This is a beautiful greek song, composed by Giánnis Papaioannou, in the voice of the wonderful singer Elefthería Arvanitáki (Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη).
"Mes tis pólis ta stená mia khanoúmissa glykiá, ...
This is a beautiful greek song, composed by Giánnis Papaioannou, in the voice of the wonderful singer Elefthería Arvanitáki (Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη).
"Mes tis pólis ta stená mia khanoúmissa glykiá, mou 'khei párei tin kardiá
Tha' rtho apópse na se klépso, den antékho piá, ki as me toufekísoune mes ti geitoniá
Αkh Karapiperím, piperím, piperím ésmer sekerím, sekerím, sekerím áse pia ta plouti kai ton Ibraím
Gia ta mátia tis ta dyó ypoféro kai ponó sklávos tis the na ginó
Αkh Karapiperím...
Mia varkoúla gia tous dyó más prosménei sto gialó khanoumáki mou glykó."
Translation:
"Into the City's small alleys a sweet harem girl has taken my heart
Ah, Black pepper, pepper, pepper, Ah, Brown sugar, sugar, sugar, I'll come tonight to steal you I can't take it any more And I don't care if they shoot me right there in the middle of the neighborhood
Ah, Black pepper, pepper, pepper, Ah, Brown sugar, sugar, sugar, Leave behind you at last all the riches and Ibrahim I'll come tonight to steal you
For her two eyes I suffer and I ache I want to become her slave.
A little boat for us two is waiting at the seashore, My sweet harem girl."
* Black pepper and Brown sugar is talking about a dark haired brunette woman.
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We have to be honest, this song is in real not written by a greek its an old turkish folk song.... We have to be honest. So be happy about this common songs...
Ore Turko'm sahhaf1234 , you are right of course, but the Greeks have the habit of turning foreign words into what sounds good in Greek. Eg: "hanoumaki" (little hanim, little lady, girl,baby) Another example is the english word "baby" which it has been modified by the Greeks to "beba" for female little child and "bebis" for a male one. Go figure. Anyway, seems like the Greeks and the Turks enjoy each other's music, so that;s a good thing. ALAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
I do not know greek, but I know turkish and I think there is a mistake in the translation which twists the meaning. "khanoumissa" does not mean "harem girl" but it approximately means "the lady of the house (from turkish / arabic hanım)". Harem is mostly an architectural term, which designates where women live in a house. There is a turkish term for concubine, but this is odalık (odalisque), definitely not related to khanoumissa, and that term is no longer used at the start of last century
well my friend the thing with this song is that is old. like a century old . and the meaning of the lyrics is flattering it's about some greek young man in love with a turkish girl. so as u see the meaning of the words is not essentialy literal. ;)
τους πυραύλους ξέχασες. Μαλλον δεν εχεις ιδέα από πολιτισμό πέρα απο τους μπακλαβάδες. Ωραίο το τραγούδι, αλλά για πήγαινε από κει να δεις τον πολιτισμο τους και το επίπεδο τους και θα καταλάβεις....
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We have to be honest.
So be happy about this common songs...
Μαλλον δεν εχεις ιδέα από πολιτισμό πέρα απο τους μπακλαβάδες.
Ωραίο το τραγούδι, αλλά για πήγαινε από κει να δεις τον πολιτισμο τους και το επίπεδο τους και θα καταλάβεις....