Signomi pou s'agapisa poly - Galani ; beautiful song, please translation in english

Signomi pou s'agapisa poly - Dimitra Galani

Mαύρη ζωή με τσάκισε
Σε βρήκα για λιμάνι
Ομως η τόσι αγαπη μου
Μόνο κακό σου κανει

Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Δεν ξέρω ν´αγαπώ όμως πιο λίγο
Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Μά βρήκα το κουράγιο
Και θα φύγω
Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ

Σαν το νερό στην έρημο
Πάντα θα σε ζητω
Ενα φιλί μου χάρισες
Υι´αυτό σ´ευχαριστώ

Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Δεν ξέρω ν´αγαπώ όμως πιο λίγο
Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Μά βρήκα το κουράγιο
Και θα φύγω
Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ

Ok, I gave it a try, hopefully someone will look over it and check it ( Cu alte cuvinte, sper sa fie si corecta. Abia acum am vazut ca esti din Romania. Unele versuri se traduc mai frumos direct in romana decat in engleza, asa ca daca ai nelamuriri, intreaba )

Signomi pou s'agapisa poly - Dimitra Galani
Excuse me for having loved you so much

Mαύρη ζωή με τσάκισε
The black life cracked me
Σε βρήκα για λιμάνι
I found you as a harbour
Ομως η τόσι αγαπη μου
But my so much love
Μόνο κακό σου κανει
Did only wrong to you (numai rău ți-a făcut)

Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Excuse me for having loved you so much
Δεν ξέρω ν´αγαπώ όμως πιο λίγο
I don't know how to love less
Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Excuse me for having loved you so much
Μά βρήκα το κουράγιο
But I found the courage
Και θα φύγω
And I'll leave
Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Excuse me for having loved you so much

Σαν το νερό στην έρημο
Like the water in the dessert
Πάντα θα σε ζητω
I will always ask for you
Ενα φιλί μου χάρισες
One kiss you gave me
Υι´αυτό σ´ευχαριστώ
And for that I thank you

Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Excuse me for having loved you so much
Δεν ξέρω ν´αγαπώ όμως πιο λίγο
I don't know how to love less
Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Excuse me for having loved you so much
Μά βρήκα το κουράγιο
But I found the courage
Και θα φύγω
And I'll leave
Συγγνώμη που σ’αγαπησα πολύ
Excuse me for having loved you so much

Bravo Dya mou, your translation is perfect!

P.S. Nice song btw.

Thank you, Maria I translated another song, in Berrin's thread. Would you mind taking a look there as well? I don't want to mislead people with wrong translations in case I make mistakes.

Thank you again

PS: I'll search for Galani's song. I can't find it on youtube, but I'm sure I'll find it somewhere else

Multumesc frumos de traducere. Stiu si eu ceva greaca dar nu asa de bine. Si atunci... cer ajutor. Cred totusi ca e mai bine sa traduci in engleza deoarece asa oricine de orice nationalitate poate intelege traducerea daca e sa caute cantecul respectiv. Desigur ca nu m-as fi suparat daca mi-ai fi tradus in romana

Cantecul, superb, al Dimitrei Galani il gasesti aici:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT7FX_xD6d0

Cu placere

Da, de aceea am ales sa traduc in engleza, pentru ca traducerea sa poata fi adaugata la lista si sa o poata intelege oricine.

Multumesc pentru link, eu nu am reusit sa gasesc aseara cantecul pe youtube asa ca l-am downloadat din alta parte ca ma rodea curiozitate Intr-adevar este superb!

