Nana Mouskouri - Ειρήνη (1968)

Irene seems long out fashion as an English name, but swap the "e"s and "i"s and we're back in exotic territory.
Best I can quickly locate lyric-wise is this rough transcription/transliteration. Sure someone is much faster than myself at putting this back into Greek characters.
Eri, Erini pou Erini pou
Erini pou soun to proi
Pou soun to, pou soun to pou
Soun to mesimeri pou
Soun to, pou soun to pou
Soun to mesimeri pou
Pou, pou, pou soun to lio, pou soun to lio
Pou soun to liovasilema
Neranso, ne ranso, ne
Ransofilimeni, ne
Ranso, ne ranso, ne
Ransofilimeni, ne
Touta tha sou po Erini
Ke i Panajias me ekrini
Touta tha sou po Erini
Ke i Panajias me ekrini
Eri, Erini vres Erini vres
Erini vres ena pedi
Vres ena, vres ena, vres
Ena palikari, vres
Ena vres, ena vres
Ena palikari, vres
Jia, jiati opos pas, out' o stravos
Jiati opos pas out' o stravos
O lias vre o lias de tha
Lias de tha, se pari o
Lias vre o lias de tha
Lias de tha, se pari o
Touta tha sou po Erini
Ke i Panajias me ekrini
Touta tha sou po Erini
Ke i Panajias me ekrini
Eri, Eri

[@CleberLirio]

I am madly in love.... I must have been Greek in another life...

[@245tse]

κορυφαία καλλιτέχνης και υπέροχο ελληνικότατο τραγούδι!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Gilnar13]

I love how the band looks just relaxed, sitting there in their suits and playing so wild :D

[@catherinegellie8107]

Merci ….thank you so much….

[@elenapoiana5737]

I love you ❤️❤️

[@rfish54]

super Nana Mouskouri singing, such a beautiful voice, such a good song.

[@TaniTanini]

wow!!!! that voice!!!! she's wonderful, specially when sing in greek

[@MrKogol]

old classic greek song and an increddible singer. world s best with colour in hers voice

[@ralawlor]

There is no one better than Nana.

[@ZWNTAS]

It's a westernized cover of a Greek traditional folk song (originally from Tilos island). The lyrics are about a girl, named Irene (Eri or Erini, both versions are used in the song). The singer asks Erini "where have you been in the morning, where have you been at noon, where have you been during sunset time", implying that Erini didn't show up because she was fooling around with guys all day long. Then, as an advice, the lyrics go: "I'm going to tell you one thing Erini, and may Virgin Mary judge me. You should find just one man, one nice young guy, because if you keep going on like that, not even Lias the Dopey will agree to marry you".

[@emmanouilgrigoriadis3660]

@@kp19707 of course not.

[@spiramus]

The Athenians with Nana..great group ...real clean...the former "Trio Canzone"....Their rival was 'Trio Belcanto"...I remember I preferred trio canzone because they were more modern sounding ....lol...great song & sound...

[@weskitten]

Charming. Here in Australia we all have some of her LPs.

[@piano4all4]

Nana Mouskouri is WONDERFUL!!!!!!!

[@gerakarisp]

Enjoyed this thoroughly since I once owned the original recording with this song. No longer have (had) access to it. Thanks so much!

[@georgetsikis6533]

ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΑΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΦΩΝΑΡΑ ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΙ

[@fcd88]

another true artist !!

[@wedo904]

ΚΑΤΑΠΛΗΚΤΙΚΗ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ Η ΝΑΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΣΥΓΚΡΟΤΗΜΑ ΦΟΒΕΡΟΣ ΗΧΟΣ...

[@Coucoutchicou]

JUST FABULOUS... This arrangement brings out the spirit of the song so much better than the versrion recorded by Nana at the beginning of her career ( available here in KZbin). Thanks for posting it.

[@tychaton08]

Merci!

[@Costasergasis]

Απλά υπέροχο !!!

[@asketcrefsc1223]

ihre Stimme ist einfach wunderbar. Ich hoffe, sie eines Tages kennenzulernen

[@DJHarrison93]

Love it great vid

[@PrisonerMusic]

Beautiful ❤️

[@austrorus]

what a voice!

[@ronykappa5729]

Νανα είσαι μια και μοναδική

[@mnemonyxx]

Thanks for pinning it down. I thought I was confused about everything nowadays.

[@koulamused]

Wow!

[@245tse]

ΕΠΙΜΕΝΩ!ΕΙΝΑΙ ΦΑΝΤΑΣΤΙΚΗ!!

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

Wonderful color!

[@mnemonyxx]

Same to you - thanks for the proper Ειρήνη spelling! "Irene" was popular when my parents were born, but no longer in fashion here. I suspect the problem was that this transliteration started getting pronounced as if it conformed to English orthographic patterns, ie. Just "I-reen", lacking the last vowel. I expect any re-adopters will spell it Erini (or similar) to preserve that third syllable. I still get the occasional joke about the odd "y" in my given name. It's a hard life. :)

[@Sokratisrom]

I too thik so!!!

