Daniele Sepe (born April 17, 1960 in Naples) is an Italian musician, known … Read Full Bio ↴Daniele Sepe (born April 17, 1960 in Naples) is an Italian musician, known internationally for interpreting protest songs from around the world. His first instrument was the flute, which he played at the San Pietro a Majella conservatoire. After graduating, he began performing with the Gruppo operaio 'E Zezi di Pomigliano d'Arco, playing at numerous festivals and recording a few albums. Sepe soon, however, became more interested in jazz and learned to play the saxophone. He continued recording and began performing with many prominent musicians, like Nino D'Angelo, Gino Paoli, Eduardo de Crescenzo, Mia Martini, Teresa de Sio, Roberto de Simone, Peppino Gagliardi, Nino Bonocore and Roberto Murolo. His band, which played under several names, varied widely, from purely wind instruments to big bands. He also composed music for the theatre, cinema and ballet.

In 1994, Sepe recorded Vite Perdite, which was much more successful than any of his previous niche recordings. It was dubbed album of year by Rockerilla, one of the one hundred greatest albums of the 1990s by Rockstar[disambiguation needed], and received a rave review from Folk-Roots, an English magazine.

Luchin
Daniele Sepe Lyrics

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(Victor Jara - 1972- canto a lo humano)

Fràgil como un volantin
En los techos de Barrancas
Jugaba el nino Luchin
Con sus manitos moradas,
Con la pelota de trapo,
Con el gato y con el perro,

El caballo lo mirabaÉ
En la agua de sus ojos
Se banaba el verde claro,
Gateaba a su corta edad
Con el potito embarrado,
Con la pelota de trapo,
Con el gato y con el perro,
El caballo lo mirabaÉ
El caballo era otro juego
En aquel pequeno espacio
Y al animal parecia
Le gustaba este trabajo,
Con la pelota de trapo,
Con el gato y con el perro,
El caballo lo mirabaÉ
Si hav ninos como Luchin
Que comen tierra y gusanos
Abramos todas las jaulas
Pa' que vuelen como pajaros,
Con la pelota de trapo,

Con el gato y con el perro,
Y tambien con el caballo.

Overall Meaning

The song Luchin by Daniele Sepe is a cover of Victor Jara's canto a lo humano in 1972. The lyrics depict a young boy named Luchin playing on the roofs of Barrancas with his purple hands. He plays with a rag ball, a cat, a dog, and a horse who watches him with clear green eyes. Luchin crawls around with a dirty little bottom and his toys, all in a small space. The horse seems to enjoy watching and joins in on the play, making it another game for Luchin. The song ends with a call to liberate all children, like Luchin, who eat dirt and worms, from their cages so they can fly like birds with their playthings.

Line by Line Meaning

Fràgil como un volantin
Fragile like a kite

En los techos de Barrancas
On the roofs of Barrancas

Jugaba el nino Luchin
The boy Luchin played

Con sus manitos moradas,
With his purple hands

Con la pelota de trapo,
With the rag ball

Con el gato y con el perro,
With the cat and with the dog

El caballo lo mirabaÉ
The horse watched him

En la agua de sus ojos
In the water of his eyes

Se banaba el verde claro,
The light green was bathing

Gateaba a su corta edad
At his young age, he crawled

Con el potito embarrado,
With his dirty little butt