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Lyrics

The sea has made me old, yet I revel in her sight.
I weep and find no peace, as I lie remembering her at night.

The Aegean, though stormy,
the islander enchants.

Her waves for a bed, my pillow is her foam
when the maistros blows, my pain away is blown.

Of you I’ll never tire, dear sea,
however much you tyrannize me.

I tread the rolling waves, my foot firm upon the blue
no man do I fear when I declare my love for you.

Come, come at my entreating,
don’t lash and leave me weeping.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Η θάλασσα με γέρασε

Η θάλασσα με γέρασε, μα ’γω την καμαρώνω
θυμούμαι τη στη στρώση μου, κλαίω και δε μερώνω.

Το Αιγαίο κι αν ’γριεύει
το νησιώτη τον μαγεύει.

Έχω το κύμα στρώμα μου, αφρό για μαξιλάρι,
μαΐστρος όταν θα χτυπά τον πόνο μου θα πάρει.

Θάλασσα δε σε βαριούμαι
όσο και να τυραννιούμαι.

Της θάλασσας τα κύματα πατώ και δε βουλιούνε
σαν θέλω εγώ να σ’ αγαπώ κανέναν δε φοβούμαι.

Έλα έλα σαν σου λέγω
μη με τυραννείς και κλαίγω.

Information

  • Region: Dodecanese
  • Area: Leros
  • Type: Distichs
  • Categories: Sea and sailors chanty
  • Rhythm: 4 beats
  • Duration: 03:25

Collaborators

  • Singer: Nikos Oikonomidis
  • Violin: Nikos Oikonomidis
  • Constantinopolitan lute: Socrates Sinopoulos
  • Santur: Ourania Lambropoulou
  • Lute: Kostas Philippidis
  • Bendir (frame drum): Vangelis Karipis

Albums

  • The Great North Wind and other traditional songs for children

Recording information

The song was recorded in a studio, in 2005.

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