Anyone have the greek lyrics to this song Aeriko ?
http://youtu.be/HZbbMkTOETo
Anyone have the greek lyrics to this song Aeriko ?
http://youtu.be/HZbbMkTOETo
Last edited by greeksc; 01-13-2012 at 11:37 AM.
"Alexandras" is an avenue in the center of Athens.
Back in 1962 during Greece's "Golden decade" and while an amazing
cultural revolution was in progress, there were 2 open theaters at Alexandras Ave.
in a distance no more than 100 meters.
So at these two theaters in June 1962 the two EVER biggest composers of Greece,
staged their theatrical plays, Theodorakis' "Omorfi poli" and Hadjidakis' "Odos Oniron".
In Hadjidakis' "Odos oniron" was being played the following instrumental part:
This instrumental was not published in "Odos Oniron" LP back in 1962 but in
a later release in1999.
Meanwhile Hadjidakis found Yiorgo Romanos - a young man in royal choir - and
decided to write some songs based on his voice.
Romanos, being young, wanted to sing songs that would talk about fictional stories
in other words MYTHS.
That's when Niko Gatsos (Hadjidakis' close friend and poet) was asked to write lyrics
about the "MYTHOLOGIA" LP.
Eventually , Aeriko is a Hadjidakis - Gatsos masterpiece from this LP.
(IMHO the whole LP is a masterpiece btw )
Please read carefully the following translations and be kind towards these efforts
while remembering that translating poetry is a DIFFICULT task.
1st translation -> http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...etails&t_id=24
2nd translation -> http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...tails&t_id=483
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Last edited by Amethystos; 01-13-2012 at 02:24 PM.
"Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
You will never find that life for which you are looking.
When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
but life they retained in their own keeping"
tks so much for the info and lyrics Amethystos.....hmmm wonder if Giorgos Romanos was named for Agios Romanos..wasnt he the patron saint of music