Marina-George Romanos 1968

Dear friends,

With great pleasure I present you Marina from George Romanos which was issued in 1968.

This is a fantastic song and can be considered as the first Greek psychedelic song. The lyrics are quite haunted, odd and moody while the music arrangement is fantastic.

Music was composed and lyrics were written by George Romanos, a singer and compser mainly in the era of the Greek "Neo Kyma" (trans: new wave) in the middle 60s combining Greek folk music with ballads. Later at the end of 1969 early 1970 George Romanos recorded a fantastic rock record "Dyo Mikra Galazia Aloga" (trans: two small blue horses), and then he left for France where he continued his carreer.

Please note that the music had been arranged by Vangelis Papathanasiou and his Orchestra just a few months before the formation of Aphrodite's Child in France during 1968.

In my opinion it is great song that really worths to dig it !!!

Here are the lyrics:

MARINA

I Marina mou gennithike mes' s' ena triantafillo

pou to' kapse o keravnos

mia nihta

I agapi mou megalose mes' s' ena spiti apo harti

pou to' skisan o anemos

ke mia tholi vrohi.

I agapi mou me kitaxe mes' apo prasino giali

ke ide ena sinnefo

hlomo

Perpatisame mazi

ki imaste mia skia

se mia limni makrini

pou' he mavra nera

ke onira

I agapi mou m' agapise pano se petres ke fito

ke gelase sto dilino

sklira

I agapi mou polemise ke nikise olous tous ehthrous

ki o kosmos tin agkaliase me mia krifi fotia

Ma i Marina mou kremastike apo t' asteria t' ouranou

giati ena vradi xehasa

ena fili

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Marina

My Marina was born inside a rose

that was burned by lightning

one night.

My love grew up inside a house

made of paper,

torn by the wind

and muddy rain.

My love looked at me through a piece of green glass

and saw a pale cloud.

We walked together

and we were a shadow

on a far away lake

with dark waters

and dreams.

My love loved me on stones and [a] plant

and cruelly laughed at the twilight.

My love fought and defeated all the enemies

and the world embraced her

with a hidden fire.

But my Marina hanged herself from the stars of the sky

because one evening I forgot

a kiss.

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