Foray
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Down on the Sandy Beach
Down on the sandy beach, down by the water’s edge,
a girl was laundering her silver-threaded dress.
After rinsing it, she l...
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A Festival Is Being Held
A festival is being held, high up around Saint George’s.
– Salutations, Frankish lord!
A multitude was at the feast and the...
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A Great Command
And the king did command
and ’twas a great command:
fleet and admiral were to quit the land.
By the Lord’s command and the...
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For a Whole Seven Weeks...
For a whole seven weeks, my love, I did not speak to you;
because it was the time of Lent, I feared I’d make you sin.
I can...
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I Passed by and Bade Good Day
I passed by and bid four black eyes good day,
four lips, dear Daphne, four red lips.
Four red lips and two lithe, slender f...
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Kostantis and Kostantas
The Death of Digenis
Oh, Kostantis, oh, Kostantas, oh, young Kostantinos,
for three long years wandered looking for a good wife to wed,
[to find...
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My Heartless Love
Smyrna's Bálos
My heartless love,
do you not feel for me
as you don your finery
and I lose myself for love of thee?
Come kiss me quick
...
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The Snow Shines White on the Mountain Tops
The snow, moré, the snow shines white
on the mountain tops
and the sun shines in the gullies.
That’s how, moré, that’s how...
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The Son of the Armenian
The son of the Armenian boasted, my beautiful blue eyes,
to a pasha, his master, sing my lovely nightingale.
– My master, I...
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Why Did I Fall in Love With You?
Enteka (Eleven)
Why did I go and fall for you?
Why didn't I just get on with my life?
Now my head’s swimming
and knives have pierced my he...
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Yioryitsa
I intended to love you, my Yioryítsa,
and nobody to know of it.
Now our own people learn of it, my Yioryítsa,
strangers to...