Domna Samiou - A Nun With Child (The Song of Porphyris) [Euboea] [feat. Sotiris Krisilas] - translation of the lyrics into English

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A Nun With Child (The Song of Porphyris) [Euboea] [feat. Sotiris Krisilas]
A Nun With Child (The Song of Porphyris) [Euboea] [feat. Sotiris Krisilas]
Καλογριά γκαστρώθηκε, κάνει παιδί αντρειωμένο
A nun got pregnant, she has a brave child
Στο μήνα βγαίνει με σπαθί, στο χρόνο με ντουφέκι
After a month, she goes out with a sword, and after a year, with a gun
Σε τρί- βάι σε τριω, τέσσερω μηνώ
In three- eight, in four- nine months
Σε τριω, τέσσερω μηνώ στον πόλεμο παγαίνει
In four- nine months, she goes to war
Η μάνα το συμβούλευε κι η μάνα του τού λέγει
Her mother advised her, and his mother told him
Κάνε καλά, βρε Κωσταντή, σαν τ' άλλα παλικάρια
Behave, my Konstantinos, like the other lads
Να μην το μάθ' ο βασιλιάς και στείλει και σε πάρει
So that the king won't find out and send word to capture you
Μάνα μ', εγώ το βασιλιά σα γάιδαρο τον πιάνω
Mother, I will catch the king like a donkey
Ο βασιλιάς σαν τ' άκουσε πολύ του κακοφάνη
When the king heard that, he felt very bad
Το στράτευμά του σύναξε, όλα τα παλικάρια
He gathered his army, all the lads
Και στη γραμμή τους έβαλε όλους αράδα αράδα
And he put them in a line, one next to the other
Κι απ' έναν έναν τα ρωτάει κι απ' ένανε τους λέγει
And asks them one by one, and tells them one by one
Ποιος είναι αξός και δυνατός τον Κωσταντή να πιάσει
Who is worthy and strong to capture Konstantinos
Κανένας δεν του μίλησε απ' όλο του τ' ασκέρι
From all his men, nobody spoke up
Ένα μικρό Βλαχόπουλο βγήκεν ανταπαντάει
A small Vlach boy came forward
Εγώ είμαι αξός και δυνατός τον Κωσταντή να πιάσω
I am worthy and strong to capture Konstantinos
Μόν' θέλω χίλιους εμπροστά και χίλιους από πίσω
But I only want a thousand in front and a thousand behind
Χίλιους από τη μια μεριά, χίλιους από την άλλη
A thousand on one side, a thousand on the other
Του δίνουν χίλιους εμπροστά και χίλιους από πίσω
They give him a thousand in front and a thousand behind
Χίλιους από τη μια μεριά, χίλιους από την άλλη
A thousand on one side, a thousand on the other
Στο δρόμο που παγαίνανε το Θεό δοξάζαν όλοι
As they went, they praised God
Όλοι το Θεό δοξάζανε και το σταυρό τους κάνουν
They all praised God and made the sign of the cross
Θε μου, να βρούμε τον Κωστή στο στρώμα ν' αρρωσταίνει
Oh God, let's find Kostas sick in bed
Να 'χει και το ντουφέκι του στο μάστορα παεμένο
May his gun be pawned to the pawnbroker
Να 'χει και το σπαθάκι του κομμάτια καμωμένο
May his sword be broken into pieces
Να 'χει και το σκυλάκι του στον άλυσο δεμένο
May his dog be tied on a leash





Writer(s): Greek Traditional

Domna Samiou - Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes
Album
Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes
date of release
12-10-2017

1 As Akritas Was Ploughing (Pontus) [feat. Nikos Papavramidis]
2 Mavrianos' Threshing Floor (Chalkidiki, Macedonia)
3 Maranton (Pontus) [feat. Ilias Yfantidis]
4 Now the Birds
5 A Young Lad (Thrace) [feat. Yannis Zafiroudis]
6 By Command of the King (The Song of Porphyris) [Limnos] [feat. Stavros Lantouris]
7 A Nun With Child (The Song of Porphyris) [Euboea] [feat. Sotiris Krisilas]
8 Kalomoiris and the Saracen (The Song of Armouris) [Karpathos] [feat. Kostas Antimissiaris]
9 Young Kostantinos (Northern Thrace) [feat. Choir]
10 Young Kostantakis (Skiathos) [feat. Katerina Papadopoulou]
11 Kostantis the Only Son (Thrace) [feat. Zacharias Karounis]
12 Tsamandas (Propontis)
13 Akritas Goes Hunting (The Death of Digenis) [Pontus] [feat. Ilias Yfantidis]
14 Kostantis and Kostantas (The Death of Digenis) [Epirus]
15 The Young Vlach's Song (Epirus) [feat. Lambros Goumenos]
16 The Castle of Beauty (Chios) [feat. Marianthi Almyroudi & Evangelia Sarantinoudi]
17 Feasting Lords Eating and Drinking (Karpathos) [feat. Manolis Philippakis]
18 Kostantis and the Crab (Rhodes) [feat. Yannis Kladakis]
19 Andronikos and the Princess (Karpathos) [feat. Kostas Antimissiaris]
20 When Kostantis Was Begging (Crete) [feat. Antonis Martsakis]
21 The Castle of Beauty (Chios)
22 An Eagle Soared (Pontus) [feat. Ilias Yfantidis]
23 Kostantis and Kostantas (Epirus) [The Death of Digenis]
24 Charon and the Brave Men (The Death of Digenis) [Crete] [feat. Yannis Katakis]
25 Last Night I Crossed Rivers (The Death of Digenis) [Crete] [feat. Antonis Martsakis]
26 Charon Wore Black (The Death of Digenis) [Cyprus] [feat. Christos Sikkis]
27 Zeibekikos (Cyprus) [feat. Christos Konstantinou]
28 Digenis Is Dying (The Death of Digenis) [Thrace] [feat. Katerina Papadopoulou]
29 Tsamandas (Propontis)
30 Mavrianos' threshing Floor (Chalkidiki, Macedonia)
31 Young Kostantinos (Northern Thrace)
32 A Widow Bore a Child (The Song of Porphyris) [Cappadocia]
33 A Widow Bore a Child (Cappadocia) [The Song of Porphyris]
34 Tune from Farasa (Cappadocia) [feat. Socratis Sinopoulos]
35 Now the Birds
36 The Abduction of Levandis’ daughter by Digenis (Cyprus) [feat. Michalis Tterlikkas]
37 I Grapped the Apple (Cyprus) [feat. Christos Konstantinou]

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