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Le radici ca tieni

Se nu te scierri mai delle radici ca tieni
Rispetti puru quiddre delli paisi lontani!
Se nu te scierri mai de du ede ca ieni
Dai chiu valore alla cultura ca tieni!
Simu salentini dellu munnu cittadini,
Radicati alli messapi cu li greci e bizantini,
Uniti intra stu stile osce cu li giammaicani,
Dimme mo de du ede ca sta bieni!

Egnu dellu salentu e quannu mpunnu parlu dialettu
E nu mbede filu no Ca l'italianu nu lu sacciu
Ca se me mintu cu riflettu parlu lu jamaicanu strittu
Perche l'importante e cu sai nu pocu de tuttu
Anche se de tuttu a fiate me ne futtu
Ma se na cosa me interessa su capace puru me fissu
Se ete quiddhru ca oiu fazzu me mintu ddhrai e fazzu cè pozzu
Perche addrhu bessere ieu ca decidu te mie stessu
Ca la vera cultura è cu sai vivere
Cu biessi testu ma sempre sensibile
Puru ca la vita ete dura è meiu sai amare
Puru quannu te pare ca ete impossibile.

Me la difendu, la tegnu stritta cullu core
La cultura mia rappresenta quiddru ca é statau e ca ha benire
Intra stu munnu, a du nu tene chiui valore
Ci parla diversu o de diversu ede culure!
Te ne leanu tuttu puru la voglia de amare,
Cussi ca tanta gente a pacciu modu stae a regire!
Te ne leanu tuttu puru le ricchie pe sentire,
Ci chiange e chiede aiutu pe li torti ca stae a subire
Te ne leanu puru la terra de sutta li piedi,
Se cattanu tuttu quiddru a cui tie nci tieni
Me dispiace pe tuttu quiddru ca ne sta gliati
Ma stamu ancoraa quai, de quai nu ne limu mai sciuti!

Se nu te scierri mai delle radici ca tieni
Rispetti puru quiddre delli paisi lontani!
Se nu te scierri mai de du ede ca ieni
Dai chiu valore alla cultura ca tieni!
Simu salentini dellu munnu cittadini,
Radicati alli messapi cu li greci e bizantini,
Uniti intra stu stile osce cu li giammaicani,
Dimme mo de du ede ca sta bieni!

E riu della terra a du nce sempre lu sule
A du la gente cerca umbra ca la po defrescare.
Stae scrittu sulle petre quiddru ca aggiu capire
Su parole antiche percé l'uomu nu po cangiare!
Memoria ede cultura e bede quistu ca ole:
Recorda ce ha successu cussì pueti capire
Lu boia denta vittima puru dopu menz'ura
Ma la vittima denta boia se nu tene cultura!
Su ste radici nui stamu ben radicati
Ni fannu amare populi mai canusciuti
Ni scosta de ci medita l'odiu e la guerra
Ma de sti criminali la mente mia nu se scerra!

Treble Difendila!
Quannu poi difendila!
E' la terra toa, amala e difendila!
Ntorna moi, difendila!
Quannu poi difendila!
E' la terra toa, amala e difendila! De cine?
De ci ole cu specula e corrompe, difendila!
De ci ole sfrutta l'ignoranza, difendila!
De ci ole svende l'arte noscia, difendila!
De ci nu bole crisca ancora, difendila!
Pe ci nu tene chiù speranza
Pe ci ha rimastu senza forza, difendila!
Pe ci nu pote ma nci crite, difendila!
Pe ci nu te pote secutare, difendila!

Egnu de lu salentu e quannu mpunnu parlu dialettu
E nu bete pecce ca l'Italianu nullu sacciu
Ca se buenu me recordu do parole de woolof africanu
Chep gen è lu risu cullu pisce ca se mangia culle manu
E "mu nu mu cu bbai" vuol dire nun ne pozzu fare a menu
E "man gi dem man gi dem" vuol dire sciamu moi sciamu
A du ete ca uei basta ca rispettu purtamu
E ca ne facimu rispettare pe quiddhri ca simu
Ca la cultura vera è cu sai itere
La realtà pe quiddhra ca ete sia ca è facile sia ca è difficile
La cultura vera è cu sai capire
Ci tene veramente besegnu ci ete lu chiu debole

Me la difendu, stritta e forte cullu core
Quista è la poesia ca crea sta terra cull'amore.
Quiddra ca muti, tenenu modu te sentire
Grazie a ci la porta in giru oci a quai la po saggiare.