mai cauta ,,se vlepo sto potiri mou" ; ,,ta xartina" ; ,,pira apto xeri sou nero" ; ,,i pio megali ora" ; ,, efiges noris" ; alte cantece foarte frumoase ale Dimitrei Galani

cantecele grecesti oricum au ceva special, sentimente profunde; parca simti ca e real, ca nu iti trebuie prea multe cuvinte ca sa intelegi de fapt ce transmit; dar cand vezi si versurile... e cu atat mai frumos, oμως (ca sa zic si ceva in greceste)

ascult cu placere si Haris Alexiou, Elefteria Arvanitaki sau Pasxalis Terzis

Din lista ta "Ta xartina" este singura melodie interpretata initial de Galani. De obicei cand dau de un cantec preluat de multi cantareti incerc sa ajung la sursa pentru ca in cele mai multe dintre cazuri, sursa se dovedeste a fi un artist consacrat de la ei. Poate te ajuta aceste informatii Acolo unde am gasit link, l-am atasat. Pe celelalte va trebui sa le cauti in interpretarea initiala.

Se vlepo sto potiro mou- Prima interpretare: Tzeni Vanou http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-0JeAmLqGQ

Efiges noris- prima interpretare Elefteria Arvanitaki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avSj1...eature=related

sau le poti asculta pe amandoua aici:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luu7N...eature=related

I pio megali ora- prima interpretare Giota Lydia (nu e pe youtube)

Pira ap'to xeri sou nero- prima interpretare Viki Mosxoliou

In cazul in care n-ai dat inca de Viki, te sfatuiesc sa incepi cautarile Este incomparabila! Pe youtube nu gasesti prea multe din pacate.

Din recomandarile pe care mi le-ai facut am inteles cam ce as putea eu sa-ti recomand in continuare. Mergi pe youtube si cauta Giota(Giwta) Negka. Tipa a cantat intr-o emisiune multe melodii emblema ale cantaretilor mai vechi. Cred ca o sa-ti place ce vei gasi acolo. Iar daca ai nevoie de numele interpretilor initiali, let me know, ca eu am trecut demult prin etapa asta si te pot ajuta

omorfi tragoudia......

Ai dreptate; stiam si eu ca nu toate sunt ale ei la origine dar oricum ea le interpreteaza fabulos.

Cred ca la greci e o traditie (sper sa nu ma insel) ca un cantec original sa fie cantat de mai multi cantareti din alte generatii; de exemplu am dat din intamplare peste melodia ,,den tha ksanagapiso" cantata prima data cred de catre Stelios Kazantzidis (anii '60 cred); apoi aflu aceeasi melodie cantata de Haris Alexiou si de Elefteria Arvanitaki! Crede-ma ca toate variantele imi plac la nebunie! Melodia asta ma infioara de-a dreptul.

Pe Viki Mosxoliou am gasit-o; multumesc; ma delectez cu melodia ,,Δεν ξέρω πόσο σ'αγαπώ" (nu stiu cat te iubesc - am tradus bine?); cred ca melodia asta o canta si Galani.

Alta melodie trasnet mi se pare ,,Ola se thimizoun" (toate amintesc de tine) a lui Haris Alexiou ; m-am documentat si am gasit ca a fost compusa de Manos Loizos (care dealtfel a decedat in 1983 cred). Pe de alta parte cred ca Haroula este una dintre putinele cant-autoare; a compus de ex. ,,Panselinos" alta melodie superba; la fel ,,Gia ena tango".

Cred ca stii si tu aceste lucruri dar mie imi face palcere sa vb. despre asta.

Kali nixta!

Ai dreptate, la ei cantecul este in primul rand asociat cu compozitorul. Ai sa vezi ca ei se refera la compozitor si cantaret cand vorbesc de un cantec. Ceva nou pentru mine, ca la noi n-as putea sa-ti numesc compozitorii marilor noastre slagare...

Apropo de Viki. Clasice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hrYD...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbZYy...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLaCQ...eature=related

Iar acest video cred ca te va incanta nespus (in caz ca n-ai dat deja de el) Toate trei la un loc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodFf...eature=related

Si, da, si mie imi face placere sa vorbesc despre acest subiect Insa in urmatoarele zile nu sunt prin preajma calculatorului asa ca mai vorbim pe weekend!

kalinixta!

