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Εις τον αφρό της θάλασσας (Γιαλό, Γιαλό)

Εις τον αφρό εις τον αφρό της θάλασσας
η αγάπη μου η αγάπη μου κοιμάται
παρακαλώ σας κύματα
μη μου την εξυπνάτε
 
Γιαλό γιαλό πηγαίναμε
κι όλο για σένα λέγαμε
γιαλό να πας γιαλό να `ρθείς
τα λόγια μου να θυμηθείς
 
Ας χαμηλώ ας χαμηλώναν τα βουνά
να `βλεπα το να `βλεπα το Μπουρνόβα
να `βλεπα την αγάπη μου
τι άλλο θέλω ακόμα
 
Να `ταν η θά να `ταν η θάλασσα κρασί
και τα βουνά και τα βουνά μεζέδες
κι οι βάρκες κρασοπότηρα
να πίνουν οι γλεντζέδες
 
Κεφαλονί Κεφαλονίτικος παπάς
διαβάζει με διαβάζει με σοφία
τα δώδεκα Ευαγγέλια
τα βγάζει δεκατρία
 
Να χαμηλώ να χαμηλώναν τα βουνά
να `βλεπα το να `βλεπα το Λεβάντε
να `βλεπα την αγάπη μου
και το ωραίο Τσάντε
 
Ζάκυνθος και, Ζάκυνθος και Κεφαλονιά
Κέρκυρα και, Κέρκυρα και Λευκάδα
Αυτά τα τέσσερα νησιά
στολίζουν την Ελλάδα
 
Translation

In the Foam of the Sea (The Shore, the Shore)

In the foam, in the foam of the sea
My love, my love is sleeping
Please, oh waves,
don't wake her up for me
 
To the shore, the shore we were going
And we talked all about you
To the shore you should go, to the shore you should come
My words, you should remember them
 
If only, if only the mountains became lower 1
I would see, I would see Bournova 2
I would see my love
What else would I still want?
 
If only the sea3, if only the sea were wine
And the mountains were delicacies
And the boats were wine glasses
for all the roisterers to drink from
 
A Kefaloni-, Kefalonian 4priest
He reads, he reads with wisdom
The twelve gospels,
He makes them thirteen
 
If the mountains, if the mountains lowered
I would see, I would see the Levant 5
I would see my love
and the beautiful Zante 6
 
Zakynthos and, Zakynthos and Kefalonia
Kerkyra and, Kerkyra and Lefkada 7
These four islands
decorate Greece.
 
  • 1. In certain lines, such as this one, it is the verb that comes first and gets repeated in the original Greek. This type of sentence sructure can't be translated into English, but I tried to keep a repeating phrase at the beginning
  • 2. A metropolitan district in Ismir, Turkey. It's also spelled Bornova
  • 3. The word for "sea" has three syllables in Greek and the last two syllables get dropped here. This element is lost in translation.
  • 4. Kefalonia is the largest of the Ionian islands in western Greece. It is also spelled Cephalonia.
  • 5. Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the eastern Mediterranean.
  • 6. Another name for the Greek island of Zakynthos
  • 7. These are all Greek islands. Kerkyra is also known as Corfu.
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Please help to translate "Εις τον αφρό της ..."
Greek → Russian Анюта Король
Greek Folk: Top 3
1.Το Τσιάμπασιν (To Tsiampasin)
2.Η μάνα εν κρύο νερό (I mána en krío neró)
3.Εις τον αφρό της θάλασσας (Γιαλό, Γιαλό) (Eis ton afro ths thalassas (Gialo, Gialo))
Idioms from "Εις τον αφρό της ..."
1.lost in translation
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