Le radici Ca Tieni

The roots Ca Partecipa

Le radici Ca Tieni

Treble-Don Rico-Terron Fabio-Nandu PopuTreble-Don Rico-Terron Fabio-Nandu Popu
'Rit.: If you never untie the roots, keep them'Rit.: Se nu te scierri mai delle radici ca tieni
respect pure quiddre of distant countries!rispetti puru quiddre delli paisi lontani!
If you never forget about two things, come onSe nu te scierri mai de du ede ca ieni
give value to the culture you care about!dai chiu valore alla cultura ca tieni!
Simu Salentini of the munnu citizens,Simu salentini dellu munnu cittadini,
rooted in the Messapi as the Greeks and Byzantines,radicati alli messapi cu li greci e bizantini,
united in this Osce style with Jamaicans,uniti intra stu stile osce cu li giammaicani,
tell me how du ede is good!dimme mo de du ede ca sta bieni!
I remember Egnu from Salentu and whenever I speak dialectRico Egnu dellu salentu e quannu mpunnu parlu dialettu
and no mbede filu no Ca l'italianu no lu sacciue nu mbede filu no Ca l'italianu nu lu sacciu
ca se me mintu cu reflectu parlu lu jamaicanu strittuca se me mintu cu riflettu parlu lu jamaicanu strittu
because the important thing is that you know a little about everythingperche l'importante e cu sai nu pocu de tuttu
even if I didn't give a damn about it allanche se de tuttu a fiate me ne futtu
but if I'm interested in anything, I'll be able to fix itma se na cosa me interessa su capace puru me fissu
if you are quiddhru ca oiu fazzu me mintu ddhrai and fazzu there is pozzuse ete quiddhru ca oiu fazzu me mintu ddhrai e fazzu cè pozzu
because addrhu beessere ieu ca decideu te minessuperche addrhu bessere ieu ca decidu te mie stessu
true culture is how you know how to liveca la vera cultura è cu sai vivere
cu biessi testu but always sensitivecu biessi testu ma sempre sensibile
after all, life is hard and you know how to love betterpuru ca la vita ete dura è meiu sai amare
Even when it seems impossible to you.puru quannu te pare ca ete impossibile.

Fabio Defend her for me, hold her tight to your heartFabio Me la difendu, la tegnu stritta cullu core
my culture represents quiddru ca é statou e ca ha benirela cultura mia rappresenta quiddru ca é statau e ca ha benire
Intra stu munnu, a du nu tene tene closurei valueIntra stu munnu, a du nu tene chiui valore
It speaks to us differently about different cultures!Ci parla diversu o de diversu ede culure!
You're missing all of it, even the desire to love,Te ne leanu tuttu puru la voglia de amare,
cussi ca so many people in pacciu modu are managing!cussi ca tanta gente a pacciu modu stae a regire!
I'll leave you all the riches to hear,Te ne leanu tuttu puru le ricchie pe sentire,
he calls us and asks for help with the wrongs he is about to sufferci chiange e chiede aiutu pe li torti ca stae a subire
You can't leave even the earth under your feet,Te ne leanu puru la terra de sutta li piedi,
if you cattanu all the things you care aboutse cattanu tuttu quiddru a cui tie nci tieni
I'm sorry that everything is out of placeMe dispiace pe tuttu quiddru ca ne sta gliati
But here we are still, no one has ever known about this!Ma stamu ancoraa quai, de quai nu ne limu mai sciuti!

Rit.Rit.

Nandu And riu of the earth to du nce always lu suleNandu E riu della terra a du nce sempre lu sule
in du the people are looking for Umbria to cool down.a du la gente cerca umbra ca la po defrescare.
It is written on the stones that you can further understandStae scrittu sulle petre quiddru ca aggiu capire
on ancient words because man cannot change!su parole antiche percé l'uomu nu po cangiare!
Memory and culture and bede this question:Memoria ede cultura e bede quistu ca ole:
recorda succeeded so you can understandrecorda ce ha successu cussì pueti capire
The executioner denta victim puru afterpu menz'uralu boia denta vittima puru dopu menz'ura
but the victim is an executioner if he has no culture!ma la vittima denta boia se nu tene cultura!
We are well rooted on these rootsSu ste radici nui stamu ben radicati
they don't make people love who have never livedni fannu amare populi mai canusciuti
hate and war keep us away from usni scosta de ci medita l'odiu e la guerra
but my mind will never escape these criminals!ma de sti criminali la mente mia nu se scerra!

