Region: Crete
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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 Acritic Song
When Kostantis Was Begging
Όντεν εδικονίζετο ο Κωσταντής
When Kostantis was begging in foreign lands,
he walked the streets and crossed the narrows
wearing his monk’s habit short...
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 ...