Category: Love Song
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Constantinople Couplets Love Song
In the workshops of Constantinople
Μέσ' της Πόλης τ' αργαστήρια
In the workshops of Constantinople,
In the gold and silver smiths’,
I first laid eyes on your likeness,
And my heart was y...
Sporades Skyros Couplets Love Song, Spring Song
It's in May the Partridge Sings
Το Μάη λαλούν οι πέρδικες
It’s in May the partridge sings,
in May the nightingale bursts into song,
’tis in May the turtledove takes to the wing
and...
Epirus Love Song
I’ll Be the Basil by Your Window
Βασιλικός θα γίνω
I’ll be the basil by your window,
I’ll stay unwed for your sake.
Come, come to me
and I’ll fill you with glee.
Come to th...
Macedonia Couplets Love Song
I’ll Jump From the Railings
Απ' τα κάγκελα θα πέσω
I’ll jump from the railings, I’ll fall to my death
and my love calls out “For the love of God, catch him!”
You’re white as ...
Sporades Skyros Processional Tune Love Song
January Violet
Βιολέτα του Γιονάρη
January violet, January violet,
my winter violet in bloom.
Who will drift off
and sleep in your shade
trialalalalala, who...
Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Agiassos Couplets Love Song, Wedding Song
Kanaria
Τα κανάρια
English translation is not available. The lyrics in French follows:
Commence à rire, mon coeur, Canaris,
à rire comme avant...
Asia Minor Love Song
Kanelóriza
Κανελόριζα
Down by the distance coast, down by the sandy shore
is the girl - is the girl I love.
The girl I love with hair so fair and...
Propontis Marmara Love Song
Karsilamas dance from Marmara
May this Bállos last, last until morning
that the girls may dance with their mates!
Ah, my barber boy,
come, embrace my ne...
Constantinople Love Song
Last Summer
Πέρσι το καλοκαιράκι
Last summer,
I set my heart on a little bird.
But though I chased her,
catch her I could not.
I set my lime twig trap,
m...
Cappadocia / Konya Karvali Couplets Easter Song, Ritual Song | Love Song
Leilalim (Lilac-sweet) (Easter Dance)
Λέιλαλιμ
Oh, I’m standing on the castle height,
lilac-sweet, my love, my love, lilac-sweet, lilac-sweet.
I am all of twelve years ol...
Peloponnese Processional Tune Love Song, Wedding Song
Let My Eyes Go See
Ας πα να δουν τα μάτια μου
Let my eyes go see for themselves
how my love spends her days,
lest she’s found another and fallen in love
and left me.
W...
Peloponnese Processional Tune Love Song, Wedding Song
Let My Eyes Go See
Ας πα να δουν τα μάτια μου
Let my eyes go see for themselves
how my love spends her days,
lest she’s found another and fallen in love
and left me.
W...
Asia Minor Couplets Love Song
Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople)
Σαν τα μάρμαρα της Πόλης
Like the marble slabs that stand in St. Sophia
so well-matched and symmetrical are your eyebrows, eyes and hair.
I have dec...