I Split the Mountains on the Way
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Song
Akritas Goes Hunting
The Death of Digenis
Out hunting, on the way to the hunting grounds,
Akritas met Charon at a crossroads.
- Charon, what've you got against me th...
Song
An Eagle Soared
An eagle soared high in the sky, high in the heavens
with its bloody red jaws and its soot black crown
and clutching a brav...
Song
As Akritas Was Ploughing
The Abduction of Akritas’ Wife
As Akritas was ploughing near the river,
back and forth he went and ploughed five furrows a day,
back and forth he went and...
Song
Close to Daybreak
Close to daybreak, dawn’s crack in the East,
the Morning Star aloft, first light near at hand.
The sun was a- telling, ‘dau...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Pontus)
Holy Week Lament
...
Do you not see that naked man, forlorn and sore afflicted,
who wears a garment steeped in blood,
a thorny crown upon h...
Song
The Maid Climbed up to the Summer Pasture
The maid climbed up to the summer pasture, my little bird,
to become a shepherdess, come, come I say!
to become a shepherde...
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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...
