Saglie, saglie - Rise, Rise

Saglie, saglie cu' sta spòrta chièna d'aglie Si nun saglie e scinne Tutta 'sta rrobba nunn'a vinne Saglie, saglie cu' sta spòrta chièna d'aglie Si nun saglie e scinne Tutta 'sta rrobba nunn'a vinne Sole, sole d'òro A matina me daje forza Mentre attuorno tutto more Quanti vote 'mmiezo e mane 'Mmiezo e mane aggio guardato Quanti cose aggio pe rduro Quanti cose aggio truvato Sole, sole… Saglie, saglie cu' sta spòrta chièna d'aglie Si nun saglie e scinne Tutta 'sta rrobba nunn'a vinne Saglie, saglie © 1977 Pino Daniele "Saglie, saglie" imagines a food vendor calling for the sun's help to get strength to carry on. Ancient Neapolis was built to honor not only the Siren Parthenope, but also Apollo, the god of the Sun (among so many other things). A 1925 song, "O paese d' 'o sole," is entitled "City of the Sun."

Rise, rise, with this basket full of garlic. If you don’t rise, and set instead, you’ll never sell all this stuff. Rise, rise, with this basket full of garlic. If you don’t rise, and set, you’ll never sell all this stuff. Sun, golden sun, you give me strength in the morning while everything inside me dies. So many times in my hands, in my hands I watched, so many things I lost, so many things I found. Sun, sun . . . Rise, rise, with this basket full of garlic. If you don’t rise, and set instead, you’ll never sell all this stuff. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Terra mia was released in 1977. The songs are in the local dialect of Naples and the music reflects a strong grounding in the centuries-old song tradition of the city - canzone napoletana - with an infusion of blues. The album was well received and several of its songs became mainstays in Pino Daniele's long career. Indeed, "Napule é" became a contemporary theme song of Naples; it's the only song on the album not arranged by Daniele himself. He said of the album that it "represents the birth of a new Neapolitan song, and also the social condemnations of a new generation that didn't accept compromises and that, through music, was able to express its own discontents." One of Daniele's ambitions at the time was to "write songs like Luigi Tenco."