PERCO VU AITE ANDAIT (WHY YOU HAD GONE AWAY?) - POEM IN DALMATIAN LANGUAGE

This poem in dalmatian language is heartbreaking record dedicated to numerous people from one dalmatian island (and dalmatian islands in general) who for various reasons migrated to mainland, both in old and modern times, in seek of better life, often driven by false promises, manipulation or ignorance, and often suffering in new environment unable to adapt to fast rhytm of life differet from what they were used to. This is story of quiet tragedy of people who suffered in silence, building fragile lifes in place where they don't belong and don't feel as home always yearning for beloven homeland. This song is attempt to tell this story but words rare can translate true extent of emotions.