mid 18th–early-to-mid 19th century (exact period unknown), Agostino Sire, Que faré pobre de mi [What will I do, poor me?], lines 17–21; republished in “La Gallura, Sassari e Alghero” (chapter 3), in Salvatore Tola, La letteratura in lingua sarda: testi, autori, vicende, Cagliari: CUEC, October 2006, →ISBN, page 131:
que tingui lo llaç parat, / corro prest y si ha entrat / algun petit bruscaino, / o algun tordo suarino / tindreulo ara mateix(Alghero)
since I set the noose, I run fast and, if a small blackcap or a colorful thrush has entered it, you will have it right now