by Kostis Palamas (1859 - 1943)
O Digenēs Akritas
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Kaballa paei o Charontas to Digenē ston 'Adē, ki allus mazi... Klaiei, dernetai t' anthrōpino kopadi. Kai tus kratei stu alogu tu demenus ta kapoylia, tēs lebentias ton anemo, tēs omorphias tēn poylia. Kai sa na mēn ton patēse stu Charu to podari, o Akritas mono ataracha koitaei ton kaballarē! - O Akritas eimai, Charonta, den pernō me ta chronia. M’ angixes kai de m’ enoiōses sta marmarenia alōnia? Eim’ egō ē akatalytē psychē tōn Salaminōn. Stēn Ephtalophēn ephera to spathi tōn Ellēnōn. De chanomai sta Tartara, monacha xapostainō. Stē zōē xanaphainomai kai laoys anastainō! –
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Authorship:
- by Kostis Palamas (1859 - 1943) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Manolis Kalomiris (1883 - 1962), "Ο Διγενής Ακρίτας", 1908-14 [voice and orchestra], from Μαγιοβότανα / Magic Herbs, no. 8. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
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