Ourane

Would some kind soul with this particular knowledge, care to share with me the lyrics of "AH, OURANE", music composed by Manos Hadjidakis ?!

Thank you in advance for any of your kind assistance.

All the best,

Philadelphia

Actually, I found out that it used to be an instrumental piece, before lyrics were added to it, so maybe it is known as "I BALLANDA TOU OURI" ...

Thank you, once more.

Philadelphia

Η μπαλάντα του Oύρι

Ουρανέ, όχι δεν θα πω το ναι
Ουρανέ, φίλε μακρινέ
Πώς να δεχτώ άλλης αγκαλιάς τη στοργή
Πώς να δεχτώ, μάνα μου είν' η γη
Πώς ν' αρνηθώ της ζωής το φως το ξανθό
Αχ, ουρανέ, πόνε μακρινέ

Κάθε δειλινό κοιτώ τον ουρανό, τον γαλανό
κι ακούω μια φωνή, καμπάνα γιορτινή, να με παρακινεί
Κάθε Κυριακή μου λέει να πάω εκεί, εκεί, εκεί
που χτίζουνε φωλιά αλλόκοτα πουλιά, στου ήλιου τα σκαλιά

Ουρανέ, όχι δεν θα πω το ναι
Ουρανέ, φίλε μακρινέ
Πώς να δεχτώ άλλης αγκαλιάς τη στοργή
Πώς να δεχτώ, μάνα μου είν' η γη
Πώς ν' αρνηθώ της ζωής το φως το ξανθό
Αχ, ουρανέ, πόνε μακρινέ

Κάθε δειλινό κοιτώ τον ουρανό, τον γαλανό
και μια φωνή τρελή, σαν χάδι κι απειλή κοντά της με καλεί
Κάθε Κυριακή μου λέει να πάω εκεί, εκεί, εκεί
μου τάζει ωκεανούς, κομήτες φωτεινούς και ό,τι βάζει ο νους

Well !!!

I could only trust "the moon" to deliver me such a prompt and to the point answer to my request ... !!! .....

Panseline mou, you did it once again ... Thank you ever so much for your input.

You are a wonderful young lady, if I may say so myself.

To respond to your last "statement" ... MY GOD! NO WAY I HAVE EVER BEEN a student that is into books and into reading ... NO WAY I like to do that !

Would also like to say that, you are really still quite young and don't worry about finding things that make you passionate ...

You are already pasionate for Greece for example ...

And you did study (even for a while) subjects not even known to most people on the planet ... heck! ... subjects not even known to most people in THIS forum !!!!!

The ONLY thing that worries me is, to find one day, I am not passionate about something new ...

Haha, that's a relief to hear! Sorry for my laaate reply, didn't you had been writing to me.

I'm young now, but years moves so fast that it's scary

True I did, but then I quit! Soo, I have to find another way for me..

Thought you went off to sleep ... so, I ended up "interpreting" some lyrics to "pass the time" ...

Yes, you are right ... Time DOES fly and it IS extremely scary -nowadays scary ALL the time ... People end up doing SUCH STUPID things from their fear of time ...

Realising this was not the right path for you, is NOT quiting !!!!!
In fact, it's ONLY the brave ones that can go ahead with such a decision!
As far as I am concerned, you are a brave young woman ... !

Don't worry, Omorfi mou, the most interesting people in life are the ones that don't know what to do next ... like me !!! ...
Besides what you are doing NOW, is more important ... !!!
It's important, for sure, for the people you are assisting ... !!! ... Do you actually think that, THEM seeing you every day, doesn't make their day nicer ?!
Ofcourse you do !!! That's more than enough for a human being to do ! Make another being feel good !

You are probably asleep now ... so, I will roam the forum for some more probable "interpreting ... don't know really ...

Anyway ... Always, a pleasure to have "conversed" with you ...

Speak to you soon, I hope ...

Maybe I was brave for even starting a study like that, I don't know. But I think most people feel bad when not finishing something they have started.

Anyway thanks for cheering me up Sorry I was a little busy tonight, and then I suddenly noticed how late it was and I just ran to bed. In 2 hours I'll go to work.

Speak to you sometime soon!

I feel I estranged you ...

That's a shame ... !!! ...

It is still fine ...

You are fine ... and I am also fine ... SO, it IS fine ...

All the best to you,


Philadelphia

I am better now ...

And better still ...

I have been "strolling" the "streets" of all of "YOU" ... the people in here ... reading trhough a dark time for me ... getting light from "YOU" ... all of "YOU" ... and I do want to say "THANK YOU" for seeing me through ... even without you knowing, you have helped this being here still be "alive" ... and so, yes, I am grateful to "YOU" ...

All the best,

Philadelphia

I have been gone for a couple of days, so I haven't been here in the forum. Hope you are allright!

I am much better now, thank you ...

It is yet another masterpiece by composer Manos Hadjidakis ...
It is yet another shattering verse by Nikos Gatsos ...