Thank you - I enjoy this

I thought you might be interested in this:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988407.html
Very interesting interview with Haris Alexiou. She talks about her life, from the begining... till now.

and this:
http://www.alexiou.gr/
official site of

I'd talk more often about these things but I have such a little time...

Finally,I found this:
http://famousgreeks.skynetblogs.be/category/

Buna! Am postat un cantec ,,Leksi pros leksi" a lui Elli Kokkinou
Am incercat o traducere.Iata: (nu am avut timp si de scriere in alfabetul grecesc)

Mi mu les gia mia zoi
Don’t tell me for a life
Pu pote den eho di
Whom I’v never seen
Mi mu les gia mia kardia
Don’t tell me for a heart
Pu pote den eho vri
Whom I’v never found
Mi mu les gia onira
Don’t tell me for the dreams
Pu pote den dialeksa
That I never chose
Mi mu les pos im' ego
Don’t tell me how am I (now)
Afti pu allaksa
That girl who have changed.

Leksi pros leksi
Word for word
I zoi mas itan psema
Our life was a lie
Ena mpuketo apo pliges
A bouquet made of wounds
Pu stazun ema
That are dripping blood
Leksi pros leksi
Word for word
Ginan ola afta pu provlepsa
All that I foresaw was coming true
Ke ti zoi mu oli
And all my life
Dihos logo ksodepsa
Without meaning I wasted.


Mi mu les gia mia psihi
Don’t tell me for a soul
Pu pote den diavasa
Whom I’v never read (understand)
Mi mu les pos is' edo
Don’t tell me how are you here
Ma de se logariasa
Cause for me you are unheeded
Mi mu les gia shedia
Don’t tell me for plans
Svistikan ta kapsame
They were quashed, we burned them
Mi mu les to telos mas
Don’t tell me about our (story) end
Pro keru to grapsame
Ahead of time we fixed it.

Am tradus bine?
O surpriza pentru tine! Poti descarca gratuit cantecul de aici:

http://www.mrtzcmp3.net/KOKKINOU%20E...ebf7360b3.html

nu trebuie decat sa apesi butonul de jos de tot al paginii, de sub reclame; butonul arata asa ,,>>>>"
apoi alegi ,,salveaza fisierul" atunnci cand se deschide fereastra de descarcare
este mp3 si il poti pune si pe tel.mobil

Auditie placuta!

Bună, well done that's a very good translation! You say that you didnt have the time to write the lyrics in Greek characters, so I did it myself for you... I hope you don't mind, it's really nothing for me. Once again, almost perfect translation, bravo.

Μη μου λες για μια ζωή
Don’t tell me for a life
που ποτέ δεν έχω δει
Whom I’ve never seen
μη μου λες για μια καρδιά
Don’t tell me for a heart
που ποτέ δεν έχω βρει
Whom I’ve never found
μη μου λες για όνειρα
Don’t tell me for (the) dreams
που ποτέ δε διάλεξα
That I never chose
μη μου λες πως είμ’ εγώ
Don’t tell me that it’s me
απ’ τους δυο που άλλαξα
the one of us two who has changed.

Λέξη προς λέξη
Word for word
η ζωή μας ήταν ψέμα
Our life was a lie
ένα μπουκέτο από πληγές
A bouquet made of wounds
που στάζουν αίμα
That are dripping blood
Λέξη προς λέξη
Word for word
γίναν όλα αυτά που πρόβλεψα
All that I foresaw came true
και τη ζωή μου όλη
And all my life
δίχως λόγο ξόδεψα
Without reason I wasted.

Μη μου λες για μια ψυχή
Don’t tell me for a soul
που ποτέ δε διάβασα
Whom I’ve never read (understand)
μη μου λες πως είσ’ εδώ
Don’t tell me that you are here
μα δε σε λογάριασα
But for me you are unheeded (/but I didn’t count upon you)
μη μου λες για σχέδια
Don’t tell me for plans
σβήστηκαν, τα κάψαμε
They were quashed, we burned them
μη μου λες το τέλος μας
Don’t tell me about our (story) end
προ καιρού το γράψαμε
Ahead of time we fixed it. (/we fixed it a long time ago)

P.S. Just for the record, πώς means how and πως (without accent) means that, I thought this might be useful for you.

