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.

oles oi melahrines
Glykeria Lyrics

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Όλεσ οι μελαχρινέσ και οι μαυρομάτεσ
Ρούσεσ γαλανομάτεσ
Όλεσ φιλί μου δώσανε η μια δε μου το δίνει
Πολύ καημό μ' αφήνει

Όταν τη βλέπω κι έρχεται απ' το μεγάλο δρόμο
Μαραίνομαι και λειώνω
Μου 'βαλε πόνο στη καρδιά και δεν μπορώ να γιάνω

Θα πέσω να πεθάνω

Θα πάρω την απόφαση να πάω στο χωριό τησ
Στο σπίτι το δικό τησ

Και θα το πω στη μάνα τησ γαμπρό τησ να με κάνει
Ν' αλλάξουμε στεφάνι

Overall Meaning

These lyrics are from the song "Oles oi melahrines" by Glykeria. The song is about the singer's attraction and infatuation with dark-haired and dark-eyed women. She describes them as having blue eyes and giving her kisses, but one particular woman is not reciprocating her affections, causing her a great deal of sorrow.

When the singer sees this woman approaching from a distant road, she becomes overwhelmed and weak. The woman has caused her heartache and the singer feels helpless and unable to move on from the pain. She even expresses a desire to fall down and die because of this unrequited love.

In the last verse, the singer decides to make a decision and go to the woman's village and her own home. She plans to tell the woman's mother and future husband about her feelings, hoping that they will make a change in their wedding plans, suggesting that she wants to be with the woman instead.

Overall, the lyrics depict the singer's intense longing for a woman who is not returning her affection. She experiences both emotional and physical anguish, and in her desperation, she contemplates drastic actions in order to be with this woman. The song showcases the emotional turmoil that unrequited love can bring.

Line by Line Meaning

Όλεσ οι μελαχρινέσ και οι μαυρομάτεσ
All the brunettes and those with black eyes

Ρούσεσ γαλανομάτεσ
Redheads with blue eyes

Όλεσ φιλί μου δώσανε η μια δε μου το δίνει
All gave me their kiss, but one doesn't give it to me

Πολύ καημό μ' αφήνει
Leaves me with a lot of sorrow

Όταν τη βλέπω κι έρχεται απ' το μεγάλο δρόμο
When I see her coming from the main road

Μαραίνομαι και λειώνω
I wither and melt

Μου 'βαλε πόνο στη καρδιά και δεν μπορώ να γιάνω
She put pain in my heart and I can't heal

Θα πέσω να πεθάνω
I will fall to die

Θα πάρω την απόφαση να πάω στο χωριό τησ
I will make the decision to go to her village

Στο σπίτι το δικό τησ
To her own house

Και θα το πω στη μάνα τησ γαμπρό τησ να με κάνει
And I will tell her mother, her bridegroom, to make me