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The night endures for thirteen hours, I sleep for merely three.
Throughout the hours that then remain I think of only you.
It is night but day is breaking,
dawn allows of no concealment.
Night, what sorrow bows you down that you have put on mourning?
If you are deeply troubled too, your heart is torn by passion.
Then you know my heart’s afflictions.
come, and let us talk about them.
Translated by John Leatham
Η νύχτα ώρες δεκατρείς
Η νύχτα ώρες δεκατρείς, μόνο τις τρεις κοιμούμαι
τις άλλες τις υπόλοιπες, εσένα συλλογούμαι.
Νύχτα ’ναι και ξημερώνει
κι η αυγή τα φανερώνει.
Νύχτα ποια είν’ η πίκρα σου και φόρεσες τα μαύρα
αν έχεις βάσανα και συ κι έχ’ η καρδιά σου λαύρα.
Της καρδιάς μου τα σεκλέτια
συ τα ξέρεις κι έλα πες τα.
Live recording from the concert The Known and Unknown Domna at the Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, in 29/10/1998.
Domna Samiou taped the song in Skyros Island, sung by Alekos Trachanas, in 1972.
The Night Endures for Thirteen Hours
Alekos Trachanas. Skyros 1972
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