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.
O Ilios
Glykeria Lyrics
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Και το ντουνιά ζεσταίνεισ
Μένα γιατί μ' αρνήθηκεσ
Σαν το δεντρί μαραίνομαι
Σαν φύλλο κιτρινίζω
Χωρίσ εσένα ήλιε μου
Στο σκότοσ θα πεθάνω
Κι εσύ θα παίζεισ θα γελάσ
These lyrics are from Glykeria's song "O Ilios" (The Sun). The song expresses the singer's longing and pain caused by the absence of their loved one. The sun is used as a metaphor for the person they desire, representing warmth, light, and vital energy in their life. The first verse starts with the singer addressing the sun, expressing their disappointment and confusion as to why it has denied them. The second verse continues with the singer comparing their own state to that of a withering tree and yellowing leaves, emphasizing their decline and sorrow in the absence of their loved one. The chorus adds to the overall melancholic tone, describing a dark dawn where the singer feels they will die in darkness while the sun continues to play and laugh.
Overall, these lyrics evoke feelings of longing, heartache, and despair caused by the absence of a loved one. The sun serves as a symbol of both light and love, making its absence deeply felt by the singer.
Line by Line Meaning
Ήλιε μ' που βγαίνεισ το πρωί
Oh sun, who rises in the morning
Και το ντουνιά ζεσταίνεισ
And warms up the world
Μένα γιατί μ' αρνήθηκεσ
Why have you denied me
Σαν το δεντρί μαραίνομαι
I wither like a tree
Σαν φύλλο κιτρινίζω
I turn yellow like a leaf
Χωρίσ εσένα ήλιε μου
Without you, my sun
Μια χαραυγή αχ μαύρη χαραυγή
A dawn, oh black dawn
Στο σκότοσ θα πεθάνω
I will die in darkness
Κι εσύ θα παίζεισ θα γελάσ
And you, you will play and laugh
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