Vocals, arrangement & video by Farya Faraji. This is a clip I filmed during my trip to Greece in May. I actually wasn't planning to cover this song, as I didn't even know it existed when I went on the trip. My Greek friends in the Peloponnese convinced me to go see Santorini (Thira), something I was reluctant to do at first because I expected it to be completely commercialised and touristic, but thankfully, at that time of the year at least, I discovered an island that still had some authentic charm left to it. I asked the locals what their regional style of music was, and I discovered the existence of Nisiotika, the traditional style centered mostly around that of the Cyclades and Dodecanese Islands. Falling in love with it immediately, I knew I had to cover one of their songs in the two days that I had in Santorini, so I quickly learned this song, Armenaki, probably the most well known example of the genre. Nisiotika and more specifically, the music of the Cyclades Islands is characterised mainly by the usage of the lyra or violin, the santouri and the lauto used to provide chord progressions. I didn't have access to the first, so I decided to build the instrumentation around the latter two. The tsampouna bagpipe is also a traditional instrument of these islands. Greek Lyrics: Αρμενάκι είμαι κυρά μου Πάρε με, πάρε με Έλα πάρε με Και στην αγκαλιά σου μέσα Βαλε με, βάλε με Έλα βάλε με Έλα βάρκα να με πάρεις Πάρε με πάρε με Έλα πάρε με Σε νησιώτικο λιμάνι Βγάλε με βγάλε με Έλα βγάλε με Romanised lyrics: Armenáki ímai kirá mou Páre me, páre me Éla páre me Kai stin angaliá sou mésa Vale me, vále me Éla vále me Éla várka na me páris Páre me páre me Éla páre me Se nisiótiko limáni Vgále me vgále me Éla vgále me English translation: Armenaki I am, my dear, Take me, take, Come take me, And put me inside your arms, Put me inside your arms, Come, boat, and take me, Take me, To an island port take me, Come and take me, The lyrics are very hard to translate for a non-Greek speaker so if any of my Greek subscribers has a better translation, don't hesitate to write them down in the comments and I'll update the description.

Love from Armenia 🇦🇲 ❤️

Armenian still has the name Armenak, that's my uncle's name. Love Greece 🇬🇷 from Armenia 🇦🇲 ❤ 🇬🇷

Love Hellas from Italia 🇬🇷🇮🇹

Nice work. Love Greece from Serbia 🇷🇸🇬🇷

"Greeks never cease to amaze me. They are always inventing something new..." *-Emperor Augustus*

I like Greek music and language, from Turkiye

Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸❤🇬🇷

🇷🇸🇬🇷 Love Greece from Serbia

Magistral hermano Farya. 🇪🇦🇬🇷🇮🇹❤️

Amazing how music survives the generations, this is a sound that’s always presents in our parties, love from an Armenian. ❤💙🧡

Loved it Farya. Really nice job!! Greetings from Athens, Greece 🇬🇷👋🏻💙

The music was great, but so was the video component... great stuff Farya and thanks for sharing!

Wonderful as always. This is nitpicking but here is my translation: Armenaki I am, my dear Take me, take me Come on take me And inside your hug Place me, place me Come on place me Come boat, to take me Take me, take me Come on take me To an island port Leave me, leave me Come on leave me Αρμενακι in this context is a small sail boat I believe.

Beautiful work as always my friend 🇬🇷🇬🇷

Your shots of the sea (especially during sundown/sunrise), the shot at around 2:30 with your silhouette and the warm colours in the background, and the man in the traditional clothing, are some of the many beautiful shots of this video. You are a wonderful photographer, a skill of yours that I believe often gets less attention than your great musical abilities, but is no less impressive.

OPA, FARYA LEVENTI! ΟΠΑ, Φαρυα Λεβεντη! Να σε χαιρεται η καλη σου Μανα Και στις χαρες σου! Μπραβο! Amazing depiction / representation. Like a true Hellene!

I'm not a native Greek but I know the language, and while I don't know what to make of the first verse with that είμαι, Αρμενάκι is I kind of boat, so the rest of the song gives the impression of being sung to a boat (or sailor, metaphorically), figurative or otherwise, asking it to take the singer afar. Nice version, I love Greek folklore.

Greetings from Lahestan ,my Sarmatian brother.

Love the cinematography in this one

Greetings from Santorini...nice work

0:35 even the cat is chilling listening to Farya’s voice

I remember this song! ella pareme ...about the Cyclades Islands

Time and time again somehow you find the most beautiful Greek songs that I never knew existed

The song is amazing the visuals are great but THAT GUITAR TUNE IS LEGENDARY

Νά’σαι καλά αδελφε! “I am a sailing boat, my lady, so take me open your embrace and take me in Go ahead boat, and take me Travel me to an islands port..”

Well this is absolutely beautiful! My father was Greek from the island of see me and my mother was Scandinavian

I don't actually speak greek, but I am learning it, as well as Latin, Turkish, Russian and Portugese

Amazing shots! The scenery also helps a lot. Greece is indeed the most magical place on earth.

Another great piece as always! The instruments remind me a lot of the Taverns of Elounda

Listening from Iranian Azerbaijan, Urmia❤ Farya, keep going we need unity.

Thank you brother 🇬🇷🔥

This is one of my favorite songs Amazing execution as always

Amazing production as usual. Makes me excited to visit my family's home of Mytilene next year. Lesvos was under Ottoman control until 1915, and culturally there is some Turkish influence on the island. Since you do both Greek and Turkish music it would be cool if you did something from Lesvos. My family also lived in Eyvali before the war, which used to be a Greek town. I remember hearing some old folk Greek/Turk hybrid music when I was a kid but I've forgotten what it was called now.

