Nana Mouskouri - Δεν ήταν νησί / That Was No Island (1973)

Στίχοι: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης
Μουσική: Μάνος Χατζιδάκις
words: Nikos Kazantzakis
music: Manos Hadjidakis
A little more salient song source detail courtesy of: www.hadjidakis.gr/ ...
CAPTAIN MIHALIS/Καπετάν Μιχάλης
Op. 24 (1966).
Music and songs for the stage adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel of the same name performed by the Greek Popular Theatre under the direction of Manos Katrakis. The lyrics comprised various sentences in the book, whose selection and composition into seven entities was undertaken by Yerassimos Stavrou.
First recording: July 1966
Said lyrics something like this:
Δεν ήταν νησί
Ήταν θεριό που κοίτονταν στη θάλασσα
Κι ήταν η γοργόνα η αδελφή του Μέγα Αλεξανδρού
Πού θρινούσε και φουρτούνιαζε το πέλαγο
Αμά ΄λευθερωθεί η Κρήτη
Θα ΄λευθερωθεί κι εμένα η καρδιά μου
Αμά ΄λευθερωθεί η Κρήτη,
Θα γελάσω.
English & French translations courtesy of some kind NanaNet contributors:
www.nana-mousko...
Personally I've always been a little upset at Alexander & his men for leaving me so little of Persepolis left to gaze upon, but I guess some 2338 years after the event it's time to forgive and forget.
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