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Vangelis and Irene Papas lyrics - Odes lyrics
| 1 | 40 pallikaria | 5:14 |  |
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| 2 | Neranzoula | 5:51 | ||||||
| * | 3 | La Danse du Feu | 6:03 | |||||
| 4 | I Kolokotronei | 3:16 | ||||||
| 5 | To potami | 6:44 | ||||||
| * | 6 | Racines | 8:47 | |||||
| 7 | Miroloi | 8:29 | ||||||
| 8 | Menousis | 6:37 | ||||||
| Total playing time | 51:24 | |||||||
* = instrumental (composed by Vangelis)
Arranged, performed and produced by Vangelis
(Greek) Lyrics: Irene papas and Arianna Stassinopoulos.
Based on traditional vocal material (about [among other things] the Greek
resistance to the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of the 19th Century).
Background vocals: Loa Paraschou, Sotiris Zalidis, Stathis Zalidis, Kyriacos
Kajourakis, Vasilis Kapetaniannis
Engineer: Keith Spencer - Allen
Assisted by Marlis Duncklau
Recorded at Nemo studio London, 1978
Artwork: Vangelis, Alwyn Clayden
Photos: Véronique Skawinska
Copyright owned by: Spheric B.V. Holland
The music of Odes is inspired by and mostly based on traditional Greek folk songs.
Irene Papas (or Pappas) (born near Corinth as Irini Lelekou
(September 3 1929
- September 14, 2022) was a Greek actress and singer with a career spanning more than 50 years!
She performed in many plays and movies. For some of the plays Vangelis provided the score.
Irene Papas sings on the last Aphrodite's Child album "666" (1971)
the song 'Infinity' (oo).
The first album they made together was "Odes" (recorded in 1978).
The second album they made together was "Rapsodies"
(recorded in 1986) .
Lyrics transcribed from CD recording (lyrics not available on sleeve or in booklet).
| Sleeve notes by
Irene Papas (printed on album sleeve an cd booklet): Son distillé et poètes anonymes Essence éternelle d'une ancienne colonne toujours droite Condensé d'émotions de chaque race et de chaque pays Chansons de mon enfance Premier son aimé et chant de ma vie Hymne aux cycles de la cellule palpitante Odes à l'humanité Mémoire collective et art sélectif Qui survivent aux siècles et traversent l'espace Chants de temps ancient et nouveaux Chants à partager Chants à unir Racine commune, mortel destin commun Alors je les ai chantés Irène Papas |
English
translation: His distilled and anonymous poets Eternal essence of an ancient column that is still straight Digest of emotions of each race and each country Songs from my childhood First loved sound and song of my life Hymn to the pulsating cell cycles Odes to humanity Collective memory and selective art Who survive centuries and cross space Songs of old and new times Songs to share Singing songs Common root, deadly common destiny So I sang them Irène Papas |
EXPLANATORY NOTES
At the end of this file you can find 2 gif files with a scan of the Greek lyrics
The greek transliteration of the lyrics are not in the exact spelling of the Greek words but in their sound; therefore not the usual transliteration of Greek into Greeklish is used, but a rather arbitrary phonetic writing. The consonants are mostly pretty straightforward, the vowels have most of the problems. Here is the convention that is used:
| A,a | is pronounced lice u in RUN |
| G,g | is pronounced like y in YARD only harder; a double "gg" is like the hard g, as is the combination "gk" |
| D,d | is like th in THIS |
| E,e | is like e in TEN |
| th | (theta) is like th in THINK |
| I,i | is like "ee" in SLEEP but shorter in length |
| O,o | is like o in MORE |
| X,x | is Chi, like a Kh. |
| Ou | is pronounced like "oo" in MOON, all other combinations of vowels should be read separately. |
40 Palikaria lyrics
| Saranta palikaria apo ti Le-, mor' ap' ti Levadia pane gia na patisoune tin Trompo- mor' tin Trompolitsa Sto dromo pou pigenane geronta, vre geronta apantoun. |
-Ora kali sou gero -Kalos ta ta, kalos ta ta pedia pou pate, palikaria, pou pate ores, pou pate ore pedia -Pame gia na patisoume tin Trompo- mor' tin Trompolitsa |
