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Original lyrics
Ο μαύρος γάτος
Ήταν ένας γάτος μαύρος πονηρός
κάθε που εβράδιαζε ντύνονταν γαμπρός
τα μαλλιά του έκανε λίγο κατσαρά
κι ένα κόκκινο παπιόν φορούσε στην ουρά
Σε κάθε σπίτι πήγαινε όπου έβλεπε καπνό
ζητούσε τα κορίτσια δήθεν για σκοπό
κι αυτές άλλο δε θέλανε φορούσαν νυφικά
κάλιο μ'ένα γάτο παρά με κοιλαρά
Μα όπως είπα στην αρχή ο γάτος πονηρός
βόλευε τα κορίτσια και γίνονταν καπνός
με τόση καρπερότητα αχ να 'χα μια σταλιά
γέμισαν τα ιδρύματα με μπάσταρδα γατιά
Οι άρχοντες φοβήθηκαν μην πάθουνε ζημιά
και την κουτάλα χάσουνε μαζί με τα ζουμιά
ρε θες να κάνουν κίνημα του γάτου οι καρποί
κι ό,τι γλυκά ροκάνιζαν σαν φούσκα να χαθεί
Έτσι αφού σκεφτήκανε βρήκαν το πιο σωστό
το γάτο να τσακώσουνε σαν μούτρο αναρχικό
βγήκε λοιπόν σεργιάνι το χαφιεδότσουρμο
αυτοί που αποτελούνε τον εθνικό κορμό
Αχ καημένε γάτο μου την έχεις πια βαμμένη
του έθνους τα λαγωνικά στην έχουνε στημένη
κι όπως το λέω έγινε το πιάσανε το αλάνι
τους είδε μαύρους νόμισε με φίλους πως θα κάνει
Τώρα κλαίει κι οδύρεται μαζεύεται κουβάρι
μήπως τους κρύους δικαστές μπορέσει να τουμπάρει
αχ μη καλοί μου άνθρωποι εγώ δεν είμαι γάτος
εγώ είμαι ένας άνθρωπος με αισθήματα γεμάτος
Κοιτάζω το συμφέρον μου διαβάζω εφημερίδα
και στο στρατό υπηρέτησα για τη μαμά πατρίδα
μα εκείνοι που να ακούσουνε τον στήσανε στον τοίχο
τα μάτια κάπως παίξανε στης τουφεκιάς τον ήχο
Αν μία κόρη έχετε κρατήστε την αθώα
μπορεί ο γάτος να μη 'ρθει μα θα 'ρθουν άλλα ζώα
κι αν είστε κάποιος άρχοντας και παρεξηγηθείτε
στα όργανα μου μια χαρά χωράει να γραφτείτε
Submitted by 
sora14 on 2012-07-09
sora14 on 2012-07-09Last edited by 
Miley_Lovato on 2022-02-26
Miley_Lovato on 2022-02-26Translation
The black cat
There was a black tricky cat
every night-fall he dressed like a groom
he wore his hair somewhat curly
and wore a red bow tie on his tail
He went to every house wherever there was smoke
asking for the girls supposedly for a purpose
and they hurried to put on their wedding dresses
better with a cat than a pot-bellied man
But like I said in the beggining he was a tricky cat
he fit up1 the girls and disappeared like smoke
with so much fertility I wish I had some
the institutions got filled with half-blooded cats2
The lords paniced that they'll suffer a damage
and they'll lose the spoon along with the broth
"you think that the cat's offsprings might make a mutiny
and whatever sweets they were nibbled at will disappear like a bubble"
Like this they found the rightest thing after they thought
the cat to capture as an anarchic scamp
so they sent out their informer-mob
those that the national body consists of
Oh, my poor cat you're so screwed
the nation's hounds are setting you up
and it happened the way I'm saying it, they caught the tramp
he saw they were too black and thought he dealt with friends
Now he cries and wails, he curls up in a ball
as if the cold-hearted judges he might be able to take on his side
"please no you good men, I'm not a cat
I am a man full of emotions3
I mind my interest4 I read the newspapers
and I served in the army for the mother land"
but they wouldn't listen, they sent him to the firing squad5
his eyes somewhat blinking at the sound of the rifle6
If you have a daughter keep her virtuous
maybe the cat won't come but there will be other animals
and if you are a lord and you get offended
I have plenty of space on my shaft to write you there7
- 1. fit up = in the official lyrics the verb is used as a substitute for the verb "fuck" or -if you prefer it- "copulate"
- 2. half-blooded cats = the offsprings of the "cat" (who as I'm sure you already guessed is not a real cat but a man)
- 3. These 4 lyrics don't really make a lot of sense when written in English, at this part of the song, the "cat" is trying to defent himself.
- 4. or better yet advantage
- 5. in the original lyrics it's written like that: "But they wouldn't listen, they set him up by the wall" meaning that they sent him to the firing squad/gave him a death penalty
- 6. an alternative translation is "his eyes somewhat blink at the gunshot"
- 7. in Greek this expression is used to say that you don't care/you don't give a damn about somebody or what that somebody said in a slank-ish way. It is similar to the phrase "I don't give a fuck"
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About translator
So, that's it, I hope I didn't make (m)any mistakes, it's already late here... Till next time, take care of yourselves (and, girls, look out for cats, that's what I'm doing too, it's better being safe than sorry, don't you think?)