First entry to this new journal. Well I'm certainly not planning to keep this blog strictly Greek Jewelry so I'd like to share the brilliant voice of Eleni Tsalgopoulou as a welcoming chant. "Ego s'agapisa edo" is a love song with an earthly appeal of simplicity.
Ego s'agapisa edo,
Pou nasai tora, pou girnas..
Se pio kainourgio ourano
xhromata kleveis..
Ennoioses pali ta ftera,
Ti sou'vale xana fotia,
Se pio limani, pio stathmo
Kardia gireveis..
Pos na kratisei to kormi apopse i nihta
Tora o kosmos ehei hasei mia strofi
Ego den milisa gia thavmata, den eipa
Den sou stathike kanenas pio poli
English translation: Hmm a little of the poetry is inevitably lost but this was my best attempt.
I fell in love with you here,
Where could you be now, where are you wandering,
Which sky and where,
are you stealing the colours from?
You felt your wings again,
even though you were blazed on fire.
At which harbour, what station
are you searching for another heart
How can the night sustain the body,
Now the earth has missed a turn,
I never spoke of miracles,
No-one stood up for you more than me
I fell in love with you here
back in the moons (days) of rain
You waited so long, for a rest,
A smile from you was enough for me,
to watch you awaken.
Never did I imagine,
that you would forget.
How can the night sustain the body,
Now the earth has missed a turn,
I never spoke of miracles,
No-one stood up for you more than me
My little harsh man of honor,
wherever you are, wherever you wander
Don't ask about me there
I fell in love with you here
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