Gia sou! and ,,bună!" ( I appreciate that you have used a romanian word)
I don't know what to say first.
I'm very grateful for your help and for the fact that I was not ,,unheeded" I understand my (little) errors that you have mentioned. Believe me that it took me a couple of hours to do this translation; I used 4 dictionaries (greek-romanian , romanian-greek, english-romanian and romanian-english) for the vocabulary and your own quite good and comprehensive posts about greek grammar in this site (in ,,learning greek language"), especially for the sentence ,,σβήστηκαν, τα κάψαμε".
I'm very glad that I'v succeeded. I have previous posts and many requests for greek songs translations; I knew only in part the meaning of the lyrics and for this I asked for help. But now, I'v decided to do the translation by myself.
You'll not believe me, but I know to sing word for word (Λέξη προς λέξη ) entire greek songs. Why? Very simple = 'cause I like them very,very,very much; the most of all, I like those sad and heavy-hearted songs; they are quite good for the soul relief...

Bună geomac91, pot să înţeleg română dar nu vorbesc de bine... şi vreau să învăţ dar nu am timp
I'm glad I helped you, your translation was very good... there were just few little mistakes. I'm sure that soon you won't need our help...

Tο όνομά μου είναι George
kai ego den exo kairo na matho ellinika

You must say ,, nu vorbesc asa de bine (romanian language)" instead of ,,nu vorbesc de bine"
,,nu vorbesc de bine" has a quite different meaning = when referring to a person , you consider him/her in a bad manner

Do you know how can I write words in ,,bold" or colored 'cause I'v tried with ,,Microsoft Word" (copy-paste) and it doesn't work

Finally, could you send to me, please, the lyrics (in greek and english) of the Dimitra Galani's song ,,Oses foties"?
I was looking for these several days on the internet but I didn't find anything

And finally of the finally, in 1998y, when I was living in Constantza, Romania, I was used to listen to a greek radio station (ekaton dio fm, radio Thessaloniki); since that time I know many greek songs... There was a nice (and haevy-hearted) song but I couldn't find it's name and the name of the singer.
I remember some lyrics of it: ,,ego paidi mou imai treli" (I know the meaning of this sentence) ,,vradi stin tavernas" (,,ston ouranou" was the end then again ,,ego paidi mou imai treli at the end of the end). Please don't get the laught at me!

Yeeess! I found a song that I'm looking for since long time ago!
What do you think about it?

Προδοσία
Καλλιτέχνης: Γιάννης Κότσιρας
Συνθέτης: Ευανθία Ρεμπούτσικα
Στιχουργός: Ελένη Ζιώγα
Στίχοι:

Όλα είναι θολά στο μυαλό μου
κλαίω κι ας μου βγει σε καλό μου
χάνω ό,τι είχα δικό μου
μη μου ζητάς συγγνώμη
κλείσαν για πάντα οι δρόμοι.

Σου χάρισα μια ολόκληρη ζωή
χαράμι μια ζωή θυσία
μα ήρθες με του Ιούδα το φιλί
κι υπόγραψες την προδοσία.

Το φιλί σου προδοσία
ξένος πόθος, ξένο στόμα
το κορμί σου εξορία
ξένος τόπος, ξένο χώμα.

Με τον εαυτό μου θυμώνω
κλαίω και γι' αυτό μετανιώνω
κρίμα που σ' αγάπησα μόνο
ό,τι άρχισε τελειώνει
μη μου ζητάς συγνώμη.

Το φιλί σου προδοσία
ξένος πόθος, ξένο στόμα
το κορμί σου εξορία
ξένος τόπος, ξένο χώμα.

I love it!

