Ke a sos irlandesos e ke a sor bascos
2006 · Kenze Neke KN 006 · Siniscola, Italy
- Artist
- Kenze Neke
- Title
- Ke a sos irlandesos e ke a sor bascos
- Release
- Artziati Entu (Vol. 1)
- Year
- 2006
- Label
- Kenze Neke # KN 006
- Format
- CD · Live
- Language
- Sardinian
- Country
- Siniscola, Italy
- Songwriter
- Angelo Caria (words); Kenze Neke
- Genre
- Rock · Punk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Lyrics
English: Oh Sardinia, this is the hour / That you must awaken / And we Sardinians all together / Must rise up in good time // They are stealing your wealth / In a shameful way / And the coasts of Sardinia / They are capping with cement // Oh Sardinia, our homeland / They have deprived you of your language / And they have hidden your history / To keep you in this pen // An enclosure walled in, / Made by grab-what-you-can; / If the sky were on the ground / They would have fenced that in too // On the colonial masters / Sound the trumpet and open fire / For the land is no longer recognisable / After what they did to us yesterday // Now in Cuba, then in Vietnam, / The Irish with the Basques – / Move, Sardinian men, / You must awaken // No more votes / No more lists / No more election frauds / Only communist bands / For the Sardinian revolution // On the mountain and on the plain / On the plain and on the mountain / And with the banner in our hands / That has stood at the head of the Sardinians __________ Sardinian: Oh Sardigna custa est d'ora / ke ti deppes iskidare / e nos Sardos totu umpare / si ki pesent in bon'ora // Sa rikesa sunt furande / in d'una manera indigna / e sas costas de Sardigna / de zimentu cuccuzzande // Oh Sardigna patria nostra / de sa limba t'ant privau / e 'sistoria ant cubau / pro sikire in custa zostra // Una tanca fatta a muru / fatta a s'afferra afferra / si su kelu fit in terra / si l'aiant serradu puru // A sos meres coloniales / aperrieli trumba e…
Notes
CD+DVD recorded live at Solarussa (Oristano), 19 August 2006; CD track 13, DVD track 9; Vietnam named among the peoples who fought for their land. A Vol. 2 from the same concert followed in 2007.
About the artist
Kenze Neke — Sardinian-language rock band from Siniscola (Nuoro), formed 1989; Angelo Caria's text calls Sardinia to wake "like the Basques and the Irish". [Source: Wikipedia (it)]