Astra mi me malonete - Manolis Lidakis

Astra mi me malonete – Manolis Lidakis

Posted on 03. Oct, 2009 in Crete Songs

Manolis Lidakis sings Astra mi me malonete, a Greek song that means Stars don’t scold me. Astra mi me malonete is a cretan song, a mantinada, the typical type of Cretan songs, with the distinctive sound and rimes, the repetition of verses and words.

Astra mi me malonete is a love song, and as most mantinades refers to the pain of the heart. The song is written by a Cretan man, Lefteris Kampourakis, also known as Kastelolefteris; according to the story, he was returning home one night after a feast and he felt his heart heavy because of pain and decided to confide his pain in the stars. This is how this beautiful song was born.

Manolis Lidakis with his erotic and warm voice and the Cretan soul, is the ideal person to sing this lovely song, and communicate its meaning, the pain, the hopes, the love.

Lyrics: Lefteris Kampourakis
Music: Lefteris Kampourakis
Performed by: Manolis Lidakis

Astra mi me malonete -English Lyrics

Stars don’t scold me
that I’m singing at night

oh, because I had pain in the heart
because I had pain in the heart
my tall dark-skinned girl
because I had pain in the heart
and I went out and I said it

stars don’t scold me
that I’m singing at night

I’ll tell my pain to the stars
that they don’t tell it to someone else

oh, that they have patience
that they have patience
ah, how you’ve made me

that they have patience
and they listen to me for hours
I’ll tell my pain to the stars
that they don’t tell it to someone else

ask the stars of the sky
and them they will tell you

Oh, how my little eyes cry
how my little eyes cry
look how you’ve made me
how my little eyes cry
when they remember you

Ask the stars of the sky
and them they will tell you