SEANEFA - With broken wings they FLY

With broken wings they fly

Credits & the story behind:

Cruel Sister: Traditional Irish song which belongs to the “murderballads” subgenre. The lyrics of the murderballads form a narrative describing the events of a murder, often including the lead-up and/or aftermath. The term refers to the content, and may be applied to traditional ballads, part of oral culture.

Mavro mou helidoni: traditional Greek song from Thrace which belongs to the lament category of Greek speaking culture. The main theme is Nostos, a Greek word for nostalgia.

The two songs come together binding death with loss and the endless journey of life.

Music Credits:

Mashup idea: Haris Tsalpara, Chrysoula Kechagioglou
Rearrangement: Haris Tsalpara
Voices: Chrysoula Kechagioglou, Haris Tsalpara
Mixing: Dimitris Pantos
Recorded in Syros

Video Credits:

Director, Scenario: Eleni Albarosa
DOP, Camera: Eleni Albarosa
Editing: Eleni Albarosa, Haris Tsalpara
Cast: Haris Tsalpara, Chrysoula Kehagioglou, Giannis Denaxas
Makeup: Maria Printezi
Production Assistant: Giannis Denaxas

Special Thanks to Frangiskos and his family that opened the doors of their incredible place called “Steadi”, in Syros

🫧 L Y R I C S 🫧

There lived a lady by the North Sea shore
(Lay the bent to the bonnie broom)
Two daughters were the babes she bore
(Fa la la la la la la la la la)

As one grew bright as is the sun,
(Lay the bent to the bonnie broom)
So coal black grew the elder one.
Falala

Μαύρο μου χελιδόνι ν απο την αραπια
Άσπρο μου περιστενερι ν απο τον τόπο μου

She took her sister by the hand
(Lay the bent to the bonnie broom)
And led her down by the North Sea strand.
Falala

And as they stood on the windy shore
(Lay the bent to the bonnie broom)
The dark girl threw her sister o'er.
Falala

Ν εσείς ψηλά πετάτε για χαμηλώσετε
Κι ανοίξτε τα φτερά να σας
Και τα φτερούδια σας

Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam,
(Lay the bent to the bonnie broom)
Crying, "Sister, reach to me your hand!
Falala.

And there she floated like a swan,
(Lay the bent to the bonnie broom)
The salt sea bore her body on.
Falala

Να γραψω ένα γράμμα και μια ψηλή γραφή
Στη μάνα μ και τ αδέρφια μου και στην αγάπη μου