I Went up High on Olympus

Βγήκα ψηλά στον Έλυμπο

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Lyrics

I came out on high, priest’s daughter of mine,
I came out on high, high up on Olympus
and scanned the horizon, Father Dimitris’ daughter.

And I saw a spot of cloud, and I saw a spot of mist,
old friend whom I have kissed.
But that yonder’s no cloud, that yonder’s not mist,
old friend whom I once kissed.
‘Tis just the priest’s daughter,
coming from the orchard’s bliss,
her with whom I shared a kiss.
With apples in her apron, oranges tied with twine,
you whose lips once brushed mine.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Βγήκα ψηλά στον Έλυμπο

Βγήκα ψηλά, παπαδούλα μου
βγήκα ψηλά-να στον Έλυμπο
κι αγνάντεψα τρογύρω, παπαδημητροπούλα.

Κι είδα κομμάτι σύννεφο κι είδα κομμάτι αντάρα
παλιά μου φιληνάδα.
Κείνο δεν είναι σύννεφο, κείνο δεν είν’ αντάρα
παλιά μου φιληνάδα.
Μόν’ είν’ η τσούπρα1 του παπά
που ’ρχετ’ από τ’ αμπέλι, την έχω φιλημένη.
Σέρνει τα μήλα στην ποδιά, τα κίτρα στο μαντίλι
σε φίλησα στα χείλη.

1τσούπρα: κόρη

Region: Thessaly
Rhythm: 4 beats
Dance: Sta tria
Duration: 03:14

Recording information

Studio recording, 2005.

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

Credits

Domna Samiou

Singers

Thodoris Georgopoulos

Clarinet

Nikos Oikonomidis

Violin

Kostas Philippidis

Lute

Kostas Meretakis

Tambourine

Discography

Of Nature and of Love

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