Savvopoulos, Dionysis / Σαββόπουλος, Διονύσης (b. 1944)
The Rock Song of our Tomorrow. Selected Lyrics with Parallel Greek Text
- Title
- The Rock Song of our Tomorrow. Selected Lyrics with Parallel Greek Text
- Author
- Savvopoulos, Dionysis
- Translator
- Connolly, David
- Other contributor
- Kyritsopoulos, Alexis
- Page count
- 184 p.
- Genre
- Song
- Material type
- Book
- Place of publication
- Athens, Greece
- Publisher
- Aiora
- Date of publication
- 2024
- Editorial note
- Translator’s Note (pp. 145-147); Notes to the Lyrics (pp. 149-153); Index of Greek Titles (pp. 155-156); Music Scores (Vassilis Hadjinicolaou, musical transcription) (pp. 157-169): “Our old friends” / «Οι παλιοί μας φίλοι» [pp. 158-160], “The Garden” / «Το περιβόλι» [pp. 161-163], "Rain's on its Way, a Storm's Coming" / «Έρχεται βροχή, έρχεται μπόρα» [pp. 164-166], “What I played in Lavrion” / «Τι έπαιξα στο Λαύριο» [pp. 167-168]; “Listen to these four songs sung in English” [with QR codes leading to YouTube or Spotify] (p. 169); Discography (p. 171).
- Physical description
- Cover illustration by Alexis Kyritsopoulos.
- Text is bilingual?
- Yes
- Illustrations noted?
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9786185369880 pbk
- Last updated
- 2024-05-16
- Original record
Original record
Dionysis Savvopoulos. The Rock Song of Our Tomorrow. Selected Lyrics with Parallel Greek Text. English Edition. Translated by David Connolly. Cover illustration by Alexis Kyritsopoulos. Athens: Aiora Press, 2024. 171 p. [Bilingual edition]
ISBN 9786185369880 pbk
Includes: Dimitris Papanikolaou. “National Troubadour, Guru and Soulmate?” (pp. 11-16); Dimitris Karambelas. “Dionysis Savvopoulos: Poet”, tr. David Connolly (pp. 17-20).
Selected Lyrics: From Truck (1966): «Μη μιλάς άλλο γι’ αγάπη» / “Don’t talk anymore of love” (pp. 22-23); «Οι παλιοί μας φίλοι» / “Our Old Friends” (pp. 24-27).
From The Loony’s Garden (1969): «Το περιβόλι» / “The Garden” (pp. 28-29); «Είδα την Άννα κάποτε» / “I once saw Anna” (pp. 30-33); «Τα παιδιά που χάθηκαν» / “The Children who Vanished” (pp. 34-37).
From Ballos (1971): «Μπάλλος» / “Ballos”: a. «Έρμος και βαρύς στο μονοπάτι» / “Desolate and downcast on the mountain track” (pp. 38-39); b. «Τον ξέρω αυτόνα το χορό» / “I know this here dance” (pp. 40-43); c. «Ωχ! Πηδώ χοροπηδώ» / “Oh! I’m jumping, leaping up and down” (pp. 44-45); d. «Σε τούτα τα Βαλκάνια» / “Here in the Balkans” (pp. 46-47); «Έρχεται βροχή έρχεται μπόρα» / “Rain’s on its way a storm’s is coming” (pp. 48-51).
From Stale Crusts (1972): «Έλσα σε φοβάμαι» / “Elsa I fear you” (pp. 52-53); «Ζεϊμπέκικο» / “Zeibekiko” (pp. 54-57); «Η Δημοσθένους λέξις» / “Demosthenes’ Word” (pp. 58-59); «Μαύρη θάλασσα» / “Black Sea”: a. «Κωμικού ξυπόλυτου θιάσου» / “Of a comic barefoot troupe’” (pp. 60-63); b. «Τα παιδιά με τα μαλλιά» / “The kids with long hair” (pp. 64-65).
From Pieces from 10 Years (1975): «Μια θάλασσα μικρή» / “A sea so small” (pp. 66-69); «Η θανάσιμη μοναξιά του Αλέξη Ασλάνη» / “The Deathly solitude of Alexis Aslanis” (pp. 70-75).
From The Spare (1979): «Πρωινό» / “Morning” (pp. 76-79); «Γεννήθηκα στη Σαλονίκη» / “I was born in Salonica” (pp. 80-83); «Για τα παιδιά πού’ ναι στο κόμμα» / “For the kids who belong to the party” (pp. 84-87); «Τι έπαιξα στο Λαύριο» / “What I played in Lavrion” (pp. 88-89); «Άσπα» / “Aspa” (pp. 90-93).
From Tables Outside [1983]: «Μυστικό τοπίο» / “Secret place” (pp. 94-97); «Πρωτομαγιά» / “Mayday” (pp. 98-101); «Φλόγες» / “Flames” (pp. 102-105); «Ας κρατήσουν οι χοροί» / “Let the dances go on” (pp. 106-111); “Canto” (pp. 112-115).
From The Haircut (1989): «Καλοκαίρι» / “Summer” (pp. 116-119).
From Don’t throw anything away [1994]: «Είδα τη Σούλα και τον Δεσποτίδη» / “I saw Soula and Despotidis” (pp. 120-123); «Μη πετάξεις τίποτα» / “Don’t throw anything away” (pp. 124-127); «Πώς με κατάντησε η αγάπη» / “How love was my downfall” (pp. 128-129); «Μέρες καλύτερες θα ‘ρθούν» / “Better days will come” (pp. 130-133).
From Timesmith (1999): «Αηδόνι στην κερασιά» / “Nightingale in the cherry-tree” (pp. 134-139); «Το φως στις 10 π.μ.» / “The light at 10 a.m.” (pp. 140-143).
Translator’s Note (pp. 145-147); Notes to the Lyrics (pp. 149-153); Index of Greek Titles (pp. 155-156); Music Scores (Vassilis Hadjinicolaou, musical transcription) (pp. 157-169): “Our old friends” / «Οι παλιοί μας φίλοι» [pp. 158-160], “The Garden” / «Το περιβόλι» [pp. 161-163], "Rain's on its Way, a Storm's Coming" / «Έρχεται βροχή, έρχεται μπόρα» [pp. 164-166], “What I played in Lavrion” / «Τι έπαιξα στο Λαύριο» [pp. 167-168]; “Listen to these four songs sung in English” [with QR codes leading to YouTube or Spotify] (p. 169); Discography (p. 171).