Tha pio apopse to feggari – Giannis Poulopoulos
Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 in Greek Songs
Giannis Poulopoulos sings “Tha pio apopse to feggari” a lovely hasapiko song which means “I will drink the moon tonight”.
Good old times of – the cheesy but popular and easy to watch – Greek cinema. The song was heard for the first time in the movie “Gorgones kai magkes” which means Mermaids and Buster Guys”, sung by Giannis Poulopoulos, who was the golden boy of Greek Music at that time – and of course for a reason. His melodic and sensitive voice made him very popular and he kept offering us some of his greatest performances in the movies and elsewhere.
The video we are watching here is the original from the movie and surprisingly enough you will see one of the great ladies of Greek Cinema, Mairi Chronopoulou, dancing hasapiko dance; this song is actually a typical hasapiko and probably one of the best cinema songs we have heard. Needless to say, the other performances and versions of the song are rather indifferent to hear. Poulopoulos was just the best to sing it.
Music: Mimis Plessas
Lyrics: Lefteris Papadopoulos
Performed by: Giannis Poulopoulos
Tha pio apopse to feggari – English Lyrics
I will drink the moon tonight
and I will get drunk and I’ll tell you
’since you love so much someone else
then throw a knife to cut me’
And when the knife cuts me
having regretted, you will tell me
‘take the moon’s tear
and wash yourself from the blood’
And I will slice the moon
to pin it on your hair
and when we lie down, I will have
the sky in my armful
And when we wake up
and go again to the old haunts
think then how beautiful you will look
with the moon on your hair
Tha pio apopse to feggari – Greek Lyrics
Θα πιω απόψε το φεγγάρι – Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος – Ελληνικοί Στίχοι