Treble Defend it!Treble Difendila!
Quannu then defend her!Quannu poi difendila!
It's your land, love it and defend it!E' la terra toa, amala e difendila!
Come back, defend her!Ntorna moi, difendila!
Quannu then defend her!Quannu poi difendila!
It's your land, love it and defend it! Tens?E' la terra toa, amala e difendila! De cine?
From those who speculate and corrupt, defend it!De ci ole cu specula e corrompe, difendila!
De ci ole exploits ignorance, defend it!De ci ole sfrutta l'ignoranza, difendila!
De ci ole sells out harmful art, defend it!De ci ole svende l'arte noscia, difendila!
Let there be no more trouble, defend it!De ci nu bole crisca ancora, difendila!
So you can't hold on to any hopePe ci nu tene chiù speranza
If she left us without strength, defend her!Pe ci ha rimastu senza forza, difendila!
If you can't but don't criticize us, defend it!Pe ci nu pote ma nci crite, difendila!
To avoid anything you can do, defend her!Pe ci nu te pote secutare, difendila!

I remember Egnu from Salento and whenever I speak dialect
Rico Egnu de lu salentu e quannu mpunnu parlu dialettuand don't bete pecce ca l'Italianu nullu sacciu
e nu bete pecce ca l'Italianu nullu sacciuIt's good for me to record the words of African wool
ca se buenu me recordu do parole de woolof africanuchep gen è lu risu cullu pisce ca se eat culle manu
chep gen è lu risu cullu pisce ca se mangia culle manuand "mu nu mu cu bbai" means I can't do it on the menu
e "mu nu mu cu bbai" vuol dire nun ne pozzu fare a menuand "man gi dem man gi dem" means sciamu moi sciamu
e "man gi dem man gi dem" vuol dire sciamu moi sciamua couple of years ago that's enough to respect purtamu
a du ete ca uei basta ca rispettu purtamuand can make us respect it for this reason
e ca ne facimu rispettare pe quiddhri ca simuthe real culture is where you know iter
ca la cultura vera è cu sai iterethe reality for quiddhra is both easy and difficult
la realtà pe quiddhra ca ete sia ca è facile sia ca è difficiletrue culture is what you know how to understand
la cultura vera è cu sai capirewe really care besegnu you are the weak one
ci tene veramente besegnu ci ete lu chiu deboleFabio Defend me, tight and strong cullu core
Fabio Me la difendu, stritta e forte cullu coreThis is the poetry that creates this land of love.
quista e' la poesia ca crea sta terra cull'amore.Quiddra ca muti, tenenu way to feel
Quiddra ca muti, tenenu modu te sentirethanks to this he brings it around to where we can test it.
grazie a ci la porta in giru oci a quai la po saggiare.Nandu And riu of the earth to du nce always lu sule
Nandu E riu della terra a du nce sempre lu suleand the sea always thinks of the dear people!
e alla gente ca ria nci pensa sempre lu mare!What is written on the stones makes us understand more
A quai stae scrittu sulle petre ce aggiu capireI'll try to explain them to you, because you can't get away with it!
cercu cu te le spiegu, perché nu ta scerrare!Treble Defend it!
Treble Difendila!Quannu then defend her!
Quannu poi difendila!It's your land, love it and defend it!
E' la terra toa, amala e difendila!Come back, defend her!
Ntorna moi, difendila!Quannu then defend her!
Quannu poi difendila!It's your land, love it and defend it!
E' la terra toa, amala e difendila!Rit.
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