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Between Tsirigo and Cape Maleas, Virgin Mother,
a ship is fighting for its life with all its cargo, too.
Wave-buffeted and sailing to and fro, Virgin Mother,
searching for a haven that isn’t to be had.
Help us come through this alive, Sweet Virgin,
and we’ll light a thousand candles in your name.
’Tis not the ship I weep for, nor its sails,
’tis its sailors that I cry for, its hand-picked crew.
Translated by Michael Eleftheriou
Original Lyrics
Ανάμεσα Τσιρίγο
Ανάμεσα Τσιρίγο και σε Κάβο-Μαλιά
καράβι κινδυνεύει, Παναγιά μου, μ’ όλη τη σιρμαγιά1.
Γυρίζει, τριγυρίζει λιμάνι για να ’βρει,
τα κύματα το σπρώχνουν, ν’ αράξει δε μπορεί.
−Βοήθα, Παναγιά μου, για να γλυτώσουμε
κι όσα καντήλια έχεις να σ’ τ’ ασημώσουμε.
Δεν κλαίω το καράβι ούτε και τα πανιά
μόν’ κλαίω τα ναυτάκια, που ’ν’ όλα διαλεχτά.
1σιρμαγιά: φορτίο
Information
- Region: Peloponnese
- Categories: Sea and sailors chanty
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Dance style: Syrtos
- Duration: 02:20
Collaborators
- Singer: Dimitris Kyriakopoulos
- Violin: Nikos Oikonomidis
- Constantinopolitan lute: Socrates Sinopoulos
- Santur: Ourania Lambropoulou
- Lute: Kostas Philippidis
- Goblet drum: Vangelis Karipis
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Recording information
The song was recorded in a studio, in 2005.
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Off Tsirigo
CD-DVD - The Great North Wind and other traditional songs for children - 2007