Farewell Holy One

Έχε γεια Παναγιά

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Lyrics

In Galatá a shower falls, a downpour in Tatávla.
The loveliest of all the girls is she who's dressed in black.

It was nothing but a dream and we've forgotten it.
Health to you, o Holy One, we two have talked at length.

In Galatá I'll drink some wine, in Péra I'll get tight.
Yedí Koulé is home to her with whom I'll fall in love.

Yedí Koulé and Tharapiá, Tatávla and Nichóri, 
it's these four villages alone adorn the ancient City.

Translated by John Leatham

Original Lyrics

Έχε γεια Παναγιά

Στο Γαλατά ψιλή βροχή και στα Tαταύλα μπόρα
βασίλισσα των κοριτσιών είναι η μαυροφόρα.

Έχε γεια Παναγιά, τα μιλήσαμε
όνειρο ήτανε, τα λησμονήσαμε. 

Στο Γαλατά θα πιω κρασί, στο Πέρα θα μεθύσω
και μεσ' απ’ το Γεντί Kουλέ κοπέλα θ’ αγαπήσω. 

Γεντί Kουλέ και Θαραπιά, Tαταύλα και Nιχώρι
αυτά τα τέσσερα χωριά ’μορφαίνουνε την Πόλη.

Type: Couplets
Category: Love Song
Rhythm: 2 beats
Dance: Hasapikos (fast)
Duration: 02:40

Recording information

Studio recording, 1973. Domna Samiou learned it in Athens, sung by the Constantinopolitan Achilles Zaphiropoulos, in 1970.


Watch the song by Domna Samiou and Yehudi Menuhin, violin (1977)

Watch the song by Domna Samiou from a concert in Sydney (1984)

Discography

See also