Beauty of the town/city/region you are proud!

[Chron]

Despite being born in the suburban hellscape known as the Toronto suburbs, and living there for 11 years, I feel a lot more connected to my current home.

Here are some photos of places around my county:

Spoiler!

[hurtuv]

The North,



... where I'm living at the moment, and my father's side of the family is from (more precisely from Porto and Santo Tirso, on the banks of river Ave, as mentioned in the second song).







Canção do Linho / Song of the Linen

Já se vai tecendo ao Norte o novo linho
-To the North, already the new linen is being weaved
feito da luta mais forte nas oficinas do Douro e Minho
-made from the hardest struggle in the workshops of the Douro and Minho
já nos teares se levanta um canto grave
-on the looms, a deep voice is rising in chant
que sai de cada garganta dos operários d'ao pé do Ave
-coming from each of the throats of the workers from the banks of the Ave

Já se vai tecendo ao Norte o linho novo
-To the North, the new linen is being weaved already
já se vai mudando a sorte da nossa gente, do nosso povo
-already we're turning the luck of our folk, of our people

É a camisa que trago, feita de linho
-It is this shirt that I bring, made out of linen
e do trabalho mal pago de muita gente do Douro e Minho
-and out of the poorly paid work of many folks from the Douro and Minho
já se vai vencendo ao Norte uma batalha
-to the North, a battle is being won already
entre o viver e a morte se trava a luta de quem trabalha
-between living and death, is fought the struggle of the working folk

Já se vai tecendo ao Norte o linho novo
-To the North, the new linen is being weaved already
já se vai mudando a sorte da nossa gente, do nosso povo
-already we're turning the luck of our folk, of our people

Dia a dia amadurece uma nova esperança
-Day to day, there's a new hope that is dawning
com a vontade se tece a liberdade que a luta alcança
-by our wills shall we weave the liberty that our strugle achieves
vai ficar fruto maduro o rumo certo
-the right path to follow shall turn out as a matured fruit
já se constrói o futuro que vai chegando, que está mais perto
-already is being built the future, that's getting closer, that is arriving

Já se vai tecendo ao Norte o linho novo
-To the North, the new linen is being weaved already
já se vai mudando a sorte da nossa gente, do nosso povo
-already we're turning the luck of our folk, of our people

Já se vai tecendo ao Norte o linho novo
-To the North, the new linen is being weaved already
já se vai mudando a sorte da nossa gente, do nosso povo
-already we're turning the luck of our folk, of our people


By Sebastião Antunes e Quadrilha (original by Adriano Correia de Oliveira), a song about the people and lands of the North of Portugal, and its traditional linen and strong textile industry sector.




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