Hatzidakis for the theater

O! my good blonde,
my sweet companion,
with whom I sing
every beautiful tune,
you came, you came, you appeared
with a shepherd’s pipe to weave
hymns, warblings,
sounds of spring.

Go ahead, begin, say them
sweetly the anapests.

(translation: Eva Johanos)
( stills from different productions of Aristophanes’ “The Birds”; music is from Hadzidakis, composed for these modern productions of ancient comedy)

Εμπρός, αρχίνα, πες τους
γλυκά τους αναπαίστους.