dubitanda (ever in doubt)

away ⋮ again

Star of mine, moon of mine
My budding shoot of spring
To your side I’ll come again
To your side I’ll come one dawn
Just to have you kiss and fawn
And make me yours again

My darling one, my darling one
Away the night will take us soon
As will the stars and sky above
As will the cold, cold moon
As will the stars and sky above
As will the cold, cold moon

I’ll love you and live on in song
You’ll love me and live with the birds
I’ll love you and we’ll be made song
You’ll love me and we’ll be made birds

My darling one, my darling one
Away the night will take us soon
As will the stars and sky above
As will the cold, cold moon
As will the stars and sky above
As will the cold, cold moon

A song by Mikis Theodorakis
with lyrics by Yiannis Theodorakis

Αστέρι μου, φεγγάρι μου
Της άνοιξης κλωνάρι μου
Κοντά σου θα ’ρθω πάλι
Κοντά σου θα ’ρθω μιαν αυγή
Για να σου πάρω ένα φιλί
Και να με πάρεις πάλι
 
Αγάπη μου, αγάπη μου
Η νύχτα θα μας πάρει
Τ’ άστρα κι ο ουρανός
Το κρύο το φεγγάρι
Τ’ άστρα κι ο ουρανός
Το κρύο το φεγγάρι
 
Θα σ’ αγαπώ, θα ζω μες στο τραγούδι
Θα μ’ αγαπάς, θα ζεις με τα πουλιά
Θα σ’ αγαπώ, θα γίνουμε τραγούδι
Θα μ’ αγαπάς, θα γίνουμε πουλιά
 
Αγάπη μου, αγάπη μου
Η νύχτα θα μας πάρει
Τ’ άστρα κι ο ουρανός
Το κρύο το φεγγάρι
Τ’ άστρα κι ο ουρανός
Το κρύο το φεγγάρι

A woman with her back to us (Melina Mercouri) closes two little doors over an orthodox icon of the Virgin Mary hung from a wall above her head. Scene from Phaedra shot by Jules Dassin.

“Star of Mine, Moon of Mine” (“Αστέρι μου, φεγγάρι μου” / “Astéri mou, fengári mou”) is the love theme from the 1962 film Phaedra directed by Jules Dassin and starring Melina Mercouri.

 

The music is by Mikis Theodorakis, with lyrics by his brother Yiannis Theodorakis.

 

As Phaedra (of myth, made then-modern), Melina sings to her step son and darling one, played by Anthony Perkins.

 

They both live on in (celluloid and) song.

 

The original recording was laid over the film’s original trailer (and strangely fit).

 

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 higher ⋮ farther and sparrow ⋮ harried (listed below).

 

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

 
 

see also
higher ⋮ farther
sparrow ⋮ harried

 
 

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ETYMOLOGIES