Translation of the song Sanluri 1409 artist Maria Luisa Congiu
Sanluri 1409
Sanluri 1409
Allestran su passu che umbras arcanas
They hasten their steps like arcane shadows
in sas carrelas de una ‘idda nodida.
through the streets of a famous town.
Su sonu ‘e su ferru su sonnu nd’istudat
The sound of the iron turn off sleep
ponzende in accabu sas oras galanas.
putting an end to happy hours.
Conchistadores arriban dae tesu
Conquerors arrive from far
bettande sas francas in logu sagradu,
throwing their claws on a sacred place,
ruet su pòpulu imbenujadu,
the people fall on their knees,
umiliadu, affrontadu, offesu.
humiliated, outraged, offended.
Pro fagher festa s‘inturzu anzenu
To celebrate the foreign vulture
cheriat sa prus bella, cheriat s’ermosa,
He wanted the most beautiful, he wanted the charmed one,
cheriat una rara criatura donosa
he wanted a rare delicious creature
chi a custu assubadu l’at postu marranu
that this girl challenged this lustful man.
Y siendo muy prendido aquel vicio le acabó la vida
And as he was very attracted, that vice put an end to his life
In Sanluri, zitade ‘e Campidanu,
In Sanluri1,
si faghet padronu s’anzenu
a town of Campidano2
chi furat a su pòpulu sardu
the stranger becomes lord
de paghe e d’ispera s’alenu.
who steals from the Sardinian people
Binchet sa gherra, binchet sa terra
their yearning for peace and hope.
ma no la trampat sa sorte.
He wins the war, conquers the land
Probadu dae sa gherra e sa maladia,
Tried by war and by disease,
sa mente pensende solu a su piaghere,
his mind thinking only of pleasure,
issa che maghiarza lu faghet morrere,
she like an enchantress makes him die,
in mundos de amore li cuat s’ingannia.
in words of love she hides her trick from him.
L’intrat in su sàmbene a androgheras
She gets forcibly into his blood
suèndeli fintzas s’ùrtimu respiru.
sucking even his last breath.
L’at postu s’ermosa de amore in retziu,
the beautiful has taken him in a scam of love,
l’at juttu s’ermosa a s’urtima dimora.
the beautiful led him to his last home.
Y siendo muy prendido aquel vicio le acabó la vida
And as he was very attracted, that vice put an end to his life
In Sanluri, zitade ‘e Campidanu,
In Sanluri1, a town of Campidano,
si faghet padronu s’anzenu
becomes the stranger lord
chi furat a su pòpulu sardu
who steals from the Sardinian people
de paghe e d’ispera s’alenu.
their yearning for peace and hope.
Binchet sa gherra, binchet sa terra,
He wins the war, conquers the land
ma no la trampat sa sorte.
but he can't deceive the fate.
Lalala…
Lalala...
Y siendo muy prendido aquel vicio le acabó la vida
And as he was very attracted, that vice put an end to his life