Neratzoula lyrics
| Neratzoula
fountomeni Neratzoula fountomeni pou 'ne t' anthia sou, neratzoula, pou 'ne t' anthia sou pou 'ne i poti sou emorfada pou 'n' ta kali sou, neratzoula, pou 'n' ta kali sou. Fisikse vorias ki ageras |
Fisikse vorias ki
ageras ke ta tinakse, neratzoula, ke ta tinakse Se parakalo voria mou Se parakalo voria mou fisa tapina, neratzoula, fisa tapina |
La danse du feu (sleeve notes: Irene papas and Arianna Stassinopoulos)
Danse, danse Tourmoie dans l'espace, avec l'espace. Au-delà de l'espace Tes racines enforcées dans la terre, momtent jusqu'au ciel. Seule, éternelle, danse Danse les années, les siècles de passion humaine. Danse au pouls de la terre Spirale jusqu'au fond du ciel Tes pas sont ceux de ta mère et de ton père Mais tes pieds sont à toi Ici, maintenant, insiste, persiste. Danse la danse du feu |
English
translation: Dance, dance Swirls in space, with space. Beyond space Your roots in the ground, stretch to the sky. Alone, eternal, dance Dance the years, the centuries of human passion. Dance to the pulse of the earth Spiral to the bottom of the sky Your steps are those of your mother and your father But your feet are yours Here, now, insist, persist. Dance the fire dance |
I kolokotronei lyrics
| Ore, lampi o ilios
sta vouna lampi ke sta lagkadia -n- etsi lampi, ore lampi, ki i kleftouria ton Kolokotroneon po 'xoun t'asi, ore po 'xoun t'asimia ta polla tis asimenies pales -n- afti den ka ore afti den katadexontai ti gi na tin patisoun |
kavala pan, ore
kavala pan stin eklisia kavala proskinane kavala pe, ore kabala pern' antidoro ap' tou papa to xeri -n- afti den ka ore afti den katadexontai ti gi na tin patisoun |
(note: the -n- and the "ore" are meaningless sounds here, and the re- petitions around "ore" often split a word in the middle, as in the case of "asimia"
To potami lyrics
| Potame, tzanem potame mou, xai xai Potame, tzanem potame mou, xai xai potame, potame mou otan girizis ke varis ke varis ke kymatizis pare me, tzanem potame mou, xai xai | pare me, tzanem potame mou, xai xai pare me, pare me sta kimata sou sta klothogirismata sou Potame, tzanem potame mou, xai xai Potame, tzanem potame mou, xai xai |
Racines | The roots (sleeve notes: Irene papas and Arianna Stassinopoulos)
|
Espace, Souvenirs, bergers et rêves, murmures de la plante qui pousse cigales et libellules. Le son des lèvres, aimées, des mères, des amants: la racine du souffle. l'attente tremblante de l'âme. les ailes d'Hephaistos, coquelicots dans les blés de Pâques Les cordes d'Apollon, ruisseaux argentés et ancienne rosée.. Et Vangelis se souvient... |
English
translation: Space, Memories, shepherds and dreams, whispers of the growing plant cicadas and dragonflies. The sound of lips, loved ones, mothers, lovers: the root of the breath. the trembling expectation of the soul. the wings of Hephaistos, poppies in the Easter wheats The strings of Apollo, silver streams and ancient dew. And Vangelis remembers ... |
Miroloi lyrics
| -Aspri varkoula tou
psara giati ise stolismeni? -I mana tou, I mana tou, me stolise sti mavri gis me stelnei -Mi me skepazis, ourane mi me plakonis xoma giati ego, giati ego, de xarika ta niata mou akoma |
-Pios ouranos pia thalasa pia vrisi de tholoni? Pia mana xa-, pia mana xanei to pedi ki lipi den ti lioni pia mana xani to pedi ki o ponos den ti lioni |
(Note: "Lipi" means sorrow, "Ponos" means pain,
so the several repetitions at the end say the same thing with different word,
hence my omission in the English)
Menousis lyrics
| O Menousis, o
Mpirmpilis ki o Memet agas sto krasopoulo pigenan gia na fan na pioun. Ki pou trogan ki pou pinan ki pou glentagan kapios epiase kouventa gia tis omorfes. -Omorfi gineka pou' xis, vre Memet aga |
ke tis zitisa
filaki ke mou to' dose. O Menousis, methismenos, - Siko, papia m', |
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