E riu della terra a du nce sempre lu sule
E alla gente ca ria nci pensa sempre lu mare!
A quai stae scrittu sulle petre ce aggiu capire
Cercu cu te le spiegu, perché nu ta scerrare!

Treble Difendila!
Quannu poi difendila!
E' la terra toa, amala e difendila!
Ntorna moi, difendila!
Quannu poi difendila!
E' la terra toa, amala e difendila!

Se nu te scierri mai delle radici ca tieni
Rispetti puru quiddre delli paisi lontani!
Se nu te scierri mai de du ede ca ieni
Dai chiu valore alla cultura ca tieni!
Simu salentini dellu munnu cittadini,
Radicati alli messapi cu li greci e bizantini,
Uniti intra stu stile osce cu li giammaicani,
Dimme mo de du ede ca sta bieni!

The Roots You Hold

If you never detach from the roots you hold,
You will also respect those of distant lands!
If you never forget where you come from,
You give more value to the culture you hold!
We are Salentines, citizens of the world,
Rooted in the Messapians with the Greeks and Byzantines,
United in this style today with the Jamaicans,
Tell me now where you feel good!

I am from Salento and when I can I speak dialect
And don't think I'm dumb, no, I know Italian
That if I put my mind to it, I speak Jamaican tight
Because the important thing is to know a little of everything
Even if sometimes I don't care about everything
But if something interests me I'm able to focus
If it's what I want to do, I put my mind to it and do what I can
Because I'd rather be the one who decides for myself
That true culture is knowing how to live
With a strong head but always sensitive
Even if life is hard it's better to know how to love
Even when it seems impossible.

I defend it, I hold it tight with my heart
My culture represents what has been and what will be
In this world, where does it have more value
To speak differently or to be of a different color!
They take away everything, even the desire to love,
So that many people are starting to react badly!
They take away everything, even the ears to hear,
Those who cry and ask for help for the wrongs they are suffering
They even take away the land from under your feet,
They take everything you care about
I'm sorry for everything that's happening to us
But we're still here, we've never left this place!

If you never detach from the roots you hold,
You will also respect those of distant lands!
If you never forget where you come from,
You give more value to the culture you hold!
We are Salentines, citizens of the world,
Rooted in the Messapians with the Greeks and Byzantines,
United in this style today with the Jamaicans,
Tell me now where you feel good!

And I laugh at the land where there is always sun
Where people look for shade to cool off.
It is written on the stones what I have to understand
They are ancient words because man cannot change!
Memory and culture and this is what it wants:
Remember what happened so you can understand
The executioner forgets the victim even after half an hour
But the victim remembers the executioner if he has no culture!
We are well rooted in these roots
They make us love people we have never known
It distances us from those who meditate on hatred and war
But my mind does not forget these criminals!

Treble Defend it!
Whenever you can defend it!
It's your land, love it and defend it!
Come back now, defend it!
Whenever you can defend it!
It's your land, love it and defend it! From whom?
From those who want to speculate and corrupt, defend it!
From those who want to exploit ignorance, defend it!
From those who want to sell our art, defend it!
From those who don't want us to grow anymore, defend it!
For those who have no more hope
For those who are left without strength, defend it!
For those who can't but believe in it, defend it!
For those who can't follow you, defend it!

I am from Salento and when I can I speak dialect
And don't think it's a sin that I don't know Italian
That if I remember well I know some words of African Wolof
Chep gen is rice with fish that you eat with your hands
And "mu nu mu cu bbai" means I can't do without it
And "man gi dem man gi dem" means let's go now let's go
Wherever you want, as long as we bring respect
And that we make ourselves respected for who we are
That true culture is knowing how to go
Reality for what it is, whether it is easy or difficult
True culture is knowing how to understand
Who really needs it, who is the weakest

I defend it, tight and strong with my heart
This is the poetry that this land creates with love.
Those who are silent, have a way of feeling
Thanks to those who carry it around, here it can be tasted.

And I laugh at the land where there is always sun
And for the people who cry, the sea always thinks!
Here it is written on the stones what I have to understand
I try to explain it to you, so you don't forget!

Treble Defend it!
Whenever you can defend it!
It's your land, love it and defend it!
Come back now, defend it!
Whenever you can defend it!
It's your land, love it and defend it!

If you never detach from the roots you hold,
You will also respect those of distant lands!
If you never forget where you come from,
You give more value to the culture you hold!
We are Salentines, citizens of the world,
Rooted in the Messapians with the Greeks and Byzantines,
United in this style today with the Jamaicans,
Tell me now where you feel good!