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.

ELA NA PAME S' ENA MEROS
Glykeria Lyrics

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Πάντα με κάνεισ να πονώ
Πάντα να υποφέρω
Κι αν έπαψεσ να μ' αγαπάσ
Πεσ μου το να το ξέρω

Έλα να πάμε σ' ένα μέροσ
Άνθρωποσ να μην υπάρχει
Ούτε νέοσ ούτε γέροσ

Μόνο να ‘μαστε μονάχοι

Πολλέσ φορέσ με γέλασεσ
Μικρό μου χαϊδεμένο
Και μεσ το κρύο μ' άφηνεσ
Ώρεσ να περιμένω

Έλα να πάμε σ' ένα μέροσ
Άνθρωποσ να μην υπάρχει
Ούτε νέοσ ούτε γέροσ
Μόνο να ‘μαστε μονάχοι

Τίποτα δεν θυμάσαι πια
Από τα περασμένα
Ούτε περνάσ να με θωρείσ
Καμιά φορά κι εμένα

Έλα να πάμε σ' ένα μέροσ
Άνθρωποσ να μην υπάρχει

Ούτε νέοσ ούτε γέροσ
Μόνο να ‘μαστε μονάχοι

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Glykeria's song "Ela Na Pame S' Ena Meros" are a plea for escape from the pain caused by love. The singer describes how the person she loves always causes her to suffer even if they have stopped loving her. She wants to know if this is the case and begs for the truth to be revealed. The chorus of the song repeats the invitation to go to a place where no one exists, where they can be alone without any other people or outside influences.

The second verse of the song talks about how the person she loves has often made her laugh and given her small caresses, but also left her alone in the cold to wait. The bridge of the song talks about forgetting the past and never looking back, but sometimes even the singer herself wonders about the person she left behind.

Overall, the song is an emotional plea for escape from the pain caused by a love that has gone wrong. The repetition of the invitation to go to a place without people is telling, as if the singer wants to escape not just from the person she loves, but from everyone else as well.

Line by Line Meaning

Πάντα με κάνεισ να πονώ
You always make me suffer

Πάντα να υποφέρω
I always endure pain

Κι αν έπαψεσ να μ' αγαπάσ
Even if you stopped loving me

Πεσ μου το να το ξέρω
Tell me so I know

Έλα να πάμε σ' ένα μέροσ
Let's go somewhere

Άνθρωποσ να μην υπάρχει
Where there are no people

Ούτε νέοσ ούτε γέροσ
Neither young nor old

Μόνο να ‘μαστε μονάχοι
Just the two of us alone

Πολλέσ φορέσ με γέλασεσ
You laughed at me many times

Μικρό μου χαϊδεμένο
My beloved little one

Και μεσ το κρύο μ' άφηνεσ
And you left me in the cold