Kapou Nyhtonei – Giorgos Dalaras

Posted on 21. Aug, 2009 in Greek Songs

Giorgos Dalaras sings Kapou Nyhtonei, a very popular and melodious Greek song, which means “Somewhere night is falling” in English.

Kapou nyhtonei is considered one of the best laika songs, in both music and lyrics by Stavros Kougioumtzis. The song was written in 1970 and was included in Dalaras’ personal album  ”Na tane to 21″.

The song is lyric and tender, but so melancholic at the same time; a lost love, a love that is leaving while night is falling. Everything dies, the sun is freezing and time is lost. Doesn’t it always feel that the world ends here when a love dies? Both the lyrics and music of the song depict the pain of the lost love in the most vivid and descriptive way, while Dalaras’ voice marks the song with its characteristic tone and nuance. It is though necessary to say that recently, Manolis Famellos sang the same song in a different orchestration and arrangement, making it sound more like a ballad.

Music: Stavros Kougioumtzis
Lyrics: Stavros Kougioumtzis
Performed by: Giorgos Dalaras

Kapou Nyhtonei – English Lyrics

Turn back the hours that were lost tonight
look, as you are leaving, how the sunset weeps.

Somewhere night is falling and the sun is freezing
the road vanishes and where should I stand?
Somewhere it’s growing dusk, don’t cry, it doesn’t matter,
say that the world ends here.

A wind takes my life away tonight,
I close my eyes, so as not to watch you leave.Somewhere night is falling and the sun is freezing
the road vanishes and where should I stand?
Somewhere it’s growing dusk, don’t cry, it doesn’t matter,
say that the world ends here.

Kapou Nyhtonei – Greek Lyrics

Κάπου Νυχτώνει – Γιώργος Νταλάρας – Ελληνικοί Στίχοι

Γύρνα τις ώρες που χάθηκαν απόψε
κοίτα που φεύγεις πώς κλαίει το δειλινό

Κάπου νυχτώνει κι ο ήλιος παγώνει
χάνεται ο δρόμος και πού να σταθώ
κάπου βραδιάζει μην κλαις δεν πειράζει
πες πως τελειώνει ο κόσμος εδώ

Αγέρας παίρνει απόψε τη ζωή μου
κλείνω τα μάτια που φεύγεις να μη δω

Κάπου νυχτώνει κι ο ήλιος παγώνει
χάνεται ο δρόμος και πού να σταθώ
κάπου βραδιάζει μην κλαις δεν πειράζει
πες πως τελειώνει ο κόσμος εδώ

Tags: Dalaras, Kougioumtzis, laika