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Άταρης

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Lyrics

I vowed to the Holy Virgin
not to sing again.
Ataris!
But for your sake
I will break the vow.
Four!

Once again four black eyes
got up to dance.
Ataris!
Four eyebrows like silken cords,
two cool, fresh bodies.
Four!

Translated by Mania Seferiades

Original Lyrics

Άταρης

Όρκο ’καμα στην Παναγιά, ωχ αμάν, σεβνταλή μ’ αμάν
πια να μην τραγουδήσω, άταρης, αμάν αμάν, άταρης.
Mα 'γω για το χατήρι σας, ωχ αμάν, σεβνταλή μ’ αμάν
τον όρκο θα πατήσω, τέσσερις, αμάν αμάν, τέσσερις.

Πάλιν εβγήκαν στο χορό τέσσερα μαύρα μάτια,
τέσσερα γαϊτανόφρυδα και δυο κορμιά δροσάτα.

Information

  • Region: Asia Minor
  • Area: Erythraea, Alatsata
  • Type: Couplets
  • Categories: Love Song
  • Rhythm: 4 beats
  • Dance style: Syrtos
  • Duration: 02:49

Collaborators

  • Singer: Domna Samiou
  • Clarinet: Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas
  • Violin: Alekos Pavlou-Arapakis
  • Santur: Tassos Diakogiorgis
  • Oud: Joanna Andrews
  • Lute: Kostas Pitsios
  • Informant (source of the song): Kleoniki Tzoanaki

Albums

  • Songs of Asia Minor 1

Recording information

Studio recording, 1984.

Domna Samiou taped the song in Nea Erythraea, Attiki, sung by Kleoniki Tzoanaki, in 1977.

Ataris
Kleoniki Tzoanaki. Nea Erythraea, Attica 1977 © Domna Samiou Archive

The same song, by Kleoniki Tzoanaki (TV program Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou - Asia Minor)

Ataris
Kleoniki Tzoanaki. Nea Erythraea, Attica 1977 © Domna Samiou Archive


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