Originally Posted by geomac91

Tο όνομά μου είναι George
kai ego den exo kairo na matho ellinika

Nice to meet you George, as you can see my name is Maria..

Originally Posted by geomac91

you must say ,, nu vorbesc asa de bine (romanian language)" instead of ,,nu vorbesc de bine"
,,nu vorbesc de bine" has a quite different meaning = when referring to a person , you consider him/her in a bad manner

Haha told you! Thanks for your explanation.

Originally Posted by geomac91

do you know how can I write words in ,,bold" or colored 'cause I'v tried with ,,Microsoft Word" (copy-paste) and it doesn't work

Take a look at this page, you'll find the answers you're looking for.

Originally Posted by geomac91

Finally, could you send to me, please, the lyrics (in greek and english) of the Dimitra Galani's song ,,Oses foties"?
I was looking for these several days on the internet but I didn't find anything

Όσες φωτιές
As many fires

Άμα θες ψηλά να φτάσεις
If you want to make it to the top
Και να νοιώσεις σαν τον ήλιο
and feel like the sun
Πρέπει πρώτα ομορφιά μου
Firstly, my beautiful one, you should
Να καείς και σαν τον ίδιο
also get burned like him (the sun)

Και να σπάσεις σε κομμάτια
And (to) break into pieces
Και να φτιάξεις άλλα αστέρια
and (to) create other stars
Σαν παιδιά να τα πονέσεις
to take care of them as if they were your children
Μακρυά απ’ τα δυο σου χέρια
away from your two hands

Όσες φωτιές κι αν κάψουν την καρδιά μου
As many fires burn my heart
Τόσες θ’ανάψουν μες στα όνειρά μου
so many will light in my dreams
Τόσες θ’ανάψουν σαν κεριά – αχ Παναγιά μου
So many will light like candles - ah my Virgin Mary

Έλα Καύκασε, έλα αγέρα, πάρε με ως την Οδησσό
Come Caucasus, come wind, take me to Odessa
Που’ χω μάνα και πατέρα και καημό Παράδεισο
where I have mother and father and I long for Paradise (not sure about the last one)
Ο Παράδεισος δεν είναι η χαρά της λησμονιάς
Paradise isn't the joy of forgetfulness
Μα ότι χρόνια σε βαραίνει κι ότι πιο πολύ πονάς
But all those that torture you for years and all those you care about the most

Thank you again, Maria! What a great lyrics! I am speechless! Believe me!
I felt this song (before I knew the lyrics) like an anthem or like a prayer and seems that it looks like this!

Quickly, before going to sleep: George, is this the song you're looking for?

ΕΙΜΑΙ ΤΡΕΛΛΗ Χαρούλα Αλεξίου

Εγώ παιδί μου είμαι τρελλή
και λούζομαι μεσ' στην βροχή
όταν οι άλλοι πνίγονται
σε μια ψιχάλα
Εγώ παιδί μου είμαι τρελλή
γι΄αυτό με παει το φιλί
κει που σε πάνε τα τραγούδια
τα μεγάλα

Κι' όταν έρχεται το βράδυ
τότε απλώνω την φωνή μου
και το κλάμα ως τους ουρανούς
κι' όσοι ξέρουν ν' αγαπάνε
έρχονται και τραγουδάμε
και παρέα τότε πάμε
μες στους ουρανούς

Εγώ παιδί μου είμαι τρελλή
κι' είμαι για όλα ικανή
κι' όπως πονάω έτσι εύκολα αγαπάω
Εγώ παιδί μου είμαι τρελλή
έτσι μου λένε απο παιδί
όσοι δεν έχουνε καρδιά για ν'αγαπήσουν

Κι' όταν έρχεται το βράδυ
τότε απλώνω την φωνή μου
και το κλάμα ως τους ουρανούς
κι' όσοι ξέρουν ν' αγαπάνε
έρχονται και τραγουδάμε
και παρέα τότε πάμε
μες στους ουρανούς