dubitanda (ever in doubt)

higher ⋮ farther

How much I love you, I can’t know
How much I love you, I can’t know
My love lies past all measure, free
Higher even than the sun
Oh higher even than the sun
Far farther than the eye can see…

At first, it was a tiny spark
A single drop of drizzling rain
This spark became a raging fire
This spark became a raging fire
This tiny drop, a sea entire…

The love that ties us tight as one
The love that ties us tight as one
Will never feel the slightest sting
For we are two refreshing sips
or we are two refreshing sips
Drawn from a single flowing spring…

At first, it was a tiny spark
A single drop of drizzling rain
This spark became a raging fire
This spark became a raging fire
This tiny drop, a sea entire…

A song by Apostolos Kaldaras
with lyrics by Christos Argyropoulos

Δεν ξέρω πόσο σ’ αγαπώ
Δεν ξέρω πόσο σ’ αγαπώ
Μέτρο δεν έχει η αγάπη
Είν’ απ’ τον ήλιο πιο ψηλά
Είν’ απ’ τον ήλιο πιο ψηλά
Και δεν τη φτάνει μάτι…
 
Ήταν μια σπίθα στην αρχή
Και μιας βροχής ψιχάλα
Κι έγιν’ η σπίθα πυρκαγιά
Κι έγιν’ η σπίθα πυρκαγιά
Και πέλαγος η στάλα…
Η αγάπη που μας έδεσε
Η αγάπη που μας έδεσε
Πόνο δε θα γνωρίσει
Είμαστε δυο σταλαγματιές
Είμαστε δυο σταλαγματιές
Από την ίδια βρύση…
Ήταν μια σπίθα στην αρχή
Και μιας βροχής ψιχάλα
Κι έγιν’ η σπίθα πυρκαγιά
Κι έγιν’ η σπίθα πυρκαγιά
Και πέλαγος η στάλα…

Vicky Moscholiou sings the final note of a song, sat on a small moving boat. She cradles her head in one hand.

“How Much I Love You, I Can’t Know” (“Δεν ξέρω πόσο σ’ αγαπώ” / “How Much I Love You, I Can’t Know”) is a song by Apostolos Kaldaras, with lyrics by Christos Argyropoulos.

 

First recorded by Vicky Moscholiou in 1966.

 

The moving images show the singer lip-syncing lovingly along to this original recording for the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) in 1983.

 

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 two, see the dubitanda away ⋮ again and sparrow ⋮ harried (listed below).

 

Translated for use as surtitles at the 2024 Athens Epidaurus Festival performances of this play.

 
 

see also
away ⋮ again
sparrow ⋮ harried

 
 

arkhæio
ETYMOLOGIES