Barıs from Kkismettin by Antonis Antoniou

Choral section sang by Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots: Simge Akdogu, Sertunc Akdogu, Anastasia Demetriadou, Andreas Neocleous, Lefteris Moumtzis, Yiannis Christides, Demetris Yiasemides, Antonis Antoniou

* Barış: ‘peace’ in Turkish.
* Close them, seal them up: here the lyricist is referring to the checkpoints dividing Cyprus into two.
* Davul: large drum played with wooden sticks; zurna: wooden, double-reed flute. In Cyprus, these two instruments are associated with the Turkish-Cypriot community.

Tracklist

6.	Barıs	4:38

Lyrics

Barış*

Close them, seal them up so they don’t come through*
angel brothers will smash them

Gates and metal wires they jump over, laughing
beating the barrels to the rhythms of ecstatic dancing

Close them, seal them up, but they’ll come through
davul and zurna* will startle you
they’re making flower wreaths as presents
the caravans are now leaving with force

They’re echoing, they’re breaking down the walls
let’s go back to the beginning, barış, barış

* Barış: ‘peace’ in Turkish.
* Close them, seal them up: here the lyricist is referring to the checkpoints dividing Cyprus into two.
* Davul: large drum played with wooden sticks; zurna: wooden, double-reed flute. In Cyprus, these two instruments are associated with the Turkish-Cypriot community.

Barış*

Κλείστε, σφραγίστε τα να μεν περάσουν
αντζ̆έλοι καρτάσ̆ηες θα σας τα σπάσουν

Καντζ̆έλλια τζ̆αι ττέλλια ππηούν τα με γέλια
ρυθμούς για χορούς εκστατικούς φακκούν στα βαρέλια

Κλείστε, σφραγίστε τα, μα έννα περάσουν
νταούλια, ζουρνάες θα σας φαράσουν
με φκιόρα για δώρα πλέκουν στεφάνια
τωρά τζ̆αι με φόραν φεύκουν καραβάνια

Αντιλαλούν, τοίχους χαλούν
φτου που ξαρκής, μπαρίς̆, μπαρίς̆

Credits

from Kkismettin, released April 2, 2021
Antonis Antoniou

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