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Βλέπω καράβια πο ’ρχοντι

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Lyrics

I see ships a-coming from Constantine’s City
with four hundred maids and sixty brave lads,
and mine in there amidst them singing of love,
singing of our love.

[– I curse the day I came here to these folk
who, lying, said a girl they saw me kiss.]

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Βλέπω καράβια πο ’ρχοντι

Βλέπω καράβια πo ’ρχοντι ’που μες από την Πόλη
μι τιτρακό-νο-σιες έμορφες
μι τιτρακόσιες ν-έμορφες, μ’ εξήντα παλικάρια
στη μέση ήταν γερέντης μου,

στη μέση ήταν γερέντης1 μου, λαλούσι το ντιλμπέρι,2 γιε μ’,
το λαλούσι κι ίλιγι:
[– Ας μη ’χα πάει στη γειτονιά, ας μη ’χα γειτονέψει
κι μ’ έριξαν βαριά ’δικιά3 πως φίλησα κοράσιον.]


1γερέντης: γιαρέντης, ο αγαπητικός
2(το) ντιλμπέρι: πολυαγαπημένο, όμορφο
3’δικιά: αδικιά, συκοφαντία, άδικη κατηγορία

Information

  • Region: Thrace
  • Area: Evros, Paliouri
  • Type: Table Song
  • Categories: Love Song
  • Rhythm: Free rythm
  • Duration: 03:00

Collaborators

  • Singer: Domna Samiou
  • Informant (source of the song): Yannis Zafiroudis

Albums

  • I Tread the Earth Gently

Recording information

Studio recording, 2006.

Domna Samiou taped the song in Paliouri, Didymoteicho, Evros, sung by Yannis Zafeiroudis, in 1976.


Watch the song by Yannis Zafiroudis

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