Vangelis and Irene Papas lyrics - Rapsodies
lyrics
** = Asma Asmation (Song of Songs) is a poetic, modern Greek translation of a portion of the Song of Solomon.Translation of Solomon's poem by Lefteris Papadopoulos
Music arranged, produced en performed (all
instruments) by Vangelis
Vocals: Irene Papas
Recorded at NEMO Studio (London), 1986
Sound Engineer: Jess Sutcliffe
Assistant Sound Engineer: John Martin
Orriginal album cover design: Nokos Kostopoulos.
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).
EXPLANATORY NOTES
See also the English
translation of the greek Rapsodies lyrics
At the end of this file you can find 2 gif files
with a scan of the Greek Rapsodies 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. |
Eranan ton tafon
e mirofori mira
lian proi elthouse.
thrinon sinekini
i panagnos sou Mitir,
Sou, Loge, nekrothentos.
Anekrazen i kori
thermos dakriroousa
ta splagxna kentoumeni |
-Oh, gliki mou ear
glikitaton mou teknon
pou edi sou to kalos?
e genee pase
imno tin tafin sou
doksazousin, [kale mou]
-Oh, gliki mou ear etc. |
Ton nimfona sou
vlepo
Sotir mou kekosmimenon
ke endima ouk exo
ina iseltho en afto. |
Lamprinon mou tin
stolin tis psixis
Fotodota
ke soson me |
Tin oreotita
tis parthenias sou
ke to iperlampron
tis agnias sou |
o Gavriil
kataplagis
eboa si,
theotoke |

Xristos anesti
ek nekron |
thanato thanaton
patisas
ke tis en tis mnimasin zoin xarisamenos |

Greek lyrics
See also the English
translation of the greek Rapsodies lyrics



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