{"id":3865,"date":"2013-08-30T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=3865"},"modified":"2013-09-01T18:40:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T18:40:16","slug":"non-potho-reposare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/non-potho-reposare\/","title":{"rendered":"Non Potho Reposare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Non Potho Reposare<\/strong> (I Cannot Rest) is  the title of a famous Sardinian song. In 1915 Salvatore Sini (1873 \u2013 1954), a Sardinian lawyer from Nuoro who enjoyed writing, composed a love poem entitled \u201cA Diosa\u201d (To the Goddess). Later, in 1921, Giuseppe Rachel, who was the conductor of the local band, composed a melody for pianoforte and tenor to accompany the poem, which in its song form became known as Non Potho Reposare<\/strong>, taken from its first line. The song was first recorded in 1936 by the tenor Maurizio Carta, but it only became famous in Sardinia and Italy in 1966, when it was contemporarily recorded by two folk choirs. Since then it has been performed by various artists, including a version in 2004 recorded by the pop-folk Sardinian singer Andrea Parodi, accompanied by the American guitarist Al Di Meola (of Italian origins).<\/p>\n

My favourite version was recorded by Maria Carta<\/font><\/strong><\/a> (Nuoro 1934 \u2013 Roma 1994), with her beautiful emotional voice. You can listen to it by clicking on the photo below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Carta<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Click<\/font> on the photo to listen to Non Potho Reposare<\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here are the original lyrics in Sardinian, alongside an Italian translation, followed by my translation into English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Non potho reposare amore e coro
pensende a tie so donzi momentu,
no istes in tristura prenda ‘e oro
n\u00e8 in dispiaghere o pensamentu.
T’assiguro ch’a tie solu bramo
ca t’amo forte t’amo, t’amo, t’amo.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Si m’ essere possibile d’anghelu
s’ispiritu invisibile piccabo
sas formasa e furabo dae chelu
su sole sos isteddos e formavo
unu mundu bellissimu pro tene
pro poder dispensare cale bene.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Ojos tristos cun delicios e ammentos
che umbras mi lassades su manzanu
preguntende a dogni coro amadu
a immagine chi si formant in beru
si idu an’in su mundu tantu amore
ca amare tantu est s\u00ec tantu dolore.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Si idu an’in su mundu tantu amore
ca amare tantu est s\u00ec tantu dolore.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Non posso riposare, amor del cuore
sto pensando a te ogni momento,
non essere triste, gioiello d’oro,
n\u00e8 addolorata o in pensiero,
ti assicuro che desidero solo te
perch\u00e8 fortemente t’amo, e t’amo e t’amo…<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Se fosse possibile prenderei
dell’angelo l’invisibile spirito,
ruberei dal cielo il sole
e le stelle in tutte le loro forme
e foggerei un mondo bellissimo per te 
per poterti regalare ogni bene.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Occhi tristi, con ricordi deliziosi
come ombre che scompaiono al mattino come immagini che diventano realt\u00e0,
chiederei ad ogni cuore innamorato
se hanno visto al mondo tanto amore,
e perch\u00e8 tanto amare provoca tanto dolore.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

se hanno visto al mondo tanto amore,
e perch\u00e8 tanto amare provoca tanto dolore.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I cannot rest, love of my heart
I’m thinking of you all the time,
don’t be sad, golden jewel,
nor in pain or worried,
I assure you that I desire only you
because I really love you, I love you, I love you<\/p>\n

If it were possible I would take
the invisible spirit of the angel,
I would steal the sun from the sky 
and the stars in all their shapes
and I would create a beautiful world for you 
to be able to give you every good thing<\/p>\n

Sad eyes, with delicious memories
like shadows that disappear in the morning
like images that become reality,
I would ask every heart in love
if they’ve ever seen so much love in the world,
and why so much loving creates so much pain.<\/p>\n

N.B. Sardinian is not a dialect but a proper language which I\u2019m not familiar with. I had to rely, therefore, on Italian translations which I found on the internet. I apologise if there are any mistakes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Non Potho Reposare (I Cannot Rest) is  the title of a famous Sardinian song. In 1915 Salvatore Sini (1873 \u2013 1954), a Sardinian lawyer from Nuoro who enjoyed writing, composed a love poem entitled \u201cA Diosa\u201d (To the Goddess). Later, in 1921, Giuseppe Rachel, who was the conductor of the local band, composed a melody…<\/p>\n

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