Between Two Mountains
See also
Song
A Maid Bidding Farewell
A maid was seeing her husband off to foreign parts
holding a candle out for him to see,
tankards of wine for him to drink.
...
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A Maid Was Singing
The Wife Scorned
A maid was singing in a high-walled palace.
The wind swept her voice out to sea
and every ship that heard it reefed its sai...
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Exile Is the Greatest Hardship
Exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting
but oh, that greeting “Welcome home”, oh that Maroúli,1 is bliss.
...
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Forgetful, I Am Truly Glad
Forgetful I am truly glad, but mindful I am saddened;
remembering those foreign lands, I want to set out for them.
– Get up...
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In Constantinople I Heard the News
I was in the City and heard my fairest was to wed,
that she had exchanged vows with another.
Mounting my horse, I set off h...
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John Dear Your Handkerchif
Your kerchief, Yanni, dearest love, why is it soiled and dirty?
Come, Yanno, come, Yannaki dear,
come now my handsome fello...
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My Heart-Sick Bird Flown Far From Home
My heart-sick bird flown far from home,
joy you bring those far-flung lands,
sadness all you leave behind.
What'll I send,...
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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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Well Met
Well met to all of us who love each other,
who are joyful for a while and of a glad heart.
Vré, off the beach
I’m chasing ...
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What Am I, Poor Wretch, to Do
What am I, poor wretch, to do with the wife I’ve got?
In Jan’ry month and Feb’ry too she leads me off to harvest.
I reaped ...
