time I do.

By: Rhea

Rhea — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:02:20 +0000

Love the Italian sayings. They’re beautiful and eloquent! The pics are great too. I need to wake up early to get pics like that…or go outside at sunset.

By: My Bella Vita

My Bella Vita — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:36:15 +0000

Hmmm… interesting! Well, then, I am glad these pics were taken at night!

By: running42k

running42k — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:44:34 +0000

I was going to say what BE said. It’s fairly accurate too.

By: My Bella Vita

My Bella Vita — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:57:58 +0000

Yea, we have boats in se TX, but mostly we go canoeing and stuff!

By: bleeding espresso

bleeding espresso — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:42:05 +0000

Yes I think it may have been in dialect, but I do think it had a little different twist to it. Or maybe I’m just happy to think of sailors

I hadn’t heard the English version until I was in college and around people from New England who are (a) closer in ties to England, which is where I think the saying comes from; and (b) much more into boating and whatnot that we in the middle of PA tend to be

By: My Bella Vita

My Bella Vita — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:52:38 +0000

I have never heard that in English. Cute! P may have told you the Calabrese version??

By: bleeding espresso

bleeding espresso — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:36:02 +0000

We have a version in English too, you know: “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight; red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.”

I keep thinking P told me a different version, but I’m probably just thinking of one of the thousands of others….

Lovely photos