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Περιβόλι ν-είχα η πάπια

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Lyrics

If I had an orchard,
an orchard studded with bitter oranges.

Studded with bitter oranges,
bitter oranges all covered in blossom.

And in underneath the blossom, a partridge asleep
enjoying the cooling shade.

Her wings drooping in the cool,
her golden down.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Περιβόλι ν-είχα η πάπια

Περιβόλι ν-είχα, η πάπια μ’, περιβόλι ν-είχα
περιβόλι ν-είχα νεραντζοσπαρμένο.

Νεραντζοσπαρμένο, η πάπια μ’, νεραντζοσπαρμένο
νεραντζοσπαρμένο και στ’ άνθη γεμισμένο.

Κι από κάτω απ’ τ’ άνθη και το νεραντζάκι
πέρδικα καθόταν και δροσολογιόταν.

Κι από τη δροσιά της, πέσανε τα φτερά της
τα χρυσοπούπουλά της.

Information

  • Region: Peloponnese
  • Area: Arcadia, Pera Melana
  • Categories: Love Song
  • Rhythm: 7 beats
  • Dance style: Kalamatianos
  • Duration: 03:00

Collaborators

  • Singer: Domna Samiou
  • Flute: Thodoris Georgopoulos
  • Violin: Nikos Oikonomidis
  • Lute: Kostas Philippidis
  • Daouli (davul): Kostas Meretakis
  • Informant (source of the song): Sofia Kounia

Albums

  • Of Nature and of Love

Recording information

Studio recording, 2005.

Domna Samiou taped the song in Livadi, Kynouria, Arcadia, sung by Sophia Kouniá, in 1974.

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