Whose Is the Cup?
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Song
Andrónikos and His Black Steed
The nobles sit to eat and drink around a marble table,
a marble and a silver table, around a golden table,
and all do only ...
Song
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...
Song
Andronikos and the Princess
Famed Andronikos, who was born and raised in riches,
started school on the 6th of the month and could read by the 7th.
By t...
Song
Feasting Lords Eating and Drinking
Andronikos and His Steed
Some lords are eating and drinking at a marble table,
a table of marble, silver and gold,
they are all eating and drinking ...
Song
I Would I Were a Bird
I would I were a bird to fly high up above the hill-tops,
and so survey what lies below in distant foreign countries
that I...
Song
In the Heart of Kalávryta
In the heart of Kalávryta, beneath the great plane tree
old Zaimis sat, three old men a-sitting.
There were three old men t...
Song
I’ll Jump From the Railings
I’ll jump from the railings, I’ll fall to my death
and my love calls out “For the love of God, catch him!”
You’re white as ...
Song
Kítsos' Mother
Kitsos’ mother sat on the river bank
scolding the river.
Scolding the river and pelting it with stones.
‘River flow less, ...
Song
The Eagle and the Partridge
An eagle swooping over and over the mastic bushes
singing sad songs to the partridge
scratching in the earth below,
sorrow...
Song
The Ship Is My House
The ship is my house, the sea my courtyard
and the waves of the north wind, are my comfort.
A little stranger is dying at t...
