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Love & Tobacco. A Perfect reason to quit smoking.

“I tampakera”
Music: Iosif Ritsiardis
Lyrics: M. Traiforos, G. Giannakopoulos

I came across this song, as I usually come across anything.  I stumble upon it.  I loved it.  It took me awhile to discover the lyrics translation and now I love the song even more.

The first clip is my favourite:

Fritzilia Martha (Such drama & agony in her performance!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phnfVQD2z0o&feature=related 

Oleg Pogudin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa-P3ZFYv3k&feature=related

Μαρινέλλα – Η ΤΑΜΠΑΚΙΕΡΑ (English Subtitles)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_NKnUUneg

Lyrics

Why did you give me this cigarette case?

Since you have thought slyly about me

And basically you want to keep me away

Why did you give me this cigarette case?

And basically you want to keep me away

Why did you give me this cigarette case?

I should not have taken your cigarette case

Because I see it and fall into deep melancholy

And I even think about quitting smoking

So that I can send you away from my mind for just a second

And I even think about quitting smoking

So that I can send you away from my mind for just a second

You never let me see a happy day

And you always liked to torture me

And maybe you gave me this cigarette case

So that smoking would also turn into nightmare for me

And maybe you gave me this cigarette case

So that smoking would also turn into nightmare for me

And now with autotranslator (try to make sense out of it!!!)

Τι μου τη χάρισες αυτή τη ταμπακέρα
αφού για μένα πονηρά έχεις σκεφτεί
κι αφού στο βάθος θέλεις να με κάνεις πέρα
τι μου τη χάρισες την ταμπακέρα αυτή;

Ποτέ δε μ’ άφησες να δω μιαν άσπρη μέρα
και σου γουστάρει πάντα να με τυραννάς
κι ίσως μου χάρισες αυτή την ταμπακέρα
για να μου γίνει και το κάπνισμα βραχνάς.

Την ταμπακέρα σου δεν έπρεπε να πάρω
γιατί τη βλέπω και βαθιά μελαγχολώ
μέχρι που σκέφτομαι να κόψω το τσιγάρο
για να σε διώξω μια στιγμή απ’ το μυαλό.

What gave me a cigarette roller

after this evil for me because you think too deep in

You want to do beyond

what gave me the cigarette roller that?

Never leave me to see an white day

and still likes you tormenting me

and perhaps I gave this to my cigarette case

made and smoking nightmare.

The cigarette case you should not get

why I see and deeply sadden to think

that to quit smoking in order

to chase away a moment from your mind