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You Quench Your Thirst... O Sea
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Lyrics

You quench your thirst from every source, o sea, from every river,
and spare us not a single one of our most manly menfolk.

Áya-móla, áya-léssa!1
Ah, sea, you are an old deceiver.

O sea, stretched out in front of me, you know how much I suffer.
O, bring me back from overseas the man I love so dearly.

Áya-móla, áya-léssa!
Ah, sea, you are an old deceiver.

O sea of heavenly delight and wave of sky-blue beauty,
bring back my love to me, to me, so I may cease my sighing.

Áya-móla, áya-léssa!
Ah, sea you are an old deceiver.

Translated by John Leatham


1Áya-móla, áya-léssa: nautical commands, ‘Slacken away, let go!’  

Original Lyrics

Θάλασσα απ' όλα τα νερά

Θάλασσα απ' όλα τα νερά και τα ποτάμια πίνεις
κι από τα παλικάρια μας κανένα δεν αφήνεις.

Έγια - μόλα, έγια - λέσα
αχ, βρε θάλασσα μπαμπέσα.

Θάλασσα που ’σ’ αγνάντια μου και ξέρεις τον καημό μου
φέρε μου από την ξενιτιά τον αγαπητικό μου.

Έγια - μόλα, έγια - λέσα
αχ, βρε θάλασσα μπαμπέσα.

Ω, θάλασσά μου ουρανιά και κύμα μου γαλάζιο
φέρε την αγάπη μου να μην αναστενάζω.

Έγια - μόλα, έγια - λέσα
αχ, βρε θάλασσα μπαμπέσα.

Information

  • Region: Cyclades
  • Type: Couplets
  • Categories: Sea and Sailors Song
  • Rhythm: 4 beats
  • Dance style: Syrtos
  • Duration: 03:06

Collaborators

  • Singer: Irini Liadaki, Katina Koukoulari, Maria Salteri
  • Violin: Yiorgos Konitopoulos
  • Musical supervision: Domna Samiou

Albums

  • Recordings in 45 RPM

Notes

See also the songs You quench your thirst... o sea, sung by Domna Samiou and You quench your thirst... o sea, sung by Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki.

Recording information

Studio recording, 1965. Released in 45 rpm disc (Lyra LS 1099, 1965) supervised by Domna Samiou.

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