Translation of the song Abacada artist Andrea Parodi

Sardinian (northern dialects)

Abacada

English translation

Quiet

Ah! Durche abacada

Ah! The sweet quiet

de custa furriada!

Of this turning point!

Dae s’artziada ogros 'e voes

From the ascent, ox eyes

lampan ispantados colores.

Are launching astonished colors.

Naran, naran

It’s said, it’s said

chi sos voes no pasan mai.

That oxen never rest.

Artziada 'e su chelu,

Ascent to the sky,

s'ànima est s'aera,

The soul is air,

ae furistera chi bolat in totue

A foreign bird that flies everywhere,

lepiande totus sos alenos.

Easing all the breaths.

Naran, naran

It’s said, it’s said

s'ànima no pasat mai.

That the soul never rests.

Ah! Supra 'e su mundu

Ah! Over the world

unu discu tundu:

A round disk:

intra 'e su punzu lughet sa die.

The day shines in the fist,

Andende so inue essit su sole.

I’m going to where the sun rises.

Naran, naran

It’s said, it’s said

su sole no pasat mai.

That the sun never rests.

Ah! Durche abacada

Ah! The sweet quiet

de custa furriada!

Of this turning point!

Dae s’artziada ogros 'e voes

From the ascent, ox eyes

lampan ispantados colores.

Are launching astonished colors.

Naran, naran

It’s said, it’s said

chi sos voes no pasan mai.

That oxen never rest.

Naran, naran

It’s said, it’s said

s'ànima no pasat mai.

That the soul never rests.

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