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The Song of Porfyris

Χήρα παιδίν εγέννησε

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Original Lyrics

Χήρα παιδίν εγέννησε

Του Πορφύρη

Χήραν παιδίν εγέννησε και λεν τονε Μπορφύλη
Στα σίδερα το γέννησε, στη φυλακή το θρέβει
Χρονιάρης πιάνει το σπαθί, στα δύο το κλοντάρι1
Στα τρία και στα τέσσερα πηνέβ’ καβαλικεύει2
Πήνεψε, καβαλίκεψε ’κατό δρόμους πηγαίνει
Κι ως τ’ άκουσε κι ο Βασιλιάς πολύ τονε βαριώθη
«Ας σωρευτεί τ’ αλλάγε μου3 κι όλο προαλλαγιά μου
Όποιος τρώγει το αίμα μου στον Πορφυλή να πάει»
Ως τ’ άκουσε κι ο Πορφυλής αρνιοβοοκός και βγήκε
Βόσκει τα, παραβόσκει τα ’κατό δρόμους τα βγάζει
Φανήκανε σ’ Αρατερή4, σαν τ’ άστρα σαν τα φύλλα
Τ’ άστρα έχουνε μέτρωση, τα φύλλα έχουν ψήφους5
Ετούτα μέτρος δεν έχουν, και ψήφους δε ψηφγιένται
Να μη σε πούμε αρνιοβοσκός εδώ Πορφύλη ν’ είδετ’
«Εδώ Πορφύλ πολλά είναι, το πιο Πορφύλ γυρεύετ’;»
«Εκειά της χήρας τον υγιό, της ερημιάς το ’γγόνι»
«Χήρας υγιός εγώ είμαι, της ερημιάς το ’γγόνι»...


1κλοντάρι: κοντάρι
2καβαλικεύει: πηδάει και καβαλάει
3τ' αλλάγε μου: συγγενείς
4Αρατερή: τοπωνύμιο
5ψήφους: μέτρημα

Information

  • Region: Cappadocia / Konya
  • Area: Anakou
  • Categories: Acritic Song
  • Rhythm: 4 beats
  • Dance style: Local dance
  • Duration: 05:48

Collaborators

  • Singer: Domna Samiou
  • Kanun: Panos Dimitrakopoulos
  • Saz: Socrates Sinopoulos
  • Kemane: Socrates Sinopoulos
  • Oud: Kyriakos Tapakis
  • Bendir (frame drum): Manousos Klapakis

Albums

  • Songs of Cappadocia

Notes

Porphiris the hero of this Byzantine ballad has superhuman powers. One day he boasts that he is not afraid of anybody, not even the king him­self. The king orders his arrest. He is found asleep and bound in chains. In this particular variant Porphiris in order to escape disguises himself as a shepherd but eventually is captured. While led to jail, he smashes his chains and exterminates his enemies.
Time signature: 4/4
Mode: Diatonic D low pentachord with subtonic present. F functions within the gravitation of G.

Recording information

Studio recording, 2001. Based on the original recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive” of the “Centre for Asia Minor Studies”.

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