Listen
An’ should you see a vessel pass, passing the cape of Ochtoniá
oh take your little kerchief out and wave in signal to me.
Sea, wide upon Sea, heartless foreign lands.
The waves of the wide open sea come singly and in order
yet my afflictions come to me piled up and overwhelm me.
The sweetest time is dawn for then we’ll meet alone.
Translated by Angela Langou
Αν δεις καράβι να περνά
Αν δεις καράβι να περνά της Οχτονιάς τον κάβο
βγάλε το μαντιλάκι σου και κάνε μου σινιάλο.
Θάλασσα πλατιά, κακούργα ξενιτιά.
Της θάλασσας τα κύματα έρχονται ένα ένα
μα τα δικά μου βάσανα έρχονται μαζεμένα.
Τη γλυκιάν αυγή, να σ’ έβρω μοναχή.
Live recording from the concert The known and unknown Domna at the Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, in 29/10/1998.
Domna Samiou taped the song in Kymi, Euboea, sung by Assynou Bounia, in 1976.
Watch a different version of the song by Assynou Bounia (tv program 'Musical Travelogue, 1977)
