希臘民謠天後Haris Alexiou: To Tango tis Nefelis

Haris Alexiou

嗓音厚實有些許沙啞，演唱充滿激情的希臘女藝人Haris Alexiou，是位頗有傳奇色彩的歌手她從1972年起開始其歌唱生涯，演唱風格多變，從希臘民謠，到法語，德語，阿拉伯語歌曲，直到沉婉具有古典氣質的歌謠，樣樣俱全。 到了80年代，她逐漸開始展現出色的作曲才能，寫了像Rota Me Oti Thes這樣熱門的歌曲，92年她 進入寶麗金，轉變風格，發行了一張在法國，比利時，以色列甚至日本都十分暢銷的唱片Di euxon(With Wishes)。2年後，她成功地打入了日本唱片市場。此後幾年中，她贏得了許多獎項，並繼續與許多國家地著名藝人合作，像Manu Katche， Yiannis Spathas，Arto Tuncboyaclyan，Christos Nikolopoulos，Bjorn Alterhaug。她2000年的專輯Whispers，返樸歸真，純粹的鋼琴與吉他伴奏，色彩清淡。(google music)

Lyrics: Haris Alexiou
Music: Loreena McKennitt
Performed by: Haris Alexiou

To Tango tis Nefelis - English Lyrics

Two little angels
came and stole
the golden rag
Nefeli used to wear on her head,
so as to differ from us all in the vineyard.

Two little angels
who were dreaming of Nefeli and wanted
to feed her pomegranate and honey,
so that she could not remember, so that she would forget what she wanted,
they managed to seduce her.

Hyacinths and lilies
robbed her of her scent and wear it
while flying love gods laugh at her,
throwing their arrows towards her.

But the benevolent Zeus
takes the adolescence water away from her,
turns her into a cloud and disperses her
so that they could not find her.