One Only Heart in Not Enough

Τί να την κάμω μια καρδιά

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Wedding Serenade

Original Lyrics

Τί να την κάμω μια καρδιά

Τί να την κάμω μια καρδιά θέλω να έχω κι άλλη
η μια νά ’ναι για το σεβντά κι η άλλη για τη ζάλη.

Τρελαίνομαι μανούλα μου
για μια γειτονοπούλα μου.

Ώχου και πώς το πέρασα τούτο το καλοκαίρι
με τ’ν αλυσίδα στο λαιμό και το κουπί στο χέρι.

Τρελαίνομαι μανούλα μου
για μια γειτονοπούλα μου.

Region: Asia Minor
Area: Smyrna
Type: Couplets
Category: Love Song
Rhythm: 9 beats
Dance: Karsilamas
Duration: 03:01

Recording information

Studio recording, 2002. Collected in Smyrna by Nikólaos B. Phardýs, at 1876-1877 during his studies at the Evangelical School of Smyrna (Markos Ph. Dragoumis, 85 Demotic Melodies from the manuscripts of Nikólaos Phardýs, Music Folklore Archive, Athens 1991, no 47, p. 77).

The song is included in the album In the Middle of the Sea, songs from Samothrace, produced by Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archive (2002).
Unreleased recordings from manuscripts by Nikólaos B. Phardýs of the late 19th century (19 songs) and some recordings Markos Ph. Dragoumis made in 1961 (3 songs). Musical supervision by Socrates Sinopoulos.

Credits

Domna Samiou
Domna Samiou

Singers

Yiorgos Marinakis
Yiorgos Marinakis

Violin

Socrates Sinopoulos
Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

Kyriakos Tapakis
Kyriakos Tapakis

Lute

Kostas Meretakis
Kostas Meretakis

Bendir (frame drum)

Kostas Meretakis
Kostas Meretakis

Glasses

Discography

See also

  • SongAsia MinorLove SongCouplets

Like the Marble of the City (Constantinople)

  • Σαν τα μάρμαρα της Πόλης ⬥ Like the marble slabs that stand in St. Sophia so well-matched and symmetrical are your eyebrows, eyes and hair. I have decided to become a dome in St. Sophia for fair girls and for dark ones to come and worship there. Translated by Mania Seferiades
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaKonya, SilleInstrumental

Karsilamas Dance (Tsift)

  • Αντικριστός χορός (Τσιφτ) ⬥ Karsilamas, from the Turkish karşılama meaning "face-to-face", is a couple’s dance performed with partners facing each other. The tune is also known by the name tsift. The kanun master Nikos Stefanidis taught this tune to Domna Samiou and her ensemble. Studio recording (1991).
  • SongAsia MinorErythraea, MeliLove SongCouplets

The Water of Life

(Olmaz)

  • Από τα γλυκά σου μάτια ⬥ The water of Life flows from your sweet eyes. I asked you for a little but you didn’t give me any to drink. Impossible, my duck, impossible, you are doing your best to kill me. I told you not to tempt me and leave [...]
  • SongAsia MinorErythraea, AlatsataLove SongCouplets

Yatzilariani

  • Γιατζιλαριανή ⬥ I brought you a Good Evening, give me a Good Night I had no business here, I came only for you. Come out that I may see you and be comforted. Your eyes have burnt me, yet they are my joy and pride, if I don’t see them [...]
  • SongAsia MinorErythraea, AlatsataLove SongCouplets

Yioryitsa

  • Γιωργίτσα ⬥ I intended to love you, my Yioryítsa, and nobody to know of it. Now our own people learn of it, my Yioryítsa, strangers too learned of it. Come, Yiúla, Yiúla, Yiúla, come, take me, open your tow arms, put me inside. The jasmine at your door has blossomed [...]