Help w/Greek language??

[CaptainMench]

Anyone want a stab at translation? I don't know if I copied the words quite right... some might run together and some might have extra spaces... the song I need didn't have a good editor. Greek Folksong Yerakina. Anyway:

Kinise E yerakina ya nero
Krio na feri
Drooma droom droom droom
Ta vra chio lia tis vro droom
Ta vra chio lia tis vrom droom
Drooma droom droom droom

Kiepese mesto pigadi kiev gale
Foni megali
Drooma droom droom
Ta vra chio lia tis vro droom
Ta vra chio lia tis vro droom
Drooma drooma drooma droom droom droom

Yerakina tha sevgalo
Ke yineka thase paro
Drooma drooma droom droom
Ta vra chio lia tis vro droom
Ta vra chio lia tis vro droom
Drooma drooma drooma droom droom droom

[HansK]

Have you tried http://world.altavista.com/ for a translation?

edit: Ok, so I ran it through and it didn't translate a single word. Maybe it's not Greek?

[disjecta]

It's greek to me :D

(couldn't resist)

[disjecta]

I ran it through every common language translater and it didn't work....

[GenJerDan]

It honestly looks a bit Tolkienish.

[CaptainMench]

Come one guys... don't you think I would have exhausted every resource I had before coming here?

But with the world population we have -- let's all hold hands across the world and see if we can reach world peace.


Thanks for the help -- I'll send it to one of the embassy folk in DC.

Love

CaptM

[Shaw]

It honestly looks a bit Tolkienish.

Interesting that you should mention that actually. Tolkien knew Greek quite well and was inspired by it (along with Finnish, etc, etc) when creating his language Quenya - some of which appears in LOTR.

Wish I could say I knew Greek. My knowledge is limited to a basic understanding of the syntax and morphology. I'm afraid my literary skills are therefore of no use :D.

[AnarchyiNtheUS]

Yerakina went to the well
To draw fresh water

Drooma.. (REFRAIN) (not sure what it means)
Ta..
Ta..
Drooma..

your vrakhindyatis vrondhun
(Make its braclets)

It fell into the the well
while shouting very extremly

K'etrekese O Kosmes olos k'etreksa Ki'ego O kaimenos
(everyone started to run
and me too)

Yerakina I will save you
and you will become my wife.


Sorry for having butchered the Greek language.

[CaptainMench]

YEAH!!!! Very good. I knew it had something to do with the jingle jangle of a braclet...

There's also a Yerakina celebration, but I couldn't find anything on that.

Thanks! You have saved the US Air Force once again, Mr. Anarchy!

CaptM

[AnarchyiNtheUS]

Sir Captain Mench it has been my pleasure to serve my country.

[CaptainMench]

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