Come Out, My Sun, Come Out

Έβγα ήλιε μ' έβγα

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Lyrics

Come out, my sun, come out,
come out, my sun, come out just a little.

Come out, my sun, come out just a little
so we can take a turn around the garden.
Skittish, skittish thing
so small and playful.
So I can find a passage, a passage over yonder;
so I can find my love, and play, and laugh.
Skittish, skittish thing
so small and mischievous.
So I can whisper her a word or two,
words straight from my heart;
so I can tell her ‘my dove, I’m yours’.
I get dizzy, I get dizzy
when I think of you.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Έβγα ήλιε μ' έβγα

Έβγα ήλιε μ’ έβγα, έβγα ήλιε μ’ έβγα
έβγα ήλιε μ’ έβγα, έβγα λιγουλάκι.

Έβγα ήλιε μ’ έβγα, έβγα λιγουλάκι
για να σιργιανίσουμε μες στο περιβολάκι.

Ζαλιάρικο, ζαλιάρικο
μικρό και παιχνιδιάρικο.

Να βρω πόρο να βρω1, πέρα να περάσω.
να βρω την αγάπη μου, να παίξω, να γελάσω.

Ζαλιάρικο, ζαλιάρικο
μικρό και σκανταλιάρικο.

Να της πω δυο λόγια, λόγια πιστεμένα
να της πω πουλάκι μου, τρελαίνομαι για σένα.

Ζαλίζομαι, ζαλίζομαι
όταν σε συλλογίζομαι.

1νά βρω πόρο: να βρω δίοδο, διέξοδο

Region: Peloponnese
Category: Love Song
Rhythm: 7 beats
Dance: Kalamatianos
Duration: 03:48

Recording information

Studio recording, 2005.

Based on Simon Karas' recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music.

Credits

Zacharias Karounis

Singers

Thodoris Georgopoulos

Clarinet

Nikos Oikonomidis

Violin

Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

Kostas Philippidis

Lute

Kostas Meretakis

Goblet drum

Discography

Of Nature and of Love

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