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Lyrics

When the angels the City did found
with water from the Holy Mount
and clay from Chios and tiles from Adrianoúpolis.
And when the angels had built the City
they stopped to rest and behold and admire it.
‘But what shall we call this place,
what name shall we give it ?’
‘The City of Constantinople, Constantine’s City’.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Όντεν εθεμελιώνανε

Όντεν τη θεμελιώνανε -
ε, οι γιαγγέλοι την Πόλη
’πού τ’ Άγιον όρος το νερό,

’πού τ’ Άγιον όρος το νερό, κι από τη Χιο το χώμα
κι από την Αντριανούπολη παίρνουν τα κεραμίδια.
Κι απίς την αποχτίσασι οι γιαγγέλοι την Πόλη,
στέκουν και σοντηρούν τηνε κι αποθαμάζουνέ τη.
Και πώς θα τήνε βγάλουμε, και πώς θα τήνε λέμε;
Πόλη Κωνσταντινούπολη, του Κωνσταντίνου Πόλη.

Information

  • Region: Crete
  • Area: Chania, Kambanos
  • Type: Cretan Rizitiko
  • Categories: Historical song, National legends and laments
  • Duration: 03:03

Collaborators

  • Choir: Cretans' Group

Albums

  • Songs of History and Heroes

Recording information

Recorded in a studio, in 2004.

Domna Samiou taped the song in Kabanós, Chania, sung by a group of men, in 1977.

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When the city was founded

Venice 2004

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