If any of you watched the "Opening Ceremony" of the "2004 Olympic Games" in Athens, the music heard at the point where the little boat carried that boy across the water and basically "presented the Greek flag", is HIS music, a piece called "Νυχτερινός Περίπατος", ("Nihterinos Peripatos", "Nocturnal Stroll") ... That is more or less what I do here ... That more than less sounds like what my soul does in my life ...


It is NOT MY "interpretation", I was given it by a "friend" that "breathed life into me" and was "there" when I needed it ...


Η μπαλάντα του Oύρι
/ I mpallanta tou Ouri
Uri's ballad

Ουρανέ, όχι δεν θα πω το ναι
/ ourane, ohi den tha po to ne
Heavens, no, I am not going to say yes
Ουρανέ, φίλε μακρινέ
/ ourane, file makrine
Heavens, distant friend
Πώς να δεχτώ άλλης αγκαλιάς τη στοργή
/ pos na dehto allis agalias ti storgi
how can I accept another embrace's tenderness
Πώς να δεχτώ, μάνα μου είν' η γη
/ pos na dehto, mana mou in' i yi
how can I accept, (when) my mother is the Earth
Πώς ν' αρνηθώ της ζωής το φως το ξανθό
/ pos n' arnitho tis zois to fos to xantho
how can I deny life's golden light
Αχ, ουρανέ, πόνε μακρινέ
/ ah, ourane, pone makrine
ah Heavens, distant heartache

Κάθε δειλινό κοιτώ τον ουρανό, τον γαλανό
/ kathe dilino kito ton ourano, to galano
every dusk, I look at the heavens, of blue
κι ακούω μια φωνή, καμπάνα γιορτινή, να με παρακινεί
/ ki akouo mia foni, kampana yortini, na me parakini
and I hear a voice, a celebratory bell, encouraging me
Κάθε Κυριακή μου λέει να πάω εκεί, εκεί, εκεί
/ kathe Kiriaki, mou lei na pao eki, eki, eki
every Sunday, it tells me to go there, there, there
που χτίζουνε φωλιά αλλόκοτα πουλιά, στου ήλιου τα σκαλιά
/ pou htizoune folia allokota poulia, stou ilioi ta skalia
where extraordinary birds build their nests, on the sun's stairway

Ουρανέ, όχι δεν θα πω το ναι
/ ourane, ohi den tha po to ne
Heavens, no, I am not going to say yes
Ουρανέ, φίλε μακρινέ
/ ourane, file makrine
Heavens, distant friend
Πώς να δεχτώ άλλης αγκαλιάς τη στοργή
/ pos na dehto allis agalias ti storgi
how can I accept another embrace's tenderness
Πώς να δεχτώ, μάνα μου είν' η γη
/ pos na dehto, mana mou in' i yi
how can I accept, my mother is the Earth
Πώς ν' αρνηθώ της ζωής το φως το ξανθό
/ pos n' arnitho tis zois to fos to xantho
how can I deny life's golden light
Αχ, ουρανέ, πόνε μακρινέ
/ ah, ourane, pone makrine
ah Heavens, distant heartache


Κάθε δειλινό κοιτώ τον ουρανό, τον γαλανό
/ kathe dilino kito ton ourano, to galano
every dusk, I look at the heavens, of blue
και μια φωνή τρελή, σαν χάδι κι απειλή, κοντά της με καλεί
/ ke mia foni trelli, san hadi ki apili, konta tis me kali
and a crazy voice, like a caress and a threat, calls me by its side
Κάθε Κυριακή μου λέει να πάω εκεί, εκεί, εκεί
/ kathe Kiriaki, mou lei na pao eki, eki, eki
every Sunday, it tells me to go there, there, there
μου τάζει ωκεανούς, κομήτες φωτεινούς και ό,τι βάζει ο νους
/ mou tazi okeanous, komites fotinous kai oti vazi o nous
it pledges to me oceans, luminous comets and everything the mind may conceive

Ουρανέ, όχι δεν θα πω το ναι
/ ourane, ohi den tha po to ne
Heavens, no, I am not going to say yes
Ουρανέ, φίλε μακρινέ
/ ourane, file makrine
Heavens, distant friend
Πώς να δεχτώ άλλης αγκαλιάς τη στοργή
/ pos na dehto allis agalias ti storgi
how can I accept another embrace's tenderness
Πώς να δεχτώ, μάνα μου είν' η γη
/ pos na dehto, mana mou in' i yi
how can I accept, my mother is the Earth
Πώς ν' αρνηθώ της ζωής το φως το ξανθό
/ pos n' arnitho tis zois to fos to xantho
how can I deny life's golden light
Αχ, ουρανέ, πόνε μακρινέ
/ ah, ourane, pone makrine
ah Heavens, distant heartache



Philadelphia

Hello there people!

Take your time to read ... ... I am here for any "inquiries" and "adventures" of the mind (and heart) ...

Who/what is Uri???

The piece was originally an instrumental piece for a "soundtrack" of a movie ... so, "Uri" is most probably the name of a "character" in that movie ...