[@vivikal100]

Έτη φωτός μπροστά η μουσική και η ενορχήστρωση ..

[@stoidisdimitrios3415]

Ομηγος ειναι αυτο; Ε τι ειναι Βαμβακαρης;

[@1feloniouspunk]

@joesetef Truer words were never spoken!!!! I'm in heaven!

[@IreneTaylor92]

You're welcome ;)

[@mnemonyxx]

Even when standardly spelt, a careful US English pronunciation of Martin sounds to me like they're saying Marden. It's nice when people spell my name correctly when writing, but not a problem when they don't. What can you do indeed! Hope it's not too big an issue for yourself. Great comment - thanks for indulging me.

[@odisseus20dx]

Could any one translate this song, please???

[@mnemonyxx]

Indeed - and there seems more going on than just the voicing of the plosive. Wish I'd got further with my phonetics.

[@elgee6202]

More than voicing what plosives?

[@vinnieoskokie]

i love nana, i'm only sorry she has too many friends on face book to be my friend.

[@pappasmih]

@alifefullofmusic i will translate for you in few days. i promise!

[@franceseattle]

Does anyone know whether this was recorded on any of her commercially available recordings? I've got the song on a Live album from the Olympia, but I'd love to get a recording of this or more of the actual Greek songs minus the audience noise.

[@Kerkyra6980]

iliovasilema is the sunset. narantzo is a blood orange don't hide from the peaceful blood red sunsets.

[@allenvatousa]

it means ...where have you been Irene?

[@kostaras2]

@petrovski40 She married twice.She has 2 children.

[@phaedonv.3870]

"...Όμηρος ειν' αυτό; "

[@haldesos]

@odisseus20dx Here an accurate but pedestrian attempt: Erini where were you In the morning? Where at midday? Where at sundown, You bitter-orange-kissed girl? This I will tell you, Erini, And let the Virgin judge me Erini find a boy Find a lad For, the way you are going Not even squint-eyed Lias Will marry you This I will tell you Erini And let the Virgin judge me

[@juikja]

What does Irene Pou and Bousondou mean ?

[@rasul01]

You can easily find a translation on Google of the whole song

[@alainarnaud9528]

Ερή, Ερήνη, πού, Ερήνη πού Ερήνη πού 'σουν το πρωί πού 'σουν το, πού 'σουν το πού 'σουν το μεσημέρι πού 'σουν το, πού `σουν το πού 'σουν το μεσημέρι πού Πού, πού, πού, 'σουν το λιο, πού 'σουν το λιο πού 'σουν το λιοβασίλεμα νεράντζο νεράντζο νε ράντζοφιλημένη νε ράντζο νεράντζο νε ράντζοφιλημένη νε Τούτα θα σου πω Ερήνη και η Παναγιά ας με κρίνει Τούτα θα σου πω Ερήνη και η Παναγιά ας με κρίνει Ερή, Ερήνη βρες, Ερήνη βρες Ερήνη βρες ένα παιδί βρες ένα, βρες ένα, βρες Ένα παλληκάρι βρες Ένα βρες, ένα βρες, ένα παλληκάρι βρες Για, Γιατί όπως πας, ούτ'ο στραβός Γιατί όπως πας, ούτ'ο στραβός ο Λιας βρε, ο Λιας δε θα ο Λιας δε θα σε πάρει ο Λιας βρε, ο Λιας δε θα Λιας δε θα σε πάρει ο Τούτα θα σου πω Ερήνη και η Παναγιά ας με κρίνει Τούτα θα σου πω Ερήνη και η Παναγιά ας με κρίνει Ερή, Ερή.

[@shindousan]

The original from Tilos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHvUgaCiZdCqfJI

[@ryegras]

she should be more chilled:)

[@mnemonyxx]

Bankers? Seems more insulting than the word spelt with a doubleyou these days. At least these chaps cared enough to swap their bouzoukis for guitars :)

[@antipen8518]

This singer speaks Greek like a foreign language! May be she lost her Greek accent because she lived abroad for a long time. This is not Greek so sorry Nana.

[@elgee6202]

You're talking nonsense. She speaks and sings Greek like a native speaker - because that's what she is.

[@antipen8518]

@@elgee6202 If you disagree with me it doesn't mean I talk nonsense. This doesn't sound like greek to me. If it sounds like greek to you, it's your right.

[@elgee6202]

I disagree with you precisely because it's nonsense. How anyone could think this doesn't sound like Greek is beyond me.

[@antipen8518]

@@elgee6202 It is greek but with a strange accent anyway you know it's not very nice to say to people they talk nonsense everybody has the right to his own opinion. Goodnight

[@elgee6202]

@@antipen8518, the accent is standard Greek. I'm not sure what exactly about her pronunciation you find strange.

[@tychaton08]

Merci!