Lupus

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Composed by Lumiere
Orchestration by Lumiere & Alexandros Livitsanos
Recorded by Thanos Kaleas (Kyriazis Studio, Athens, Greece)
Mixed by George Koltsiou & Dimitris Misirlis (Matrix Studios, Athens, Greece)
Mastered by James Plotkin
Produced by George Koltsiou

Piano: Lumiere
Cellos: Mihalis Porfiris, Aris Zervas, Giorgos Tamiolakis
Violins: Stamatella Spinoula, Thodoris Mouzakitis, Kostas Karitzis, Mihalis Vrettas
Double bass: Paraskevas Kitsos
Trumpet: Dimitris Gkogkas
Trombone: Spyros Vergis
French Horn: Giannis Gounaris
Clarinet: Spiros Nikas
Female Voice: Maira Milolidaki
Voice sample: Dimitris Horn reading the poem "The God abandons Antony" of C. P. Cavafy (Courtesy of the Center for Neo-Hellenic Studies, Mr. Manolis Savvidis and Mr. Theodosis Isaakides)

lyrics

Σὰν ἔξαφνα, ὥρα μεσάνυχτ’, ἀκουσθεῖ
ἀόρατος θίασος νὰ περνᾶ
μὲ μουσικὲς ἐξαίσιες, μὲ φωνές—
τὴν τύχη σου ποῦ ἐνδίδει πιά, τὰ ἔργα σου
ποῦ ἀπέτυχαν, τὰ σχέδια τῆς ζωῆς σου
ποῦ βγῆκαν ὅλα πλάνες, μὴ ἀνοφέλετα θρηνήσεις.
Σὰν ἕτοιμος ἀπὸ καιρό, σὰ θαρραλέος,
ἀποχαιρέτα την, τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρεια ποῦ φεύγει.
Πρὸ πάντων νὰ μὴ γελασθεῖς, μὴν πεῖς πῶς ἦταν
ἕνα ὄνειρο, πῶς ἀπατήθηκεν ἡ ἀκοή σου·
μάταιες ἐλπίδες τέτοιες μὴν καταδεχθεῖς.
Σὰν ἕτοιμος ἀπὸ καιρό, σὰ θαρραλέος,
σὰν ποῦ ταιριάζει σε ποῦ ἀξιώθηκες μιὰ τέτοια πόλι,
πλησίασε σταθερὰ πρὸς τὸ παράθυρο,
κι ἄκουσε μὲ συγκίνησιν, ἀλλ’ ὄχι
μὲ τῶν δειλῶν τὰ παρακάλια καὶ παράπονα,
ὡς τελευταία ἀπόλαυσι τοὺς ἤχους,
τὰ ἐξαίσια ὄργανα τοῦ μυστικοῦ θιάσου,
κι ἀποχαιρέτα την, τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρεια ποῦ χάνεις.
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When suddenly, at midnight, you hear
an invisible procession going by
with exquisite music, voices,
don’t mourn your luck that’s failing now,
work gone wrong, your plans
all proving deceptive—don’t mourn them uselessly.
As one long prepared, and graced with courage,
say goodbye to her, the Alexandria that is leaving.
Above all, don’t fool yourself, don’t say
it was a dream, your ears deceived you:
don’t degrade yourself with empty hopes like these.
As one long prepared, and graced with courage,
as is right for you who proved worthy of this kind of city,
go firmly to the window
and listen with deep emotion, but not
with the whining, the pleas of a coward;
listen—your final delectation—to the voices,
to the exquisite music of that strange procession,
and say goodbye to her, to the Alexandria you are losing.

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released October 9, 2020

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Lumiere Athens, Greece

Lumiere is an Athens based composer of post-classical, ambient and orchestral pop music.

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