by Dimitris Theophani Lipertis (1866 - 1937)

Ē Gialluroy
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Our translations:  GER
- Bra [Gialluroy]1, aku phakkoyn,
- Mana, en’ to kaprettin
To gerimon tziein’ to sioirin
Tzi ama peinasei nakkurin
Kamnei to spitin phettin

- Mma korē, ttakkuroyn polla 
- En’ t’ apparin alōpōs
Tziein’ to sizinin tziai dipsa
Skalizei tziai portoklōtsa
Tziai ssietai pkion o topos

- Korē, psēchu tzi’ en’ boyristron,
- En’ to taurin sioyru
Tzi’ en’ synkonta ē katselloy
Pon tēn essioiniases alloy
Tzi’ ebalen tēn ’poboyru

- Toyton en’ plasman, ttakkura. 
- Oyssu pkion tziai phooymai
Men tzi en’ to zōdkion tu spidkioy
Tu gerimu t’ alakadkioy
Brixe pkion tzi en tzioimoymai

Ebrixen ē manoyla tēs.
Tzi’ ethōres tēn Gialloyran
Na siōnōstei mes stēn aulēn
Tziai matsiu matsiu to philin
Me tzieinon pu ttakkoyran

Panō se tziein’ tēn stalamēn
pu kroyzei tzi’ anastainei
Tēn mian tziai tēn alēthinēn
Tremusiasmenēn mian phōnēn
Akusen na xebainei

- A, pu na s' echō ston Theon,
korē m’, ankalemenēn
En toynto zōdkion tzi apparin
Tziai to taurin tziai to sioirin
Pu s' esiei ankaliasmenēn

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Jalurú, Jalúra. Nickname for a girl or a woman with shining eyes, i.e. a beautiful one

Show a transliteration: DIN | ISO 843

Note on Transliterations

Show untransliterated (original) text

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Jalurú", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Christakis Poumbouris

This text was added to the website: 2018-03-03
Line count: 35
Word count: 158