I'm speechless.Something like half of the words in these lyrics are unfindable in any dictionary. Like άψη and χάψη for example. Could you help please?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChFyfBMWppM
Σεβάχ ο θαλασσινός
Στίχοι: Λευτέρης Παπαδόπουλος
Μουσική: Μάνος Λοΐζος
Πρώτη εκτέλεση: Μάνος Λοΐζος
Άλλες ερμηνείες: Αλκίνοος Ιωαννίδης
Στο φιλντισένιο μου μαρκούτσι
γαλέρες έρχονται και πάνε
ρεσάλτα κάνουνε οι μούτσοι
κι οι πειρατές μεθοκοπανε
στο καπηλειό το λιμανίσιο
Θάλασσα πικροθάλασσα
γιατί να σ' αγαπήσω
Σαρακηνοί και Βενετσάνοι
πιάνουν και δένουν στο κατάρτι
ελόγου μου τον καπετάν Γιάννη
το παλικάρι τον αντάρτη
τον άντρακλα τον πελαγίσιο
Θάλασσα πικροθάλασσα
γιατί να σ' αγαπήσω
Κι εκεί στου μακελειού την άψη
δαγκώνω τα σχοινιά τα λύνω
και μα τον ʼγιο Κωνσταντίνο
όλους τους ρίχνω μες στη χάψη
δεμένους με τα χέρια πίσω
Θάλασσα πικροθάλασσα
πώς να μην σ' αγαπήσω;
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Σεβάχ ο θαλασσινός
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When it comes to greek lyics, there are a few people that
you can identify as distinguished.
Most of them are known as poets, but they all really did wrote poetry.
1.Seferis and Elitis
2.Gatsos Nikos
3.Ritsos Yiannis
4.Christodoulou Dimitris
5.Papadopoulos Lefteris
6.Eleftheriou Manos
7.Nikolakopoulou Lina
But in our case Papadopoulos, is the MOST reader-friendly.
There are no hidden ideas in his lyrics.
So lets have a look in this one.
Here, while he's enjoying his hookah smoking,
he sees the engraved galleons over the pipe.
This is the cause of this brilliant story....
Title: Sindbad the sea man - Sevach o thalassinos
Lyrics: Lefteri Papadopoulos
Music: Mano Loizos
Sung by Mano Loizos
Lp: Thalassografies (Minos 1970)
Track no: 09
Link to original version -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZbjQaLh_AI
Στο φιλντισένιο μου μαρκούτσι
On my ivore made hookah hose
γαλέρες έρχονται και πάνε
the engraved galleons seem to come and go
ρεσάλτα κάνουνε οι μούτσοι
deckhands attempt raids to ships
κι οι πειρατές μεθοκοπανε
and pirates get drunk
στο καπηλειό το λιμανίσιο
in port's tavern
Θάλασσα, πικροθάλασσα
Sea, sea that you brink bitterness
γιατί να σ' αγαπήσω
why should I fell in love with you
Σαρακηνοί και Βενετσάνοι
Saracens and Venetians
πιάνουν και δένουν στο κατάρτι
arrest and tie on the mast
ελόγου μου τον καπετάν Γιάννη
me, the famous Captain John
το παλικάρι, τον αντάρτη
the brave man, the rebel
τον άντρακλα τον πελαγίσιο
the big sea dog
Θάλασσα, πικροθάλασσα
Sea, sea that you brink bitterness
γιατί να σ' αγαπήσω
why should I fell in love with you
Κι εκεί στου μακελειού την άψη
And right when fighting gets real hot
δαγκώνω τα σχοινιά τα λύνω
I bite the ropes and untie them
και μα τον Άγιο Κωνσταντίνο
and I swear to St Constanine that what I say is true
όλους τους ρίχνω μες στη χάψη
I put them all in a prison's cell
δεμένους με τα χέρια πίσω
tied with their hands in the back
Θάλασσα πικροθάλασσα
Sea, sea that you brink bitterness
πώς να μην σ' αγαπήσω;
How I could not love you?
Last edited by Amethystos; 06-19-2010 at 07:12 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" -
Thank you very much!!!!
I'd never thought that Sevach is Sindbad! And in our times of high technologies it's just as simple as checking it in Google.
Indeed I like very much the lyrics of Lefteris Papadopoulos. My favorite ones are probably "Οδός Αριστοτέλους" but I love as well "Όλες του κόσμου οι κυριακές", "Η νύχτα με τα αινίγματα", "Σ'αγαπώ σ 'αγαπώ" and others. Always so delicate and tender (well, apart from Sevah ), so personal and nostalgic... I really love them.
I'm surprise you didn't include Manolis Rasoulis among the distinguished ones. At least I like his lyrics too, with all the subjectivity of my personal likes and dislikes.
και μα τον Άγιο Κωνσταντίνο - besides άψη and χάψη this was the line that put me aback. I was wondering what the saint has to do with all that. Now I understand.
Thank you very much! You are a great help in my attempts to learn Greek!!!
Originally Posted by Amethystos
When it comes to greek lyics, there are a few people that
you can identify as distinguished.
Most of them are known as poets, but they all really did wrote poetry.
1.Seferis and Elitis
2.Gatsos Nikos
3.Ritsos Yiannis
4.Christodoulou Dimitris
5.Papadopoulos Lefteris
6.Eleftheriou Manos
7.Nikolakopoulou Lina
But in our case Papadopoulos, is the MOST reader-friendly.
There are no hidden ideas in his lyrics.
So lets have a look in this one.
Here, while he's enjoying his hookah smoking,
he sees the engraved galleons over the pipe.
This is the cause of this brilliant story....
