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Lyrics
Twelve young evzones decided,
Holy Virgin, they decided to go to war.
On their way, Holy Virgin,
upon the black sea a blacker storm blew up
and ripped their sails to shreds.
Help us, Holy Virgin, help us save them
and we’ll light a thousand candles in Your name.
It’s not the ship I weep for nor the sails that I lament,
it’s those twelve young sailors,
for them alone I shed my tears.
And if we are lost, then so it is written,
’tis for our forefathers land we fight.
Translated by Michael Eleftheriou
Original Lyrics
Δώδεκα ευζωνάκια
Δώδεκα ευζωνάκια τ’ αποφασίσανε
στον πόλεμο να πάνε, Παναγιά μου, να πολεμήσουνε.
Στο δρόμο που πηγαίνουν, στη μαύρη θάλασσα,
μαύρη φουρτούνα πιάνει ξεσκίζει τα πανιά.
Βοήθα Παναγιά μου να τα γλυτώσουμε
κι όσα καντήλια έχεις να σ’ τ’ ασημώσουμε.
Δεν κλαίγω το καράβι, δεν κλαίγω τα πανιά,
μον’ κλαίγω τα ναυτάκια, τα δώδεκα παιδιά.
Εμείς κι αν θα χαθούμε το γράφει η μοίρα μας,
διότι πολεμούμε για την πατρίδα μας.
Information
- Region: Thrace
- Categories: Historical, Recent
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Dance style: Syrtos
- Duration: 03:13
Collaborators
- Singer: Michalis Zambas
- Clarinet: Thodoris Georgopoulos
- Constantinopolitan lute: Socrates Sinopoulos
- Lute: Kostas Philippidis
- Goblet drum: Vangelis Karipis
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Recording information
Studio recording, 2005.
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