Song types: Cretan Rizitiko
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Crete Cretan Rizitiko Heroic Song
Castle, What Has Happened to Your Towers
Κάστρο και πού ’ν’ οι πύργοι σου
– Castle, what has happened to your towers and your belfries?
And where are all those gallant lads, those fine upstanding fe...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Acritic Song
Charon and the Brave Men (The Death of Digenis)
Ο Χάροντας και οι αντρειωμένοι
My friends, what happened to all the brave men in the world?
They're not on the mountains and they're not in the passes.
Th...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Historical Song
Great Joy Across the Land
Great joy across the land, great joy in every village
and all in the best, the best of spirits
save Rhodes, poor ill-fated ...
Crete Chania, Asi Gonia Cretan Rizitiko Love Song
I Dreamed of It
Όνειρο το ’δα η λυγερή
English translation is not available. The lyrics in French follows:
– Ce que j'ai vu en rêve, mon roseau, explique-le moi:
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Crete Cretan Rizitiko Acritic Song
I Saw Some Black Smoke
Μαύρο καπνό είδα κι έβγαινε
I saw some black smoke rise up out of the reeds;
The reeds are numberless and a monster hides in them.
Three huntsmen have ...
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...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Philosophical Song
The Brave Man
Ο αντρειωμένος
Don’t weep for the brave man, even if he misses his mark.
For if he misses once, if he misses twice, he is still brave.
His...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Nature Song
The Dawn of Dawn
Αυγή τσ’ αυγής
The dawn of dawn, I’ll rise at the dawn of dawn
to get myself to the mountain’s root,
at the mountain’s root to greet the d...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Philosophical Song
The Eagle (On a Mountain High)
On a high mountain, on a sharp, steep rock,
an eagle was standing and he was gazing,
an eagle soaked and freezing.
He year...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Philosophical Song
The Gallant Man
Never pity a valiant man not even if he misses,
and if he misses once or twice, he's still valiant and brave.
Ηis door will...
Crete Chania, Kambanos Cretan Rizitiko Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
The Swallows of Vlachiá (The Sack of Adrianoúpolis)
The swallows of Vlachiá and the birds of the West
weeping late and weeping early, weeping at noon,
weeping for ravaged Adri...
Crete Chania, Kambanos Cretan Rizitiko Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
When the City Was Founded
When the angels the City did found
with water from the Holy Mount
and clay from Chios and tiles from Adrianoúpolis.
And wh...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Immigration Song
You Scold Me, Mother, Overmuch
You scold me, mother, overmuch, I want to go abroad now,
to go, good mother, overseas to go to foreign places.
You’ ll not ...
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