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Kkismettin

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lyrics

Kkisméttin
(Kismet)


This castle, a hidden city
inhabited by lords and serfs
joys and sorrows in its neighbourhoods
mixed up, there’s a place for everyone

They reach out their hands to beg
the crippled outside the gate
others work in the fields
from daybreak till nightfall

From Ais Yiannis to Arabahmet*
whether they want to or not, they live together
this is what fate decreed
a few laugh, many cry

There’s noise in the bazaar
they’re selling things, pushing and fighting
animals, people, oxen, donkeys
many owe money, few pay

They drink, get drunk, and being silly
destroy all that they had previously built
a dark-faced girl tells them their fortune
they look elsewhere, don’t listen to her

From Ais Yiannis to Arabahmet
two sides, they don’t live together
this is what kismet said
one person’s laughter is the other’s cry

As they sat together to rest
Halil leaned over and told Antonis
‘Whatever’s bad for us and saddens us
we’ll change it, you and I’

From Ais Yiannis to Arabahmet
in this city we live together
we’ll rewrite our kismet
we’ll share our laughter and our cry


* Neighbourhoods of Nicosia. Ais Yiannis is on the south of the buffer zone; Arabahmet is on the north.
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Κκισμέττιν

Τούτον το κάστρον, χωσμένη πόλη
αρκόντοι, δούλοι την κατοικούσιν
χαρές τζ̆αι πίκρες στες γειτονιές της
νεκατωμένοι, ούλλοι χωρούσιν

Πλώννουν τα σ̆έρκα να ζηθκιανέψουν
σακαττεμένοι όξω της πύλης
τζ̆’ άλλοι δουλεύκουν μες τα χωράφκια
γέννημαν νήλιου, ίσ̆ια με δείλις

Που Άην Γιάννην σ’ Αραπαχμέττην
θέλουν, εν θέλουν ζ̆ούσιν αντάμα
έτσι εγράφτην μες το κκισμέττιν
λλίοι το γέλιον, πολλοί το κλάμαν

Καρκασ̆αλλίκκιν μες το παζάριν
πουλούν πραμάθκειες, κουντούν, μαλλώννουν
χτηνά, αθρώποι, βούθκια, γαδάροι
πολλοί γρωστούσιν, λλίοι πιερώννουν

Πίννουν, μεθκιούσιν, πά’ στην πελλάραν
όσα εχτίσαν τα πουκουππούσιν
φκάλλει την τύχην μια μουζουρούα
αλλού δικλούσιν, εν την ακούσιν

Που Άην Γιάννην σ’ Αραπαχμέττην
σε θκυο τταράφκια εν ζ̆ουν αντάμα
έτσι εγράφτην μες το κκισμέττιν
του νιου το γέλιον εν τ’ άλλου κλάμαν

Όπως εκάτσαν μαζίν να πνάσουν
γείρνει ο Χαλίλ, λαλεί τ’ Αντώνη
«Ό,τι μας βλάφτει τζ̆αι σικκιρτά μας
εσού τζ̆’ εγιώνι»

Που Άην Γιάννην σ’ Αραπαχμέττην
μες τούντην πόλην ζ̆ούμεν αντάμα
να ξαναγράψουμεν το κκισμέττιν
να μοιραστούμεν γέλιον τζ̆αι κλάμαν

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from Kkismettin, released April 2, 2021
Lyrics: Marios Epaminondas

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Antonis Antoniou Nicosia, Cyprus

Founding member of Monsieur Doumani and Trio Tekke. Composer, Sound Artist, Producer, Activist, Urban Stroller, Experience Collector.

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