Hello, can anyone translate Η Μυρσίνη βάζει τ' άσπρα please? Γιάννης Πουλόπο`

Google Translate could definitely not used..
Many thanks in advance!
Tinen


Μυρσίνη βάζει τ' άσπρα

Η Μυρσίνη βάζει τ' άσπρα και γιομίζ' η γειτονιά
τριανταφυλλάκια κι άστρα κι ανοιξιάτικα κλωνιά
Η Μυρσίνη τ’ άσπρα βάζει, άσπρο κρίνο στο περβάζι
και μεθάει η γειτονιά

Να 'χα λέει ένα βαρκάκι με πανάκι σταυρωτό
και με σένα Μυρσινάκι μια βραδιά να ξανοιχτώ
Στου πελάου τα μονοπάτια, μαύρα, όμορφά μου μάτια
που μπροστά σας ξενυχτώ

Μα δεν έχω τη βαρκούλα, να σε κλέψω μια βραδιά
Έχω μόνο μια καρδούλα, πικραμένη και βαριά
Και τη ρίχνω στο περβάζι, μπας και δεις ότι σπαράζει
να μου γιάνεις την καρδιά

Title: I Mirsini ta aspra vazi
Music: Mimi Plessas
Lyrics: Lefteri Papadopoulos
Sung by Yianni Poulopoulos
Lp: O dromos (April 1969- LYRA)
Track no: 02 (b side)

The Mirsini that lyrics are talking about is Manos Loizos' daughter while she was a young child.
Papadopoulos became Mirsini's godfather
This is a photo of her during her childhood



More infos about "O dromos" -> http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/gr...tml#post879868





Η Μυρσίνη βάζει τ' άσπρα
Mirsini's wearing white clothes
και γιομίζ' η γειτονιά
And neighborhood is getting filled up
τριανταφυλλάκια κι άστρα
of roses and stars
κι ανοιξιάτικα κλωνιά
and spring's twigs

Η Μυρσίνη τ΄άσπρα βάζει
Mirsini's wearing white clothes
άσπρο κρίνο στο περβάζι
(seems like) a white lily on window's sill
και μεθάει η γειτονιά
and the neighborhood gets drunk

Να 'χα λέει ένα βαρκάκι
I wish I had a little boat
με πανάκι σταυρωτό
with a crossed sail
και με σένα Μυρσινάκι
and with you little Mirsini
μια βραδιά να ξανοιχτώ
to sail to open sea one night
στου πελάου τα μονοπάτια
in the open sea's alleys
μαύρα όμορφά μου μάτια
my beautifull darks eyes
που μπροστά σας ξενυχτώ
that I spend the nights staring at you...

Μα δεν έχω τη βαρκούλα
But I don't have this little boat
να σε κλέψω μια βραδιά
to steal you for a night
έχω μόνο μια καρδούλα
I've only got a little heart
πικραμένη και βαριά
(feeling) bitter and heavy
Και τη ρίχνω στο περβάζι
And I put this little heart on window's sill
μπας και δεις ότι σπαράζει
in case you notice it's pain
και μου γιάνεις την καρδιά
and you heal my heart

Thank you SO SO much Amethystos, for the info and the translation! I'm singing this to my little, misi ellinida daughter, and until now didn't know what it meant
Filakia polla!

...I started browsing this topic from the top...When I saw the title of the song I swear that I thought: "amethystos should translate this"... and while scrolling down my browser, there it was...

Thank you for this! No-one could do it better...Not in this forum...

I know (i guess) this song has been already mentioned in a way or another here...

But I'd like to post this as a "follow up" ??? ( δεν γίνεται να το εκφράσω στα Αγγλικά όπως στα Ελληνικά...Τα τραγούδια από το δίσκο "ο δρόμος" πάνε μαζί...όλα μαζί...κρίμα που δεν μπορώ να καταχραστώ το χώρο...)

Originally Posted by Tinen

Thank you SO SO much Amethystos, for the info and the translation! I'm singing this to my little, misi ellinida daughter, and until now didn't know what it meant
Filakia polla!

Your instinct have chosen wisely then....

Originally Posted by safe1

...I started browsing this topic from the top...When I saw the title of the song I swear that I thought: "amethystos should translate this"... and while scrolling down my browser, there it was...

Thank you for this! No-one could do it better...Not in this forum...

First of all thanks for your kind words.

As I've already mentioned in previous posts
I felt fed up of translating songs that I don't like.
So I try to help people in a way I feel both the reader and I will be pleased.

As for the translations... I'm no teacher so they are NOT perfect,
but I believe in a clear and understandable text that reveals images and ideas
rather than a strict translation with no infos that may seem like an alien's idea
when is being read by someone who wants to get some kind of picture about it.

Originally Posted by Amethystos

As for the translations... I'm no teacher so they are NOT perfect,
but I believe in a clear and understandable text that reveals images and ideas
rather than a strict translation with no infos that may seem like an alien's idea
when is being read by someone who wants to get some kind of picture about it.

Noticed that...many times...

And concerning your "previous posts"...
Have been noticed as well... And appreciated...And agreed at the most part of it...
I just need the nerve to reply... But better not...
You see although a "water" sign, I usually act as a "fire" one

Originally Posted by safe1

I first heard this song one night in a bar in Crete in 1991, there was only a couple of Greek lads and myself and it was pouring with rain, water was dripping through the roof with buckets everywhere collecting the water. The two lads were singing this song, I had never heard it before and thought no more about it. It was two years later on another holiday when I was on the bus to go back to the airport I heard the song on the radio and got the driver to give me the name of the singer and the album. Of course it was 'O Dromos' and I had to wait until the next holiday before I could buy it, I didn't know of anywhere I could get Greek music in the UK then. Even though I didn't understand all the words I loved this album, played it all the time and still it has so many special memories for me.

Thanks to you all , especially Amethystos, who gives so much time to help us all understand the beauty of the Greek language and music.