Amethystos, it's Lina Nikolakopoulou, could you help, please? :)

I believe I got it more or less but most probably I got it all wrong.
So could you help please?

Τα πέδιλα
Στίχοι: Λίνα Νικολακοπούλου
Μουσική: Νίκος Αντύπας
Πρώτη εκτέλεση: Χαρούλα Αλεξίου

Με τα πέδιλα μου τ' άσπρα
περπατούσα μια φορά
δίπλα στα δίχτυα ενός ψαρά
Ο πατέρας μου είχε άστρα
και σιρίτια αστραφτερά
μα εμένα μου 'λειπε η χαρά
κι είχα μια θάλασσα στο νου
τ' όνειρο χάλασα ποιανού

Με τα πέδιλα μου τ' άσπρα
που τους κόπηκε η κλωστή
βρήκα μιαν άσφαλτο ζεστή
Μ' έναν ανθό μωρό στη γλάστρα
που απ' τη γη είχε χωριστεί
γέλια και δάκρυα χιαστί
κι είχα μια θάλασσα για φως
μπας κι είναι ο έρωτας κρυφός

Με τ' άσπρα πέδιλα
πατάω τα βέβηλα
τ' άγρια τ' αγκάθια των καιρών
σε δρόμους άφατους
κι απ' την αγκράφα τους
σκύβω και λύνω το παρόν

Κι έχω μια θάλασσα για ευχή
λες κι είναι βότσαλο η ψυχή

Title: Ta Pedila
Lyrics: Lina Nikolakopoulou
Music: Niko Antipas
Sung by Haris Alexiou
Lp: Di efchon (Polygram 1992)
Track no:02 (on side b)

Link to song -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydulwLjpdJk

Με τα πέδιλα μου τ' άσπρα
With my white sandals
περπατούσα μια φορά
I once was walking
δίπλα στα δίχτυα ενός ψαρά
beside the nets of a fisherman
Ο πατέρας μου είχε άστρα
My fathers had got "stars"
και σιρίτια αστραφτερά
and shiny shoulder cords
μα εμένα μου 'λειπε η χαρά
But I was missing happiness

κι είχα μια θάλασσα στο νου
and I reserved a sea in my mind
τ' όνειρο χάλασα ποιανού;
which one's is the dream that I spoiled?

Με τα πέδιλα μου τ' άσπρα
With my white sandals
που τους κόπηκε η κλωστή
which their (white) band torn apart
βρήκα μιαν άσφαλτο ζεστή
I found some warm asphalt
Μ' έναν ανθό μωρό στη γλάστρα
With a baby flower in the flowerpot
που απ' τη γη είχε χωριστεί
that has been seperated from the earth
γέλια και δάκρυα χιαστί
laughters and tears crosswise to each other

κι είχα μια θάλασσα για φως
and i reserved a sea as a light
μπας κι είναι ο έρωτας κρυφός
in case love was hidden


Με τ' άσπρα πέδιλα
With the white sandals
πατάω τα βέβηλα,
i step onto the profane,
τ' άγρια τ' αγκάθια των καιρών
the wild thorns of the times
σε δρόμους άφατους
into ineffable streets
κι απ' την αγκράφα τους
and while over their buckle
σκύβω και λύνω το παρόν
I bend and untie the present

Κι έχω μια θάλασσα για ευχή
and i reserve a sea for wishing
λες κι είναι βότσαλο η ψυχή
as if (my) soul is a pebble



Notices..... or something like that

Well the song obviously consists of 3 parts.

In the first one, she remembers herself too young wearing white sandals
while walking by the sea.
(That's the picture that she is based on, for the creation of the whole song)
She remembers herself feeling proud of her duddy's official suit, which was full
of badges like "stars" and "shoulder cords".
But she used to feel unhappy during that period.

So she starts the metaphors of the song by stating that under this period
her existence (the existence of a child) had spolied the dreams of someone.

2nd part
while the sandals remained WHITE (her personal values remained in one piece)
they have been worn during time (she had some experiences during the years).
She found a warm road (a love affair).
And here's the part that makes me wonder.....
She talks about a "ανθό μωρό".
Lina is a lyricist that writes based on her experiences, so how could she has written
about a baby while she's NOT a mother?

