transpolia (fragments re-set)

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

A pulsing luminous donut shape made of a many moving particles

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.
 

see also
Two broken homes left ⋮ clandestine.
 

arkhæio
ETYMOLOGIES
 

dubitanda
away ⋮ again higher ⋮ farther sparrow ⋮ harried

A ballad ⋮ beloved.

A life ⋮ forever here.

A mutilated ⋮ death.

All ⋮ in and of itself.

All that I ⋮ back.

An all-round driver of ⋮ systems.

An earthquake ⋮ himself.

An opportunity⋮ precedes syntax.

And ⋮ the land.

Are you afraid ⋮ comrade.

Banana falls ⋮ over.

Betrayal comes from ⋮ another.

Boughs ⋮ like ink (Egyptian).

But rejection ⋮ at night.

Don’t ⋮ bare, bereft.

Down on the ⋮ floor.

Each night, ⋮ tears.

For better or ⋮ return.

Ghost boy ⋮ killer.

I am ⋮ weeping.

I asked him ⋮ to dance more.

I come ⋮ cover up.

I find a plaque ⋮ fascinating.

Inside ⋮ its warm embrace.

It is ⋮ everything.

Let me ⋮ never come.

Like ⋮ the smell of earth.

Look now ⋮ and grow tame.

Me – the material ⋮ necessity.

Miss! Pride and ⋮ bows.

Nightmarish forest of ⋮ our own.

Noon ⋮ lies ahead.

On a rainy ⋮ day.

Painting ⋮ with the body.

Plunged in ⋮ our gaze.

Rose-like ⋮ all the flowers.

The catharsis ⋮ of proportion.

The difference ⋮ is absurdity.

The migratory moves ⋮ immense.

The things ⋮ now behind.

This here ⋮ (from Brazil.)

This place of ours is ⋮ sky.

Today ⋮ forever more.

Two broken homes left ⋮ clandestine.

What ⋮ everyone will say.

Words ⋮ seem unrecognisable.