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Saturday, 19 December 2009
IT'S MIDNIGHT AND THE WOLF IS HOWLING...
“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” - German Proverb
The closer we get to Christmas the more frenetic the pace and the more things to do. People, cars, congestion, traffic, no parking, frayed tempers, and the endless shopping…
For Song Saturday, a classic song by Arleta, a Greek songstress and composer. She started singing in the 1960s, coming to prominence with a group of singers that identified themselves as the “New Wave”. Here is one of her songs, “The Wolf”.
The Wolf - Arleta
It’s twelve o’clock
It’s the time of madmen;
I’ll meet you somewhere
I’ll find you some place…
In their cells, people
Sleep lightly, leaving
The empty streets
Free for playing chasey.
It’s midnight
It’s the time of madmen;
If you hear hoarse laughter,
Draw the blind closed.
Wolf, O, my good wolf
Are you here, Mr Wolf?
I am coming out of my lair
And I follow you.
Wolf, O, my good wolf
Are you here, Mr Wolf?
You’re my only hope.
And I follow you!
My beautiful little lamb,
What are you doing in the street?
We’re all tangled up
In its own rules.
The stars grow teeth,
Claws are sprouting on the street,
While the mad night
Plays cops and robbers.
When darkness falls,
The wolf roams the square,
Of the lost city
Searching for his prey.
All the little lambs locked up,
The key is made of sugar.
Some lonely park benches,
Bushes and silence.
Wolf, O, my good wolf
Are you there, Mr Wolf?
It’s your wild side
That moves me…
It’s midnight
It’s the time of madmen;
When darkness blooms.
It’s twelve o’ clock,
It’s the time of madmen;
I’ll meet you somewhere
I’ll find you some place…
Αρλέτα - Ο Λύκος
Είναι δώδεκα η ώρα
Είν' η ώρα των τρελών
Κάπου θα σε συναντήσω
Κάπου θα σε βρω
Στα κελιά τους οι ανθρώποι
ύπνο κάνουν ελαφρό
Ειν΄ ελεύθεροι οι δρόμοι
για κυνηγητό
Είναι δώδεκα η ώρα
Είν' ώρα των τρελών
βραχνό γέλιο αν ακούσεις
κλείσε το ρολό
Λύκε -λύκε μου καλέ μου
Λύκε -λύκε μου είσ' εδώ
Βγαίνω από τη φωλιά μου
και σε κυνηγώ
Λύκε -λύκε μου καλέ μου
Λύκε -λύκε μου είσ' εδώ
Είσαι η μόνη μου ελπίδα
Και σ' ακολουθώ
Όμορφο μου προβατάκι
Τι γυρεύεις μες το δρόμο
Είμαστε' όλοι μπερδεμένοι
Στο δικό του νόμο
Δόντια βγάζουνε τα αστέρια
Νύχια φύτρωσαν στους δρόμους
Ξέφρενη η νύχτα παίζει
κλέφτες κι αστυνόμους
Όταν πέφτει το σκοτάδι
Βγαίνει ο λύκος στην πλατεία
Στη χαμένη πολιτεία
Και ζητά τροφή
Κλειδωμένα είναι τα αρνάκια
Ζαχαρένιο το κλειδί
Κάτι απόμερα παγκάκια
Θάμνοι και σιωπή
Λύκε -- λύκε μου καλέ μου
Λύκε- λύκε είσαι εκεί
Είν η άγρια πλευρά σου
που με συγκινεί.
I have been blogging daily on this platform for several years now. It is surprising that I have persisted as the world is changing and "microblogging" is now the norm. I blog to amuse myself, make comment on current affairs, externalise some of my creativity, keep notes on things that interest me, learn something new and to surprise myself with things that I discover about this wonderful, and sometimes crazy, world we live in.
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What a wonderful song and how well she sings it. There is so much irony and humour in it!
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