Glykeria (Γλυκερία), born Glykeria Kotsoula in Agio Pnevma, Serres in 1953,… Read Full Bio ↴Glykeria (Γλυκερία), born Glykeria Kotsoula in Agio Pnevma, Serres in 1953, is a popular Greek singer.

Glykeria began her career in 1974 working in the Athens Plaka music boites and gave performances with well-known artists, singing songs by M. Hadjidakis, M. Theodorakis, M. Loizos and others.

Collaborations in concerts and discography with: A. Kaldaras, S. Fotiadis, Natacha Atlas, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Loukianos Kilaidonis|L. Kilaidonis, Mary Linda, P. Thalassinos Sotiria Bellou, George Dalaras, Marinella, Ofra Haza, Ricky Gal, Chava Alberstein, Amal Murkus, Paschalis Terzis, Ilias Aslanoglou, Antonis Vardis, Sarit Hadad, Fortuna and more.

In 1982 she was selected to represent Greece in the Europalia ‘82 festival in Brussels, together with Sotiria Bellou, George Dalaras and Margarita Zorbala. In 1986 she sang “Earini Symfonia” (poem by Yiannis Ritsos, music by Yiannis Markopoulos) for the song’s premier performance, at the opening ceremony of the World Championships held for the first time at the Athens Olympic Stadium, broadcast to 120 countries all over the world.

She has sung in concerts in Greece and abroad (Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Cyprus, Israel) and Turkey. Due to the successful concerts she gave in Israel she was proclaimed most popular foreign singer; the Mayor of Jerusalem awarded her the golden key of the city (1994). Three albums were released in Israel at the same time, all of them gold in a very short time: Glykeria golden-hits, Far away, Glykeria – 14 classics, and her first album in France: Golden hits – The voice of Greece.

Anna
Glykeria Lyrics

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Λεσ και τ' αρώματα
Ξάφνου αποκτήσαν σώματα
Και γίναν όλα ένα
Σ' ένα κορμί σε σένα
Εγώ δυο χέρια αφτέρωτα
Όλη μια στάλα του έρωτα
Είπεσ δεν ξαναγκάλιασα
Άλλη φορά τη θάλασσα

Με είπεσ κρήνη των κρίνων
Άννα την άνοιξη
Ποτάμι των πέντε οίνων
Βαθιά κατάνυξη
Άναψα στα φιλιά σου
Το φωσ γεννήθηκε
Με πήρεσ αγκαλιά σου
Κι η γη φωτίστηκε
Με είπεσ κρήνη των κρίνων
Άννα την άνοιξη

Λεσ και τ' αρώματα
Ξάφνου αποκτήσαν σώματα
Και πήρε η ανάσα χρώμα
Για ένα φιλί ακόμα
Εγώ δυο λόγια ανείπωτα
Άχνα ουρανού και τίποτα
Είπεσ δεν ξαναγκάλιασα
Άλλη φορά τη θάλασσα

Με είπεσ κρήνη των κρίνων
Άννα την άνοιξη
Ποτάμι των πέντε οίνων
Βαθιά κατάνυξη
Άναψα στα φιλιά σου
Το φωσ γεννήθηκε
Με πήρεσ αγκαλιά σου
Κι η γη φωτίστηκε
Με είπεσ κρήνη των κρίνων
Άννα την άνοιξη

Νύχτεσ μαζί σου σε δωμάτια αναμμένα
Κι εγώ στη γάμπα μου tattoo τα δυο σου χείλια
Είναι τα μάτια μου φωτιά ξενυχτισμένα
Με την ηχώ απ' τα φιλιά στ' αυτιά κοχύλια

Με είπεσ κρήνη των κρίνων
Άννα την άνοιξη
Ποτάμι των πέντε οίνων
Βαθιά κατάνυξη

Με είπεσ κρήνη των κρίνων
Άννα την άνοιξη

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Glykeria's song "Anna" express a deep and passionate love for Anna. The first verse describes how everything around the singer suddenly becomes alive and interconnected with Anna's presence. The singer feels incomplete without her, describing themselves as two unheld hands and a single drop of love. They express regret for not embracing her before and promise to do so in the future.

The chorus compares Anna to a spring and a river of wines, symbolizing her beauty and the intoxicating effect she has on the singer. With her kisses, the light is born and the earth is illuminated. The singer addresses Anna directly as the spring of lilies and expresses reverence and awe for her.

In the second verse, the singer mentions the scents in the air gaining physical form and the breath taking on color for another kiss. They describe themselves as having unsaid words and a faint trace of the sky. The singer again expresses regret for not embracing Anna before and promises to do so in the future.

The bridge of the song paints a vivid picture of the singer and Anna together in a room filled with lit candles at night. The mention of a tattoo of Anna's two lips on the singer's leg suggests a permanent mark of their love. The singer describes their eyes as fiery and sleepless, with echoes of kisses lingering in their ears like seashells.

Overall, the lyrics of "Anna" convey a passionate and all-encompassing love for Anna, with the singer longing for her presence and cherishing every moment spent together.

Line by Line Meaning

Λεσ και τ' αρώματα
You mention the scents

Ξάφνου αποκτήσαν σώματα
Suddenly they gained bodies

Και γίναν όλα ένα
And everything became one

Σ' ένα κορμί σε σένα
In one body, in you

Εγώ δυο χέρια αφτέρωτα
I have two untamed hands

Όλη μια στάλα του έρωτα
All a drop of love

Είπεσ δεν ξαναγκάλιασα
You said you never hugged again

Άλλη φορά τη θάλασσα
Another time the sea

Με είπεσ κρήνη των κρίνων
You called me a spring of lilies

Άννα την άνοιξη
Anna, the spring

Ποτάμι των πέντε οίνων
River of the five wines