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We Kissed Each Other in the Night

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We kissed each other in the night, and who could see us then?
I’ll tell you, dear, the star saw us, and dawn saw us as well.
The star saw us and dawn did too, the star and the moon,
the star it was that then leant down and told the sea below,
the sea next told the bending oar, the oar the sailor worked,
the sailor made a song of it and sang it in the bow.
I kissed the lips that were bright red, and so I stained my own,
I wiped them with a kerchief and the kerchief went bright red;
five rivers tried to wash it out, all five in turn were stained,
the shores around the sea were stained, and so the middle of the ocean;
the sailing ships that passed that way all found their oars were stained,
and dark-skinned girls who wandered by all dyed their hair.
Translated by John Leatham
Original Lyrics
Νύχτα ήταν που φιλιόμαστε
Νύχτα νύχτα ήταν που φιλιόμαστε, νύχτα και ποιoς μας είδε
μας εί- καλέ, μας είδε τ’ ά- τ’ άστρι και τ’ άστρι και η αυγή.
Μας είδε τ’ άστρι και η αυγή, τ’ άστρι και το φεγγάρι
τ’ άστρι περιχαμπήλωσε και το ’πε της θαλάσσης
θάλασσα το ’πε του κουπιού και το κουπί του ναύτη
κι ο ναύτης το τραγούδησε στου καραβιού την πλώρη.
Κόκκιν’ αχείλι φίλησα κι έβαψε το δικό μου
με το μαντίλι το ’συρα κι έβαψε το μαντίλι
πέντε ποτάμια το ’πλυναν κι έβαψαν και τα πέντε
βάψαν οι άκρες του γιαλού και οι μέσες του πελάγου
περάσαν τα περάματα1 και βάψαν τα κουπιά τους
περάσαν και οι μελαχρινές και βάψαν τα μαλλιά τους.
1περάματα: καράβια
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Collaborators
- Singer: Domna Samiou
- Choir: Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association Choir
- Flute: Thodoris Georgopoulos
- Violin: Nikos Oikonomidis
- Constantinopolitan lute: Socrates Sinopoulos
- Lute: Kostas Philippidis
- Informant (source of the song): Yannis Parisis
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Recording information
Studio recording, 2001.
Domna Samiou taped the song in Skiathos, sung by Yannis and Syraino Parisis, in 1975.
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