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Lyrics

White doves o’ mine, white ring-doves, black-hued birds o’ mine,
you fly so high above us, traversing the sky.
Come down, alight awhile here, in our courtyards here,
so I may write upon your wings, on your little wings,
to tell the girl I love so not to wait for me,
she’s free to dress in mourning, free to give her hand.
For here is where I’ll marry, here where I now live.
I’ll take to wife a young girl eighteen years of age;
a witch’s daughter she be, offspring of a witch.
The girl enchants sea-vessels and they stay becalmed.
Me, too, she has enchanted; I can not come back;
when I set out to come back, snow and rain ensue,
when I retrace my footsteps, sun and starlit skies...

Translated by John Leatham

Original Lyrics

Άσπρα μου περιστέρια

Άσπρα μου πιριστέρια, μαύρα μου πουλιά
ισείς ψηλά πιτάτι κι διαβαίνιτι
πιράστι κι απ’ τ’ς αυλές μας κι απ’ τ’ς αυλούδις μας.
Να γράψου στα φτιρά σας, στα φτιρούδια σας
να γράψου στην αγάπ’ να μη μι καρτιρεί
θέλει τα μαύρα ας βάλει, θέλει ας παντριφτεί.
Στουν τόπου που ’ρθα τώρα ιδώ θα παντριφτώ
θα πάρου ένα κουράσιου δικαουχτώ χρουνώ
μάγισσας θυγατέρα, μάγισσας πιδί.
Μαγεύει τα καράβια κι διν αρμινούν
μι μάγιψι κι μένα δεν μπουρώ να ’ρθω.
Όντας κινήσου να ’ρθου, χιόνια κι βρουχές
όντας γυρίσου πίσου, ήλιους ξαστιριές...

Information

  • Region: Macedonia
  • Categories: Immigration Song
  • Rhythm: 7 beats
  • Dance style: Syrtos
  • Duration: 03:39

Collaborators

  • Singer: Domna Samiou
  • Clarinet: Kyriakos Kostoulas
  • Violin: Ilias Soukas
  • Lute: Kostas Philippidis
  • Goblet drum: Yiorgos Gevgelis

Albums

  • Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)
  • Songs About Greeks Far From Home

Recording information

Studio recording, 1989.

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