Domna Samiou - As Akritas Was Ploughing (Pontus) [feat. Nikos Papavramidis] - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Domna Samiou - As Akritas Was Ploughing (Pontus) [feat. Nikos Papavramidis]




As Akritas Was Ploughing (Pontus) [feat. Nikos Papavramidis]
As Akritas Was Ploughing (Pontus) [feat. Nikos Papavramidis]
Ακρίτας όνταν έλαμνεν αφκά σην ποταμέαν
Akritas when he was plowing was all day long by the river,
επέγνεν κι έρτουν κι έλαμνεν την μέραν πέντ' αυλάκια
went and came and he plowed in one day five furrows
επέγνεν κι έρτουν κι έσπερνεν εννέα κότα σπόρον
went and came and he sowed it with nine bushels of seed
Και ν-έρθεν πουλίν κι εκόνεψεν ση ζυγωνί' την άκραν
And a bird came and perched on the end of the yoke
και σκούται καλοκάθεται ση ζυγωνί' την μέσην
and it sits well on the middle of the yoke,
Ν-οπίσ' πουλίν, οπίσ' πουλίν, μη τρως την βουκεντρέα
Get back bird, get back bird, don't eat the vetch
Και το πουλίν ελάλησεν ανθρώπινον λαλέαν
And the bird spoke human speech
Ντο στέκ'ς, ντο στέκ'ς Ακρίτα μου και τίναν αναμένεις
Why do you stand, why do you stand Akritas and who do you wait for
Το γ-ένοικό σ' εχάλασαν και την καλή σ' επέραν
your enemies have killed you and they have taken your love
και τα μικρά τα πούλοπά σ' σο περιβόλ' έσυραν
and your small children they dragged them into the garden
Βιτσοκοπά τον μαύρον ατ' και φτάν' και κοντεφτάνει
He jumps on his black horse and arrives and approaches
Ανοίξετέ με, νε πορτάρ', ανοίξτε να σεμπαίνω
Open for me, my doormen, open for me to enter
Ενοίξαν ατον οι πορτάρ', εμπαίν' απές Ακρίτας
The doormen opened for him, akritas enters
Άλλοι σκαμνιά δίγν' ατον, άλλοι καυκίν απλών'νε
Some are giving him stools, others extend a cap
και σο σκαμνίν 'κί κάθεται και το καυκίν 'κί παίρει
And he sits on the stool and takes the cap,
Έσυρεν το σπαθίν ατου ας σο χρυσόν θηκάρι
He drew his sword from the golden sheath
χίλιους εμπρός εσκότωσεν και μύριους από πίσω
he killed a thousand in front and ten thousand at the back
κι επέρεν την κόρ' κι έφυγεν εννιά νύχτας κι ημέρας
and he took the girl and they fled for nine days and nights





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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