Category: Acritic Song
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Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Acritic Song
Kalomoiris and the Saracen (The Song of Armouris)
Kalomoiris' youngest boy was born at night,
in the night before the cock crowed.
On the very same night that he was born, h...
Epirus Acritic Song
Kostantis and Kostantas (The Death of Digenis)
Ο Κωσταντής κι ο Κωσταντάς
Oh, Kostantis, oh, Kostantas, oh, young Kostantinos,
for three long years wandered looking for a good wife to wed,
[to find...
Dodecanese Rhodes Acritic Song
Kostantis and the Crab
Ο Κωσταντής κι ο Κάουρας
Down at the barren field, near the reed beds,
a crab has become a dragon and is devouring the bravest men.
He ate Phokas' b...
Thrace Acritic Song
Kostantis the Only Son
Μοναχογιός ο Κωσταντής
Kostantis the only son, young and cosseted,
his mother's only son, her precious darling.
She'd scrub him, comb his hair and...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Acritic Song
Last Night I Crossed Rivers (The Death of Digenis)
Οψές επέρνου ποταμούς
Last night I forded rivers and crossed bridges
and heard sighing and wondered what it was.
Digenis is fighting for his life...
Pontus Fable Song (Ballad), Acritic Song
Marandon
Ο Μάραντον
Marandon has received the order to go to war.
He forges horseshoes of silver and nails of gold,
He shoes his black steed by...
Pontus Acritic Song, Fable Song (Ballad)
Marandon (The Evil Mother-In-Law)
Ο Μάραντον
Word came calling Marandon up to fight.
He forged horseshoes out of silver and nails out of gold
and shoed his horse in the...
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Acritic Song
Mavrianos' Threshing Floor (The Wager of Giannis and the Sun)
Στου Μαυριανού τ' αλώνι
At Mavrianos' marble threshing floor
a king and a youth are contesting throwing heavy stones,
no one can throw them like Gi...
Panhellenic Acritic Song
Now the Birds (A Soldier and a Tree)
Τώρα τα πουλιά
Now the birds, now the swallows, now the partridges,
now the partridges are singing more and more:
- Wake up, master, wake ...
Peloponnese Acritic Song, Wedding Song
Now the Birds...
Τώρα τα πουλιά
Now the birds, now the swallows,
Now the partridges do not cease singing and saying:
– Awake, my lord, awake, my good lord,...
Cyprus Acritic Song
The Abduction of Levandis’ Daughter by Digenis
Η αρπαγή της κόρης του Λεβάντη από τον Διγενή
The lord of the East and the king of the West
met to discuss joining their lines in marriage.
When they came out of the cou...
Cyprus Acritic Song
The Abduction of Levandis’ Daughter by Digenis
– Wait one moment, Digenis, and I’ll tell you what to do.
If you understand what I tell you, go abduct the bride.
Take this...
Eastern Aegean Chios, Mesta Acritic Song, Fable Song (Ballad)
The Castle of the Beauty
Το κάστρο της Ωριάς
I've never seen a castle as fair as the Castle of the Beauty.
It has silver gates and silver keys,
I've never seen another ...
Cappadocia / Konya Sinasos Acritic Song
The Combat and Death of Yannakos
Εβράδυν παλιοβράδυν
Evening has fallen, the sun has set,
And the fair Yannakos has gone to the Steep Mountain.
Behind the Steep Mountain is a w...
Cyprus Fable Song (Ballad), Acritic Song
The Four Palikari
Τέσσερα τζιαι τέσσερα
Four and four make eight,
Four Palikari go to the wars.
On their way they are hungry
And they sit down to eat,
but they ...
Cappadocia / Konya Anakou Acritic Song
The Widow's Son (The Song of Porfyris)
Χήρα παιδίν εγέννησεν
A widow gives birth to a son, he is called Porphylis.
In prison she bore him, in prison she raises him.
At one year of age ...
Epirus Preveza, Kerasovo Acritic Song
The Young Vlach’s Song
Του μικρού βλαχόπουλου
Young Kostantinos and brave Alexis
and the young Vlach who fought in castles
the three were eating and drinking
and sweetl...
Propontis Acritic Song
Tsamandas (The Fight of Tsamados With His Son)
Ο Τσάμαντας
Up at Saint Thodoros' chapel,
at the church of Saint Kostantinos,
there are twelve circles dancing
and eighteen rings set ...