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O Black Dawn, Won't You Break

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Lyrics
Won’t you break, black dawn
so I can find peace, my jewel,
so I can find peace?
My eyes are close to dim…
My eyes are close to dimming from the wakefulness, my jewel,
my eyes are close to gone.
Come up, come out so I can see you,
Come up, so I can take comfort in your sight.
The long hours of night have turned into years
and I curse the sun that will not rise.
This year… this year is not your best.
Translated by Michael Eleftheriou
Original Lyrics
Δεν ξημερώνεις μαύρη αυγή
Δεν ξημερώ- δεν ξημερώνεις μαύρη αυγή
να πά’ να η- να πά’ να ησυχάσω, τζιβαέρι μου,
να πά’ να η- να πά’ να ησυχάσω.
Τα μάτια μ’ α- τα μάτια μ’ απ’ την αγρυπνιά
κοντεύω να, κοντεύω να τα χάσω, τζιβαέρι μου,
κοντεύω να, κοντεύω να τα χάσω.
Έβγα να σε δω, έβγα να σε δω
έβγα να σε δω, να παρηγορηθώ.
Όλες οι ώρες της νυχτός για με γινήκαν χρόνοι
και βλαστημώ τον ήλιο όπου δεν ξημερώνει.
Δεν τα πας καλά τη φετινή χρονιά.
Information
- Region: Sporades
- Area: Skiathos
- Type: Table Song
- Categories: Sad and Plaintive Song
- Rhythm: 4 beats | Free rythm
- Duration: 05:17
Collaborators
- Singer: Domna Samiou
- Choir: Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association Choir
- Violin: Nikos Oikonomidis
- Constantinopolitan lute: Socrates Sinopoulos
- Lute: Kostas Papaprokopiou
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Recording information
Studio recording, 2005.
Domna Samiou taped the song in Skiathos, sung by Yannis Kyriakoulis, in 1976.
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