dubitanda (ever in doubt)

sparrow ⋮ harried

And so you’ll leave me
You’ll move on past me
And soon forget me
And I’ll be left here (astray)
Wasting away
in some sad corner…

A watch now stopped
A ship now wrecked
A sparrow ever harried
by a blizzard…

A watch now stopped
A ship now wrecked
A sparrow ever harried
by a blizzard…

And when it comes
That hour
My darkest hour
Feel no hurt, feel no pain
Just leave me here, alone (again)
out in the cold…

A watch now stopped
A ship now wrecked
A sparrow ever harried
by a blizzard…

A watch now stopped
A ship now wrecked
A sparrow ever harried
by a blizzard…
by a blizzard…
by a blizzard…

A song by Mimis Plessas
with lyrics by Lefteris Papadopoulos

Κι εσύ θα φύγεις
Και θα περάσεις
Και θα ξεχάσεις
Κι εγώ θα μείνω
Να αργοσβήνω
Σε μια γωνιά…
 
Ένα ρολόι σταματημένο
Ένα καράβι ναυαγισμένο
Ένα σπουργίτι κυνηγημένο
Απ’ τον χιονιά…

Ένα ρολόι σταματημένο
Ένα καράβι ναυαγισμένο
Ένα σπουργίτι κυνηγημένο
Απ’ τον χιονιά…
 
Όταν σημάνει
Εκείνη η ώρα
Η μαύρη ώρα
Μη νιώσεις πόνο
Κι άσε με μόνο
Στην παγωνιά…
 
Ένα ρολόι σταματημένο
Ένα καράβι ναυαγισμένο
Ένα σπουργίτι κυνηγημένο
Απ’ τον χιονιά…

Ένα ρολόι σταματημένο
Ένα καράβι ναυαγισμένο
Ένα σπουργίτι κυνηγημένο
Απ’ τον χιονιά…
Απ’ τον χιονιά…
Απ’ τον χιονιά…

A woman gazes sadly at a man gazing sadly into a mirror. They are parting lovers.

“And So You’ll Leave Me” (“Κι εσύ θα φύγεις” / “Ki esí tha fíghis”) is a song from the 1970 film Sunday’s Dream directed by Odysseas Kostoletos.

 

The music is by Mimis Plessas, with lyrics by Lefteris Papadopoulos.

 

The moving images show Tolis Voskopoulos performing the song for Niki Triantafyllidi.

 

The pair play parting lovers here, Ángelos and Margaríta.

 

We gaze sadly at her gazing sadly at him gazing sadly through (not into) a mirror.

 

He is lost (stopped, wrecked, harried). His eyes never meet hers or ours or his (reflected) own.

 

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 higher ⋮ farther (listed below).

 

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

 

A dubitandum dedicated to the late Madam Viví (mother of the man I love), who endlessly adored Tolis Voskopoulos.

 
 

see also
away ⋮ again
higher ⋮ farther

 
 

arkhæio
ETYMOLOGIES