– the mender / the repairman

osce quannu na cosa se rovina

tie nde la mini senza cu ci pensi

puru ca pe tie è importante

nu ci cridi chiui

ma ieu te dicu ca se pó giustare

ca se nci tieni nu la puei lassare

puru ca te pare persa

tie nu l’hai menare

na ni na nimini na ni na

nu c’è ferita ca nu pó sanare

na ni na nimini na ni na

nu la menare mai nu la menare

nu te ricordi quannu t’ha caduta

ma l’hai truvata a nterra rovinata

e moi ca nu sta funziona

nu ci cridi chiui

ma se nci teni l’ha uardare bona

mo pe capire comu se pó giustare

puru ca te pare persa

tie nu l’hai menare

na ni na nimini na ni na

nu c’è ferita ca nu pó sanare

na ni na nimini na ni na

nu la menare mai nu la menare

cussi moi giustala cridici

ieu cu tie cridici moi

*the voice at the beginning of the song is Gino Greco’s from San Pietro in Lama (Le), IT. The field recording is part of Daniele Durante’s private ethnographic archive.

today when something gets ruined

you throw it away without thinking about it

even if it’s important for you

you don’t believe anymore

but I tell you that it can be fixed

that if you care you can’t leave it

even if it looks lost

don’t throw it away

na ni na ni mi ni na ni na

there is no wound that can’t heal

na ni na ni mi ni na ni na

don’t throw it away don’t throw it away

you don’t remember when it fell down

but you found it ruined on the ground

and now that it is not working

you don’t believe anymore

but if you care you must look at it thoroughly

to understand how it can be fixed

even if it looks lost

don’t throw it away

na ni na ni mi ni na ni na

there is no wound that can’t heal

na ni na ni mi ni na ni na

don’t throw it away don’t throw it away

like this, now, fix it, believe, I’m with you, believe, now, now, now