Mikis THEODORAKIS: The Ballad of Mauthausen (live) - Angelica CATHARIOU, mezzo

Mikis THEODORAKIS: The Ballad of Mauthausen - "Song of Songs"
Lyrics : Iakovos KAMBANELLIS
Angelica CATHARIOU, mezzo
Ioannis SGOURAS, piano
HOMAGE to MIKIS THEODORAKIS - 09.09.2021
University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
How beautiful is my love
With her everyday dress
And with the comb in her hair.
No one knew that she’s so beautiful.
You girls of Auschwitz,
You Dachau girls,
Have you seen my love, perchance?
We saw her on a long journey.
She no longer wore her dress
Nor her comb in her hair.
How beautiful is my love,
Pampered by her loving mother,
And her brother’s kisses.
No one knew that she’s so beautiful.
You girls of Mathausen,
You girls of Belsen,
Have you seen my love, perchance?
We saw her standing in the frozen square
With a number on her white arm,
A yellow star over her heart.
How beautiful is my love,
Pampered by her loving mother,
And her brother’s kisses.
No one knew that she’s so beautiful.