Beautiful song, I feel like I am going to buy something from a merchant in an RPG

Wonderful work Farya! I love this version of Armenaki,and that of the Greek singer Giannis Parios aswell

The most amazing part of listening to your music, is that it's syncing with my collage and that I am making some studies about ancient civilisations ... I am literally living there ❤

Farya you always amaze everyone in your audiance i hope you will get the attention you realy deserve 👏👏👏

wonderful music

Great stuff, man, again. Nailed the accent too. You clearly have a penchant for languages

Very beautiful song from iran ❤️

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beautiful pronunciation

I love your music ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Nice music brothers 🇹🇷❤️🇬🇷

Արմենակի 🙌💞🇦🇲🇬🇷

🧿Ωραία!🧿Σε ευχαριστώ και πάλι Farya🙏. When we return to Hellas we leave the bustle of Αθήνας and go to our isle of Σίφνου in these Κυκλάδες that we love too. It has been some time since we went, yet your hellenic music and vocals take us back to the dry hot days and cooler nights there, the blue, blue skies, the briny smell of the clear blue Αιγαίου πελάγους 🌊and the heady rattle of the ever present, yet welcome cicadas. 🧿

the base rhythm and melody is so beautiful

Amazing. What a gifted man.

Glorious!

Wow, Farya, what a cover and what a video!!!

Spent the whole day listening to your music. Man, thank god for your existence and your ability to produce these amazing pieces.

Another great song. Could you please do a historical song from Saxony, Eastern Germany?

I discovered this great channel listening to SPQR epic roman music march, and I was shocked by the superlative quality that you compose, of course I am a new follower in your space, I have no doubt that the Greek god Orpheus master of the Lyre listens to this music and honors you for such a musical masterpiece, the images of Greece are mesmerizing!!

👁️🍇👁️I like the Greek music in her voice, she is plaintiff and questioning at the same time. And Santorini? Ours live friends like heaven on earth. 👼🌲🤶🌟🤔😀😀😀👋

You are an inspiration…..

I was already ready to respond “no cats this time 💔”, but praise be, they are there! Amazing work again, god bless!

Just thank you for that music ...

Amazing. I'm sure Greece is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. The only part of Greece I've been to is Zakynthos. I was there in early July 2008 when I was eighteen in that year. I had a nice holiday over there but it was also very hot. Greetings from Ireland

Dude nailed it, from song to video... can't stop listening, love it!

Alexander the great music

Господи, какая роскошная песня...

BELLISSIMA TERRA DIO VOLLE LA GRECIA! la lingua greca ha una soavità sonora, tonda, morbida, un predominio linguistico sulle lingue di 5000 anni fa, che attribui a quella civiltà la paternità dell'occidente.

that guy at 2:50 a reenactor, or just a true patriot? Probably both xd

What is your favorite culture of music to create? With how many cultures you represent I can't help but wonder which your favorite is.

Félicitations et merci surtout. 💙💙

Πολύ φοβερό βίντεο! Μπράβο!

Je ne comprends pas le grec mais c'est une très belle musique ! Merci pour ces chants qui nous transportent ! 😊 Avez-vous le projet un jour de... «Chanter, Farya Faraji, la colère du Péléide Achille, pernicieuse colère qui valut aux Achéens d'innombrables malheurs, précipita chez Hadès les âmes généreuses d'une foule de Héros, et fit de leur corps la proie des chiens et de tous les oiseaux... » ?

Greeks, is this how you say "long live Greece for all time"? "Ζητώ η Ελλάδα για τα πάντα"🌎❤🇬🇷🌍❤🇬🇷🌏❤🇬🇷🇺🇲❤🇬🇷

Your Greek songs are beautiful, perfect fit for such a majestic landscape. Thanks for this video! Also idk what the guy under the byzantine(?) flag is dressed as but he looks awesome lol

It's really beautiful 💙

From Kurdistan 💪 Love Greek 😙😙

Beautiful channel, you deserve way more views and subscribers! Lovely music from around the world. Could I request some traditional Russian songs?

I love Ellada! I am greec

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Bro there’s something wrong with your subscriber count should be 455k subs not 45.5k…keep the great work up👍

Remember dancing with the village people to this melody in my youth living in a village in Greece Epirus for a while. Saturday night at a taverna at a beach , lonely and beautiful after hard work. Love to the Greek people 💖. Thank you for your beautiful presentation of this souldriving song.

Weird to think the instrument that we use in our folk music and call the "hammered dulcimer" is actually an ancient and global instrument. It is a harp laid horizontal and played with hammers essentially. And I can hear something identical here. I have also read that one if the prominent instruments in the Bible is essentially the same thing.

Love from Türkiye! 🙋‍♂️🇹🇷

beautiful

Great

damn dude your pronunciation is great

Very nice song about brotherhood

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Good

Your vocal reminds of byzantine tone and sound. Great and balanced singing

The famous Souvlakis strikes back

Great cover Farya. Would you recommend visiting Greece in May, like you stated in the description, to avoid tourists?

Love your music. Do you have plans to put any more of it on your Spotify?

Two old ancient enemy big empire-Persian and Greek😄

Day 2 of asking Farya Faraji to make a crimean tatar song

Это по греческий???

Would you consider making Uyghur music regarding to Yarkand Khanate or the Karakhanids

That is Demis Roussos's "Fara Away" melody

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I see you always do music for different cultures in history… but never an Arab one, I wonder why my iranian friend? 🧐

Does Armenaki have anything to do etymologically with Armenia?

Good job 💜 it's in English too. I think it's "far away" he will come someday.

Nice japanese song

farya faraji's musics : iranian - greek - turkish other nations : are we carrot ?