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Μηλίτσα που ’σαι στο γκρεμό

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Lyrics

Little apple tree perched there on the brink,
perched on the brink weighed down with apples,
how I want your apples but fear the drop.
– If you fear the drop, then come take the path.
The path led me to a deserted chapel
with forty graves around it, brothers, sisters, cousins all,
and one grave to one side, apart from all the others,
I did not see and stood upon its headstone.
I heard the grave begin to moan and sigh.
– What ails you, grave, why do you moan and sigh?
Does the earth weigh heavy,
does your tombstone block the light?
– My earth does not weigh heavy, my tombstone blocks no light,
it’s you that ails me, standing upon my head.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Μηλίτσα που ’σαι στο γκρεμό

Φωνή απ' το μνήμα

Μηλί- βάι μηλί- μηλίτσα που ’σαι στο γκρεμό,
μηλίτσα που ’σαι στο γκρεμό τα μήλα φορτωμένη,
τα μή- βάι τα μή- τα μήλα σου λιμπίστηκα,
τα μήλα σου λιμπίστηκα και το γκρεμό φοβούμαι.

– Σαν τον φοβάσαι το γκρεμό, έλ’ απ’ το μονοπάτι.
Το μονοπάτι μ’ έβγαλε σ’ ένα ’ρημοκλησάκι,
που ’χει σαράντα μνήματα, αδέρφια και ξαδέρφια.
Κι ένα μνήμα, παράμνημα, ξεχωριστό από τ’ άλλα
δεν το ’δα και το πάτησα απάνω στο κεφάλι.
Κι ακώ το μνήμα και βογγά και βαριαναστενάζει.
– Τι έχεις μνήμα και βογγάς και βαριαναστενάζεις,
μην είν’ το χώμα σου βαρύ κι η πλάκα σου μεγάλη;
– Δεν είν’ το χώμα μου βαρύ κι η πλάκα μου μεγάλη
μον’ ήρθες και με πάτησες απάνω στο κεφάλι.

Information

  • Region: Constantinople
  • Categories: Fable Song (Ballad)
  • Rhythm: 7 beats
  • Dance style: Syrtos
  • Duration: 04:09

Collaborators

  • Singer: Zacharias Karounis
  • Clarinet: Thodoris Georgopoulos
  • Violin: Nikos Oikonomidis
  • Constantinopolitan lute: Socrates Sinopoulos
  • Lute: Kostas Papaprokopiou
  • Goblet drum: Vangelis Karipis

Albums

  • Folk Fables in Song

Notes

See also the comment of the song I passed by and bade good day.

Recording information

Studio recording, 2006.

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