So she either talks about motherhood
and the inevitable happy and unhappy moments of the "proccess".

Or... the beggining of a great love affair.

And thats why she creates the metaphor of the sea as the light used to
recognize true love

last part.
She finds herself troubled by the difficulties of modern times
but also armed with her moral values (sandals are still white) versus the "new"
profane ethics.

She declares herself willing to fight for releasing the present from those symptoms,
and finally uses the last metaphor to wish for the future.

Well that's all I can get from this one!

Thank you very much!!!
In fact I had got the end completely wrong. In my memory-less mind I even confused δένω - λύνω obviously misled by my misinterpretation of the metaphor. I thought that she wanted to tie the present to the values represented by the sandals.
So it was worth asking.

Originally Posted by Amethystos

Title: Ta Pedila
Lyrics: Lina Nikolakopoulou
Music: Niko Antipas
Sung by Haris Alexiou
Lp: Di efchon (Polygram 1992)
Track no:02 (on side b)

Link to song -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydulwLjpdJk

Με τα πέδιλα μου τ' άσπρα
With my white sandals
περπατούσα μια φορά
I once was walking
δίπλα στα δίχτυα ενός ψαρά
beside the nets of a fisherman
Ο πατέρας μου είχε άστρα
My fathers had got "stars"
και σιρίτια αστραφτερά
and shiny shoulder cords
μα εμένα μου 'λειπε η χαρά
But I was missing happiness

κι είχα μια θάλασσα στο νου
and I reserved a sea in my mind
τ' όνειρο χάλασα ποιανού;
which one's is the dream that I spoiled?

Με τα πέδιλα μου τ' άσπρα
With my white sandals
που τους κόπηκε η κλωστή
which their (white) band torn apart
βρήκα μιαν άσφαλτο ζεστή
I found some warm asphalt
Μ' έναν ανθό μωρό στη γλάστρα
With a baby flower in the flowerpot
που απ' τη γη είχε χωριστεί
that has been seperated from the earth
γέλια και δάκρυα χιαστί
laughters and tears crosswise to each other

κι είχα μια θάλασσα για φως
and i reserved a sea as a light
μπας κι είναι ο έρωτας κρυφός
in case love was hidden


Με τ' άσπρα πέδιλα
With the white sandals
πατάω τα βέβηλα,
i step onto the profane,
τ' άγρια τ' αγκάθια των καιρών
the wild thorns of the times
σε δρόμους άφατους
into ineffable streets
κι απ' την αγκράφα τους
and while over their buckle
σκύβω και λύνω το παρόν
I bend and untie the present

Κι έχω μια θάλασσα για ευχή
and i reserve a sea for wishing
λες κι είναι βότσαλο η ψυχή
as if (my) soul is a pebble



Notices..... or something like that

Well the song obviously consists of 3 parts.

In the first one, she remembers herself too young wearing white sandals
while walking by the sea.
(That's the picture that she is based on, for the creation of the whole song)
She remembers herself feeling proud of her duddy's official suit, which was full
of badges like "stars" and "shoulder cords".
But she used to feel unhappy during that period.

So she starts the metaphors of the song by stating that under this period
her existence (the existence of a child) had spolied the dreams of someone.

2nd part
while the sandals remained WHITE (her personal values remained in one piece)
they have been worn during time (she had some experiences during the years).
She found a warm road (a love affair).
And here's the part that makes me wonder.....
She talks about a "ανθό μωρό".
Lina is a lyricist that writes based on her experiences, so how could she has written
about a baby while she's NOT a mother?

So she either talks about motherhood
and the inevitable happy and unhappy moments of the "proccess".

Or... the beggining of a great love affair.

And thats why she creates the metaphor of the sea as the light used to
recognize true love

last part.
She finds herself troubled by the difficulties of modern times
but also armed with her moral values (sandals are still white) versus the "new"
profane ethics.

She declares herself willing to fight for releasing the present from those symptoms,
and finally uses the last metaphor to wish for the future.

Well that's all I can get from this one!