Text & Translation
Là-bas, vers l'église
Greek source:
Anon.
Káto ston ágio Sídero
Ston ágio, Panagiá mou,
Ston Ágio Konstantíno
Mazévgountai soriázontai
Tou kósmou, Panagiá mou,
Tou kósmou, oi antrioménoi.
Down there by the church
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
By the church of Saint Sideros,
The church, O Holy Virgin,
The church of Saint Constantine,
Are gathered together, buried in infinite numbers,
The bravest people, O Holy Virgin,
The bravest people in the world!
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
Là-bas, vers l'église
Greek source:
Anon.
Down there by the church
English source:
Richard Stokes
Káto ston ágio
Down there by the church,
Káto ston ágio Sídero
By the church of Saint Sideros,
Ston ágio, Panagiá mou,
The church, O Holy Virgin,
Ston Ágio Konstantíno
The church of Saint Constantine,
Mazévgountai soriázontai
Are gathered together, buried in infinite numbers,
Tou kósmou, Panagiá mou,
The bravest people, O Holy Virgin,
Tou kósmou, oi antrioménoi.
The bravest people in the world!
Composer
Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel was a French composer, pianist and conductor. In the 1920s and 1930s he was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer. He was one of the first composers to acknowledge the potential of recording in making…
