May

Λεν ήρθι Μάης κι Άνοιξη

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Lyrics

May’s come,
May’s come and spring,
summer’s come
when the perfumed roses bloom.
I’ve a white rose I want to dye
and if I get the shade just right,
many a heart will I smite.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Λεν ήρθι Μάης κι Άνοιξη

Λεν, ήρθι Mάης, αμάν γκελ αμάν, λεν ήρθι Μάης κι Άνοιξη, 
ήρθι Μάης κι Άνοιξη, ήρθι το καλουκαίρι

λεν π' ανθίζουν τα, αμάν γκελ αμάν, λεν π' ανθίζουν τα τραντάφυλλα
π’ ανθίζουν τα τραντάφυλλα τα μοσχομυρισμένα.

Άσπρο τραντάφυλλο φουρώ κι θέλου να του βάψου
κι αν θα βάλου στη βαφή πουλλές καρδιές θα κάψου.

Region: Thrace
Type: Couplets
Category: Love Song, Spring Song
Rhythm: 2 beats
Dance: Xesyrtos
Duration: 02:22

Recording information

Studio recording, 1980.

Credits

Children’s Choir of the mixed High School ‘Estia Neas Smyrnis’

Choir

Charalambos Giannopoulos

Clarinet

Stefanos Vartanis

Violin

Mathios Ventouris

Lute

Mathios Balabanis

Goblet drum

Discography

Perperouna

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