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Lyrics

Close to daybreak, dawn’s crack in the East,
the Morning Star aloft, first light near at hand.

The sun was a- telling, ‘daughter you’re leaving home’.
The moon looks on and laughs, the leaves murmur,
a breeze blows off the meadow, the fir trees shimmer.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Σιμά σα ξημερώματα

Σιμά σα ξημερώματα, χάραξεν κ’ η ανατολή
εξέβεν ο Αυγίτες, πάει να ξημερώσει.
Ο ήλιον εδιαρμένεβεν, κόρη μ’ θ’ αφήντ’ς το σπίτι σ’
ο φέγγον τερεί και γελά, τα φύλλα πουστουρίζ’νε
παρχάρ1 αέρα πα φυσά, τ’ ελάτια κουστουρίζ’νε.


Νεοελληνική απόδοση

Κοντά στα ξημερώματα, χάραξε και η ανατολή
βγήκε ο Αυγερινός, πάει να ξημερώσει.
Ο ήλιος συμβούλευε: κόρη μου, θ’ αφήσεις το σπίτι σου
το φεγγάρι κοιτάει και γελά, τα φύλλα θροΐζουνε
φυσάει και αέρας από το παρχάρ
τα ελάτια κουνιούνται.


1παρχάρ: θερινός βοσκότοπος, θερινή κτηνοτροφική διαμονή

Information

  • Region: Pontus
  • Categories: Wedding song
  • Rhythm: 3 beats
  • Duration: 04:20

Collaborators

  • Singer: Ilias Yfantidis
  • Pontic lyra: Ilias Yfantidis
  • Daouli (davul): Vangelis Karipis

Albums

  • Of nature and of love

Recording information

Studio recording, 2005.

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