| AND'AMAN PALIKARI |
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Adaman palikanari, dhodheka hronon
genitsaro me piran pera stin frangja. |
When I was a young man of twelve
they took me as a Janissary to foreign lands. |
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Na matho to dhoksari, ke to polemo
midhe dhoksari matha, midhe polemo. |
To learn the bow and war.
Neither the bow did I learn nor war. |
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Mon matha tin agapi tin paterimi
ta sidhera patousa, ke vgaza nero. |
Only did I learn of love of loneliness.
I pressed iron and drew water. |