May Your Window Catch Fire

Το παραθύρι σ’ να καεί

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Lyrics

May your window catch fire and your door cave in
so I may get my hands
on your divine body.

You sit at your window with other girls beside you,
you are the rose and they your branches.

How can you ask where we met,
where it was you saw me,
when once you said you could not live
with me out of your sight?

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Το παραθύρι σ' να καεί

Tο παραθύρι σ’ να καεί και η πόρτα σου να πέσει
τ’ αγγελικό σου το κορμί, γιαντίμ1 αμάν,
στα χέρια μου να πέσει, βρ’ αμάν αμάν.

Στο παραθύρι σ’ κάθεσαι κι έχεις κι άλλες κοντά σου,
εσύ ’σαι η τριανταφυλλιά και κείνες τα κλωνιά σου.

Eσύ ’σουνα που μου ’λεγες αν δε με δεις πεθαίνεις,
τώρα γυρίζεις και μου λες πού μ’ είδες, πού με ξέρεις.

1γιαντίμ: κάηκα (τουρκικό: yandιm)

Region: Asia Minor
Type: Couplets
Category: Love Song
Rhythm: 9 beats
Duration: 06:27

Recording information

Studio recording, 2006.

Credits

Domna Samiou

Singers

Panos Dimitrakopoulos

Kanun

Evgenios Voulgaris

Bowed tambouras

Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

Vangelis Karipis

Bendir (frame drum)

Discography

I Tread the Earth Gently

See also

  • The "Musical Travelogue"

Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou – Asia Minor

  • An episode dedicated to the musical tradition of the Greeks from the coastal area of western Asia Minor, Smyrna and the Erithrean peninsula. The documentary includes historical recordings from the Centre for Asia Minor Studies as well as testimonies and songs by refugees now living in Thessaloniki, Athens, and Piraeus. [...]
  • Concert
  • 08 & 09/03/2005

Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou

An Asia Minor tribute concert. A tribute to the muse of the historical space of the Greek East. Traditional songs from the western coast of Asia Minor, the Propontis, Constantinople, Pontus and Cappadocia and two Byzantine hymns from the musical tradition of the Orthodox Church. A musical variety that is […]
  • AlbumDigital release, LP1991Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of Asia Minor 2

On this LP, Domna Samiou presents songs and dances she recorded among refugees of Asia Minor: heartfelt interpretations dedicated to Baindiri, Domna’s hometown in Asia Minor. This LP complements ‘Songs of Asia Minor N° 1’ published in 1984.
  • AlbumCD, Digital release1992Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs οf Asia Minor

On this CD, Domna Samiou presents songs and dances she recorded among refugees of Asia Minor: heartfelt interpretations dedicated to Baindiri, Domna’s hometown in Asia Minor. The CD includes songs from two previous LPs, 'Songs of Asia Minor 1 and 2'. (barcode: 5204910000128)  
  • AlbumDigital release2022Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

My Old Torments

Songs of Asia Minor by Domna Samiou. Live recording from the concert ‘Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou’ at the Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, on 8/3/2005. Traditional songs from the western coasts of Asia Minor, Propontis, Constantinople, Pontus and Cappadocia.