Manos Loizos - O mermigas (In the memory of 29 June 2011)

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    Default Manos Loizos - O mermigas (In the memory of 29 June 2011)

    Title: O mermigas
    Music / Lyrics / Voice: Manos Loizos
    Lp: Ta tragoudia tou dromou (December 1974, MInos)
    Track no: 03 (a side)





    Ένας μέρμηγκας κουφός με πήρε απ το χέρι
    A big-old deaf ant guided me
    "Είμαι" λέει " ο πιο σοφός σ΄ ολόκληρο τ' ασκέρι"
    "I am" he says "the most wise ant, among the whole village"

    Και τα μικρά του τα μερμηγκάκια
    And his small ants
    χειροκροτάνε μ' ενθουσιασμό
    salute with enthusiasm
    "εν-δυο προσκυνάμε",
    "we march, we kowtow",
    "εν-δυο πολεμάμε",
    "we march, we fight",
    "εν-δυο δεν πεινάμε".
    "we march, we 're not starving".

    "Τα βολεύεις μια χαρά σπουδαίο μου μυρμήγκι
    "My big ant, you manage things pretty well
    όμως πρόσεχε καλά τ' ωραίο σου λαρύγγι"
    but you should take care of your fine throat"


    Και τα μικρά του τα μερμηγκάκια
    And his small ants
    χειροκροτάνε μ' ενθουσιασμό
    salute with enthusiasm
    "εν-δυο προσκυνάμε",
    "we march, we kowtow",
    "εν-δυο πολεμάμε",
    "we march, we fight",
    "εν-δυο μα πεινάμε"
    "we march but we 're starving".



    Πριν προφτάσω να του πω το σύστημα ν' αλλάξει,
    Just before I tell him to change his stance,
    πλάκωσε όλο το χωριό το μέρμηγκα να χάψει
    the whole village hurried to bite the big ant.

    Και τα μικρά του τα μερμηγκάκια
    And his small ants
    χειροκροτάνε μ' ενθουσιασμό
    salute with enthusiasm
    "εν-δυο προσκυνάμε",
    "we march, we kowtow",
    "εν-δυο μα πεινάμε"
    we march but we 're starving",
    "εν-δυο θα σε φάμε!".
    "we march and will eat you!"
    .







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    Ps: I salute Mirsinni's Loizou (daughter of Manos) public announcement!
    Last edited by Amethystos; 07-14-2011 at 03:19 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"