September 2026 - transpolia

Two broken homes left ⋮ clandestine.

Two broken homes left in our wake
To the streets we took
Defying everything to break
The law by every book

Oh my lover, stunning, peerless
Oh my love sublime
The nights we shared were wondrous
For being clandestine

Two broken homes left in our wake
And this, perhaps, was a mistake
But we were drunk, overcome
By our great passion were undone

Oh my lover, stunning, peerless
Oh my love sublime
The nights we shared were wondrous
For being clandestine

Lyrics from the song “Two Broken Homes (My Peerless Lover)”
by Tzeni Vanou (1975)

Δυο σπίτια κλείσαμε
Και πήραμε τους δρόμους
Και αψηφήσαμε
ακόμα και τους νόμους

Έρωτά μου ανεπανάληπτε κι απίθανε
Κι αγάπη ωραία
Ήταν όνειρο τα βράδια που μας ήρθανε
Γιατί ήταν λαθραία

Δυο σπίτια κλείσαμε
Κι ίσως να’ ταν λάθος
Αλλά μεθύσαμε
Απ’ το μεγάλο πάθος

Έρωτά μου ανεπανάληπτε κι απίθανε
Κι αγάπη ωραία
Ήταν όνειρο τα βράδια που μας ήρθανε
Γιατί ήταν λαθραία

Music by Yórgos Katsarós. Lyrics by Pythagoras.

This is one of five songs performed by George Davlas during the musical interlude that lies at the heart of the Efthimis Filippou play Etymologies.

For another, see the transpolium “On a rainy ⋮ day.” (listed below).

For the remaining three, see the dubitanda “away ⋮ again,” “higher ⋮ farther,” and “sparrow ⋮ harried” (buttons below).

Translated for use as surtitles at the 2024 Athens Epidaurus Festival performances of this play.

On a rainy ⋮ day.

On a rainy night
A night of dreary rain
You left me, oh my darling
Who took you, if I only knew
I’d go and smash his brains in
On a rainy night
A night of dreary rain
On a rainy night
A night of dreary rain

On a rainy night
A night it rained till morning
You left me, oh my darling
Hell, that scoundrel
Wanted stabbing
On a rainy night
A night it rained till morning
On a rainy night
A night it rained till morning

On a rainy night
A night it rained till break of day
You left me, oh my darling
My heart got torn in two
My broken heart got flayed
On a rainy night
A night it rained till break of day
On a rainy night
A night it rained till break of day

Lyrics from the song “On a Rainy Night”
by Níkos Goúnaris (1953)

Ένα βράδυ που ’βρεχε
Που ’βρεχε μονότονα
Έφυγες αγάπη μου
Ποιος σε πήρε να ’ξερα
Και θα τον εσκότωνα
Ένα βράδυ που ’βρεχε
Που ’βρεχε μονότονα
Ένα βράδυ που ’βρεχε
Που ’βρεχε μονότονα

Ένα βράδυ που ’βρεχε
Μέχρι το ξημέρωμα
Έφυγες αγάπη μου
Αχ αυτός ο άτιμος
Ήθελε μαχαίρωμα
Ένα βράδυ που ’βρεχε
Μέχρι το ξημέρωμα
Ένα βράδυ που ’βρεχε
Μέχρι το ξημέρωμα

Ένα βράδυ που ’βρεχε
Μέχρι που εχάραξε
Έφυγες αγάπη μου
Η καρδιά μου σκίστηκε
Η καρδιά μου σπάραξε
Ένα βράδυ που ’βρεχε
Μέχρι που εχάραξε
Ένα βράδυ που ’βρεχε
Μέχρι που εχάραξε

Music by Níkos Goúnaris. Lyrics by Alékos Sakellários.

This is one of five songs performed by George Davlas during the musical interlude that lies at the heart of the Efthimis Filippou play Etymologies.

For another, see the transpolium “Two broken homes left ⋮ clandestine.” (listed below).

For the remaining three, see the dubitanda “away ⋮ again,” “higher ⋮ farther,” and “sparrow ⋮ harried” (buttons below).

Translated for use as surtitles at the 2024 Athens Epidaurus Festival performances of this play.

arkhæio
ETYMOLOGIES

dubitanda
away ⋮ again higher ⋮ farther sparrow ⋮ harried