This here mambo brasileiro
makes me happy, makes me chill,
makes me true-blue brasileiro
this here mambo– (from Brazil.)
This here ⋮ (from Brazil.)
Lyrics from the song “Mambo Brasileiro” (1954)
performed by Sperántza Vraná & Trio Kitára
Αυτό το μάμπο μπραζιλέρο
μου δίνει κέφι, μου δίνει στυλ
και Βραζιλιάνο με κάνει βέρο
αυτό το μάμπο– (απ’ το Μπραζίλ.)
Song written by Yorgos Mouzakis, with lyrics by Kostas Pretenteris and Yorgos Economides, for the 1954 comedy feature I Oréa ton Athinón (The Belle of Athens).
Taken from a short scene (see below) that features in Scenes by Efthimis Filippou, translated from the Greek to appear in the English-language Noon collection first published in 2022.
STREET, VERY EARLY MORNING.
A girl rides a bike with stabilisers, singing a song under her breath. She falls and hurts her left knee. She wipes away the blood with the palm of her hand. She gets back on the bike and continues on her way.
(One imagines “from Brazil” cut off when the girl takes a tumble.)
see also
I asked him ⋮ to dance more.
Noon ⋮ lies ahead.
arkhæio
NOON SCENES
dubitanda
coldness ⋮ complexity constantly ⋮ faithful documents ⋮ inaccurate