Title: Sindbad the sea man - Sevach o thalassinos
Lyrics: Lefteri Papadopoulos
Music: Mano Loizos
Sung by Mano Loizos
Lp: Thalassografies (Minos 1970)
Track no: 09
Link to original version -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZbjQaLh_AI
Στο φιλντισένιο μου μαρκούτσι
On my ivore made hookah hose
γαλέρες έρχονται και πάνε
the engraved galleons seem to come and go
ρεσάλτα κάνουνε οι μούτσοι
deckhands attempt raids to ships
κι οι πειρατές μεθοκοπανε
and pirates get drunk
στο καπηλειό το λιμανίσιο
in port's tavern
Θάλασσα, πικροθάλασσα
Sea, sea that you brink bitterness
γιατί να σ' αγαπήσω
why should I fell in love with you
Σαρακηνοί και Βενετσάνοι
Saracens and Venetians
πιάνουν και δένουν στο κατάρτι
arrest and tie on the mast
ελόγου μου τον καπετάν Γιάννη
me, the famous Captain John
το παλικάρι, τον αντάρτη
the brave man, the rebel
τον άντρακλα τον πελαγίσιο
the big sea dog
Θάλασσα, πικροθάλασσα
Sea, sea that you brink bitterness
γιατί να σ' αγαπήσω
why should I fell in love with you
Κι εκεί στου μακελειού την άψη
And right when fighting gets real hot
δαγκώνω τα σχοινιά τα λύνω
I bite the ropes and untie them
και μα τον Άγιο Κωνσταντίνο
and I swear to St Constanine that what I say is true
όλους τους ρίχνω μες στη χάψη
I put them all in a prison's cell
δεμένους με τα χέρια πίσω
tied with their hands in the back
Θάλασσα πικροθάλασσα
Sea, sea that you brink bitterness
πώς να μην σ' αγαπήσω;
How I could not love you?
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Me neither! Originally Posted by feishtica
I'd never thought that Sevach is Sindbad! And in our times of high technologies it's just as simple as checking it in Google.
But a few years ago panselinos learnt me that.....
Check the link -> http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/gr...tml#post339414
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I really like this one -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhxYkleSgYQ Originally Posted by feishtica
Indeed I like very much the lyrics of Lefteris Papadopoulos. My favorite ones are probably "Οδός Αριστοτέλους" but I love as well "Όλες του κόσμου οι κυριακές", "Η νύχτα με τα αινίγματα", "Σ'αγαπώ σ 'αγαπώ" and others. Always so delicate and tender (well, apart from Sevah ), so personal and nostalgic...
Greek!!!
you may find its translation here -> http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/gr...tml#post266560
Especially the idea of:
"And I will slice the moon
to pin it on your hair"
"think how beautiful you will look
with the moon on your hair"
Yeap this was a great time of Papadopoulos!
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Inspired and simple lyrics by Rassoulis. Originally Posted by feishtica
But he didn't involved in as many works as he should in a way to be distinguished......
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άψη is an easy word even though it's not used frequently Originally Posted by feishtica
χάψη on the other hand isn't recorded even in my dictionary.
so I used the net to find the solution......
Pleased to be helpfull
Last edited by Amethystos; 06-21-2010 at 08:08 AM.
"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" -
Άψη
Though it is a easy word (
), I searched a definition on the net because I did't find it in any dictionary.
I found this:
"Άψη= "knowing, crafty."
Is it true? -
Nope....
Άψη = Κάψα = Fervor concluding BOTH definitions of the following link -> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fervor"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" -
ok, but are the meanings of Άψη and Κάψα identical ?
and why didn't I find the word Άψη in any dictionary? Is it a localism ? -
Well the etymology isn't the same but in most cases we use it the same way...
When it comes to Greek dictionaries there aren't many solutions....
I've got this one -> http://www.lexicon.gr/lexica/lex_NEG.htm
with its 2032 pages full of etymology, examples and thesaurus I think it's pretty close to what I need.
It's also good enough to feel AMAZED facing the knowledge of the author.
He is a prof of linguistics in Athen's University and Chairman of the Greek Foundation of Culture.
And you may check out my dictionary's author in the following vid -> http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=p1WEtIsKvW0
It's the first of a whole 22 videos (in youtube there's that 10 minutes limit ...)
made of Greek National TV that convinced me that I know only a 30-40 %
of my mother language......
"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" -
Eeeehhh... Panselinos... What would be the world without us Bulgarians? Less Sindbads and fairy-tales. Originally Posted by Amethystos
Me neither!
But a few years ago panselinos learnt me that.....
A very beautiful song and lyrics indeed. You'd be surprised, but my favorite interpretation of this song is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6gvwgfSedo Originally Posted by Amethystos
My song of the day was "O arxhgos" and I just loved the lyrics. Especially the last line is really... striking. Originally Posted by Amethystos
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thank you,Amethystos
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@feishtica
Yeap you're right! Originally Posted by feishtica
Eeeehhh... Panselinos... What would be the world without us Bulgarians? Less Sindbads and fairy-tales.
It wasn't such a big surprise btw Originally Posted by feishtica
A very beautiful song and lyrics indeed. You'd be surprised, but my favorite interpretation of this song is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6gvwgfSedo
Good choice! Originally Posted by feishtica
I also like the dramatic finish of this one -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsz1PGddUNY
Link to translation ->http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...ails&t_id=7852
@ geomac It's always my pleasure!
"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" -
Ooooh, indeed very strong and beautiful lyrics. The images are so lively... he's painting with words. Originally Posted by Amethystos
@feishtica
Yeap you're right!
It wasn't such a big surprise btw
Good choice!
I also like the dramatic finish of this one -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsz1PGddUNY
Link to translation ->http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...ails&t_id=7852
@ geomac It's always my pleasure!
