Ballos / Syrtós

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I want to travel the waters of Attalia
And see the fishing boats rocking back and forth in the shallow waters
And the young sailors tying and untying the sails
And a young woman fluttering her handkerchief.

Chiotikos

Dhivaratikos

Fezodhervenaghas

Gerakina

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Kinise i Gerakina
ya nero krio na feri.

Chorus:
Drun drun drun drun drun
ta vrakhiolya tis vrondhun.

Ki'epese mes sto pigadi
ki'evghale foni megali.

K'etrekse o kosmos olos
k'etreksa ki'ego o kaimenos.

Gerakina tha se vghalo
ke yineka tha se paro.

Gerakina took off
to bring cold water.

Chorus:
Drun drun drun drun drun
Her bracelets jingle.

And she fell into the well
and she let out a loud scream.

And everybody ran
and poor me, I ran too.

Gerakina, I shall take you out
and I shall make you my wife.

Haniotikos (see Kritikos Syrtós)

Hasapikos

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Kalamatianos

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Bouzouki

Karagouna

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Aide, one summer has passed
And you haven’t sent me any news.

Ai Gouna, ai Gouna,
my Karagouna, you deserve silken sigounia*.
Aide, what news shall I send you.
Aide, now that you have a new lover?

Indeed, how now, I saw purpose.
Indeed, how now, I saw you in the window.

Aide, I will sell. I will sell the flock of sheep.
Aide, to buy, to buy you a skirt.

Ai, Gouna, ai Gouna,
my Karagouna. You deserve silken sigounia.

* embroidered vest or jacket

Kritikos Syrtós (Syrto Haniotikos)

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Lerikos

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Eba sto karo koukla mou, na pame gia seryiani
Sto sipste bay sto right away o ponosou na yiani
Sto sipste bay sto right away o ponosou na yiani

Chorus:
Glendi i zoi mas theli, na glendas ke mi se meli
Na glendas ke mi se meli, glendi i zoi mas heli

Mia poune pseftik i zoi, prepi na tin glendame
Ki'o lo me yielia ke kares mi kri mou na per name
Ki'o lo me yielia ke kares mi kri mou na per name

Tha piouma koma koukla mou, mehri na zalistoume
Ke tharti to ksimeroma na pa na kimithoume
Ke tharti to ksimeroma na pa na kimithoume

Miserloú

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Miserlou, your sweet glance,
has lit a flame in my heart.
Your lips trickle of honey.

Ah, Miserlou, magical, enchanting beauty!

Craze will come to me, I can endure no longer.
Akh! That I steal you from Arabia.

My Miserlou, crazy, black-eyed,
one of your kisses lights a flame in me.
One little kiss from your sweet mouth!

Ah, Miserlou, magical, enchanting beauty!

Craze will come to me, I can endure no longer.
Akh! That I steal you from Arabia.

Never On Sunday

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O Tarzan

Paraliakos

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Pote tha nixome pania
na katso sto timoni,
Na do this Leros ta vouna
na moudiathoun i poni?
A-ah, vratsera mou ella yia tho
pou'echo dyo loyia na sou po

Ximerose, Anatoli
to kosmo na fotisi,
Ke ti vratsera pou'erchete
na tin kalosorisi.
A-ah, paï o brouzos sta fountari
kio keros de sioundari.

Pafse Vouria mou na fisas
ta kimata n'afrisis,
Ke ti vratsera pou'erchete
na mi ti foverisis.
A-ah, paï o brouzos sta fountari
ke tou spasi to kontari.
O-oh…

When will we set sail
so I can sit at the tiller,
So I can see the mountains of Leros
so that my pains will subside? A-ah, my little fishing boat come here
since I have something to tell you.

Bring the dawn, oh Eastern Sky
and shine your light on the world,
And welcome my little fishing boat that is approaching.

A-ah, the breeze is getting stronger
and the weather is not subsiding.
Oh North Wind stop blowing
and making foam on the waves,
And do not frighten my little fishing boat that is approaching.

A-ah, the breeze is getting stronger
and it will break the mast
O-oh…

Partalos

Pentazolis

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Soultana

Sylivrianos Syrtós

Syrtós

Syrtós Rodou

Ta Dakria

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Trava Trava

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Trava trava trava, karotseri trava
ke sto Kalamaki, kopse yia ouzaki.
E vre dounia.

Trava trava trava, sti Glyfada trava
yia kalo krasaki, ke yia barbounaki.
E vre dounia.

Yirna piso trava, stin Athina trava
k'akou bouzoukaki, apo to Yiannaki.
E vre dounia.

Pull, pull, little carriage, pull
and at Kalamaki, cut off for a little ouzo.
What a world!

Pull, pull, pull to Glyfada
for good wine and barbounaki.
What a world!

Go back, towards Athens, go,
and listen to Yiannaki play bouzouki.
What a world!

Triandafilia

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Tsakonikos

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Su ipa, mana, kale mana
su ipa mana, pandrepse me
su ipa, mana, pandrepse me
spitonikokirepseme

Yeron andra, kale mana
yeron andra mi mu dhosis,
yeron andra mi mu dhosis,
yati tha to metaniosis

Yati o yeros, kale mana
yati o yeros ta 'ksetazi
yiati oyeros ta 'ksetazi,
sto psilo ta loghariazi

I told you, mother
to marry me to someone,
to marry me to someone,
so that I would become a housewife.

But on no account
marry me to an old man,
marry me to an old man,
because you'll regret it.

Because an old man
is always examining everything,
is always examining everything,
and has nothing but words.

Tsamikos

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Zagorisios

Zorba

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