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A girl was singing​(​Κ​ο​ρ​ά​σ​ι​ν Ε​τ​ρ​α​γ​ο​ύ​δ​α​γ​ε​)

from A girl was singing​(​Κ​ο​ρ​ά​σ​ι​ν Ε​τ​ρ​α​γ​ο​ύ​δ​α​γ​ε​) by One Man's Noise and Stefano Sgarbi

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-- English translation below --

Kοράσιον ετραγούδαγε σ' ένα ψηλό παλάτι
κι επήρ' αγέρας τη φωνή στα πέλαγα την πάει.
Kι όσα καράβια τ' άκουσαν όλα πανιά εμαϊνάραν.
[Kι ένα καράβι της φιλιάς, καημένο της αγάπης
ούτε μαϊνάρει τα πανιά ούτε τα παίρνει κάτου
τα μπάσο μούδο τα'ριξε και στη φωνή πηγαίνει.]
- Kόρη μ' άλλαξε το σκοπό [και πες άλλο τραγούδι.]
- Kαι πως ν' αλλάξω το σκοπό, να πω άλλο τραγούδι,
εγώ κι αν ετραγούδησα για μοιρολόι το 'πα:
έχω άντρα στην ξενιτιά, έχω αδελφό στα ξένα
κι ο άντρας μ' βαριαρρώστησε και γιατρικά γυρεύει,
θέλει νερό απ' τον τόπο του και μήλ' απ' τη μηλιά του,
σταφύλι από το κλήμα του οπο' 'χει στην αυλή του.
Όσο να πάγω για νερό να φέρω και το μήλο,
ο άντρας μου ξαρρώστησε κι άλλη αγάπη πήρε.
Κάνω να τον καταραστώ και πάλι τον λυπούμαι.
Από ψηλά να γκρεμιστεί στα χαμηλά να πέσει
κι γης ξουράφια να γενεί και να τον πετσοκόψει.
Κι εγώ διαβάτης να γενώ κι από 'κει να περάσω.
Καλώς τα κάνετε γιατροί, καλώς τα πολεμάτε,
'κονίστε τα μαχαίρια σας, κόφτε και μη λυπάστε.
Έχω πανί στον αργαλειό σαράντα πέντε πήχες,
τις δέκα τ'ς έχω για ξαντό, τις δέκα για φιτίλι
και τ'ς άλλες τ'ς αποδέλοιπες να δένει τις γιαράδες.

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A girl was singing, up in a tall palace
and the wind blew her voice away, down to the seas.
And all the ships that heard the song, they all reduced the sail.
And a ship of friendship, a poor ship of love
neither changes the sail nor takes the sails down.
It only ties them lower and goes to the voice.
- My daughter, please change the tune and sing another song.
- How to change the tune? How to sing another song?
if I opened my mouth, it was only to mourn;
I have my husband in a strange land, brother in a foreign land
and my husband got sick and he is looking for medicine,
he wants water from his homeland, an apple from his apple tree,
grapes from the vine that grows in his garden.
While I am going to bring the water and the apple,
my husband got cured and found another love.
I try to curse him but still I feel pity.
Let him fall from the highest, down to the lowest
and the earth become razors and slash him.
And let me become a passer by and pass from there.
Doctors, you are doing good, fight the wounds,
sharpen your knives, cut and don't feel pity.
I have a fabric on the loom, forty five forearms,
the ten are for a lint, the other ten for a wick
and the rest for him to tie the wounds.

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from A girl was singing​(​Κ​ο​ρ​ά​σ​ι​ν Ε​τ​ρ​α​γ​ο​ύ​δ​α​γ​ε​), released February 25, 2015

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My name is Dimitris Athanasopoulos and I am a musician based in Crete. OneMansNoise is a project name that I use from 2009 until now, under which could be own songs, recordings of traditional music travels, collaborations, film music. You can visit my blog and youtube for more info!

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