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All Turn Their Gaze upon the Sun

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Lyrics
All turn their gaze upon the sun that's on the point of setting,
and yet the girl who's sore at heart is looking out to seaward.
She sees some ships approach the shore, some boats that make towards it.
- Good mother, look, four sailing ships and, mother, five small boats too.
O mother, go and ask what news, hear what they've got to tell us.
Perchance they've spoken with my love, the one I love so dearly?
At whose board does he eat his meals, which taverns does he drink in?
Whose hand pours out a glass for him, while mine are all a-tremble?
Whose eyes are ever fixed on him, while mine are all a-weeping?
Whose lips give him a loving kiss, while mine are sourly puckered?
Translated by John Leatham
Original Lyrics
Όλοι τον ήλιο τον τηρούν
Όλοι τον ήλιο τον τηρούν που πάει να βασιλέψει
κι η κόρη πο ’χει τον καημό τη θάλασσ’ αγναντεύει.
Bλέπει καράβια κι έρχονται, βαρκούλες κι αρμενίζουν
- Μάνα, καράβια τέσσερα, μάνα βαρκούλες πέντε,
μάνα, κατέβα ρώτα τα, μάνα κατέβα δες τα,
μην είδαν την αγάπη μου, τον αγαπητικό μου;
Σε τί τραπέζια τρώει ψωμί, σε τί ταβέρνες πίνει
σαν τί χεράκια τον κερνούν και τα δικά μου τρέμουν
σαν τί ματάκια τον τηρούν και τα δικά μου κλαίνε
σαν τί αχείλη τον φιλούν και το δικό μου σκάζει;
Information
- Region: Peloponnese
- Categories: Immigration Song
- Rhythm: 7 beats
- Dance style: Kalamatianos
- Duration: 03:30
Collaborators
- Singer: Domna Samiou
- Clarinet: Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas
- Violin: Nikos Oikonomidis
- Santur: Nikos Karatassos
- Lute: Kostas Philippidis
- Goblet drum: Yiorgos Gevgelis
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Recording information
Studio recording, 1989.