Mandinatha Archive
Mandinatha

September 9, 2008

Zoi den ine na ksipnas
na tros na thetis pali
ine na ise ksipnitos
otan kimounde i ali

April 25, 2008

January, 2008

Me tin kenourgia tin hronia
Ke tou Christou ti yenna
Sou efhome apo kardia
Hronia Eftihismena

December, 2007

Christmas Poem
from Alexandra Lambropoulos

I Yenissis tou Christou

Mesa se fatni tapini
se mia spilia ftohoula
Eki antikrise to fos
O pantokratoras Theos
Mia Hionismeni augoula.

Moshovolouse Ourano
Paradise Ekliouse
To Vlema tou t' aggeliko
Mira skorpouse theiako
To vrefos egelouse

Eihe Stefani fotino
Me olohrises aktines
Giro stin opsi tin mikri
K' egine aigli magiki
Agnoristes elpides.

October, 2007

Olou tou kosmou ie euxes
den ftanoun na sou poune
Auta pou elpizw olopsixa
Ta matia sou na doune.

If you have a world of blessings
They are not as much as
the blessings I wish for your eyes to see

August, 2007

O anthropos stin nioti tou, kane ke den logiazi
San erthi o nous stin kefali, ola ta logariazi

When you are young you do without thinking
When you mature you take everything under consideration.

August, 2007

San thes na dioksis tis zois kathe kaimo ke pono
Tis Erasmia's i sindayi, ine to yelio mono.

If you want to rid yourself of life's pain and sorrow
Erasmia's prescription is LAUGHTER.

July, 2007

Mandinatha

Zoi den ine na ksipnas ke na kimase pali
Ine na ise ksipnitos otan komounde i ali.

Life isn't just to wake up and sleep again.
It is to be awake when others are sleeping.

June 2007

Faggari heretismata
dostou sta ksena poune

yiati boroun ta matia mou
na mi ton ksana doune

Father a fond farewell,
Now that you leave for the unknown.

Because my eyes,
may not see him again.

(Was for the fathers that left to come to America)

May 2007

Herome pome Kritikia
Ke opou statho to leo,

Me mandinathes tragoudo
me mandinathes kleo

I am proud to be a cretan woman
And where ever I am I say it.

With a mandinathes, I sing,
With mandinathes, I cry.

March 2007

For Spring!

I aniksi mas irthene
kai ta poulia girizoun
kai agapes pou marathikan
san ta loulouthia anthizoun

Greek Independence Day, a Holy Day for Freedom!

Mera tou Marti itane,
Simathiaki ke Agia
T'armata piasan I Romee
(name Turks gave to Greeks)
Yia tin Eleftheria!

With Love We Need Fear No One!

Vasana moudose o theos
Ma den paraponoume
Ama eho tin agapi sou
Kanena den fovoume.

A Cretan Recipe for Joy!

Na fane ladi Kritiko,
raki, krasi na pioune,
kai me tsi Kritikous skopous
na mathoun na glentoune

Feburary 2007

A Blessing for a Healthy Year

Osa anthi exi H Aniksi
Kai o ximonas xionia
Toso na zite olisas
Euthixismena xronia

January 2007 Happy New Year!

Agios Basilis tha geno na 'rtho st' arhontiko sou
ki anti gia doro
tin kardia
tha balo sto dentro sou

December 2006

Mandinatha
(Cretan Poetry for the Soul)

S'olo ton kosmo stelnome efhes
ke stelnome ke se sena
ta onira sou na ta dis
PRAGMATOPYIMENA

January 2007

Agios Basilis tha geno na 'rtho st' arhontiko sou
ki anti gia doro
tin kardia
tha balo sto dentro sou

Malista!