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Ξένος ήμαν κι ήρθα τώρα

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Lyrics

I was far away,
but now I'm back from foreign lands
with diamonds and fresh-struck gold
and silver coins for you.

– What use is gold to me, what good is silver,
when my heart is locked tight shut two and forty times.
Money won't open it, gold is not the key.
Brave young men and blue eyes alone
can unlock my heart and let love it.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Ξένος ήμαν κι ήρθα τώρα

Ξένος ήμαν κι ήρθα τώρα από μέσα απ’ τη Φραγκιά
σου ’φερα καινούργια γρόσια και διαμάντια και φλουριά.

– Tι τα θέλω εγώ τα γρόσια, τι τα θέλω τα φλουριά,
’χω καρδιά μου κλειδωμένη με σαράντα δυο κλειδιά,
δεν ανοίγει με παράδες, δεν ανοίγει με φλουριά
μόν’ ανοίγει με λεβέντες και με μάτια γαλανά.

Information

  • Region: Thrace
  • Area: Evros, Ambelakia
  • Type: Table Song
  • Categories: Love Song
  • Rhythm: Free rythm
  • Duration: 03:23

Collaborators

  • Singer: Domna Samiou

Albums

  • I Tread the Earth Gently

Recording information

Studio recording, 2006.

Domna Samiou taped the song, in Nea Vyssa, Evros, sung by father Dimitris Godosis,  in 1976.

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