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Έχετε ψαράδες ψάρια
“Hey, fishermen, have you any fish,
any fish or squid or lobsters?”
“We’ve got sardines all golden,
as golden as the maid is fair”.
“Mistress, I heard you have a boat
and lay down nets,
and have come to seek its use:
for black eyes I would fish”.
Translated by Michael Eleftheriou
«Έχετε, ψαράδες, ψάρια, έχετε, ψαράδες, ψάρια,
έχετε, ψαράδες, ψάρια, αστακούς και καλαμάρια,
αστακούς και καλαμάρια;»
«Έχομε χρυσή σαρδέλα,
σαν την έμορφη κοπέλα».
«Έμαθα, κυρά, πως έχεις
ψαροπούλα και ψαρεύεις,
κι ήρθα να σου τη γυρέψω,
μαύρα μάτια να ψαρέψω».
Studio recording (2005). Based on Domna Samiou’s 1980 field recording of the song in Kato Panagia, Ilia, sung by Garyfallia Sari and Kyriaki Gioulbaxioti.
Garyfallia Sari, Kyriaki Gioulbaxioti. Kato Panagia, Ilia, 1980
© Domna Samiou Archive
Singers
Clarinet
Constantinopolitan lyra
Constantinopolitan lute
Bendir (frame drum)
Informant (source of the song)
Informant (source of the song)
