Eleni Bayraktari-Koutalakidou
Songs
Asia Minor Smyrna, Baindiri Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Baidiri, Asia Minor) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Mπαϊντίρι)
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The Virgin heard the awful news, she swooned and fell,
they fetched some water in a crock; three tumblers of flower-wat...
Propontis Marmara Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Marmaras, Asia Minor) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Μαρμαράς)
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A voice from heaven could be heard, a good archangel speaking.
My lady, that’s enough of prayers, enough of doing penan...
Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Skoutaro Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Mytilene) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Μυτιλήνη)
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Obediently returning home, she laid the supper table
and patiently sat down to wait until her son should come back.
Sa...
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Φούρνοι Ικαρίας)
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– Be off with you, you gypsy scum, and may your hearth grow cold,
and may you lack a second shirt to clothe your wretch...
Pontus Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Pontus) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Πόντος)
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Do you not see that naked man, forlorn and sore afflicted,
who wears a garment steeped in blood,
a thorny crown upon h...
Thrace Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Thrace) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Θράκη)
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Today the sky is sullen black, the day itself is sullen,
today all folk are sorrowing, the mountains are in mourning,
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