Καλησπέρα όλους! I have a question regarding the neutral noun - το πέλαγος, and the feminine noun η θάλασσα. In my native language both equal to the Ocean/the Sea.

Can someone explain the difference?

Ευχαριστώ 🙏

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lp4WiZ4IE

Within the song the words are: οχι οχι μη την λυπάσαι πξεφτικα ηταν το φαι της. Any help would be appreciated

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Calling this a translation seems to have caused confusion, it is a rewrite using an existing melody. I just did this for fun and for something to hum while learning, one of my favorite Swedish songs, En Karusell by ABBA. I started out just having ChatGPT do its best to to translate the song and make it rhyme, then went in making line by line changes for tone and clarity, looking up replacements on my own and running the grammar by Gemini.

The syllable counts fit but I'm not sure in music, is it ok if emphasis is placed on a syllable that is not accented, or if a non accented syllable is stretched? For example [An edit has already been suggested for this verse]:

Πάρε το ρίσκο

τι θα προσφέρει;

Ίσως φέρει κάτι καλό

Έξαψη

In order to match the melody, the bolded syllables are emphasized. I could modify the rhythm slightly to emphasize the accented syllables like this:

Πάρε το ρίσκο

τι θα προσφέρει;

Ίσως φέρει κάτι καλό

Έξαψη

But it's not always possible and even here cannot be applied consistently. I'm not familiar enough with Greek language music to know when the singer is emphasizing an accent vs. when emphasis is for tone or to assist the melody. Here is a link to the original, and my full reinterpretation:

Πάρε το ρίσκο  
τι θα προσφέρει;  
Ίσως φέρει κάτι καλό
Έξαψη

Μα ποιος ξέρ’ 
έτσι είν' η ζωή
μια μεγάλη αναστάτωση

Ένας γερανός
δηλαδή ζωή  
απλά μια μεγάλη άγρια σύγχυση

Γελαστή κυρία  
ο νάνος κι ο κλόουν  
Στη σκηνή περπατείς  
κι εσύ τρομάζεις

Ένας γερανός
κι ας γυρνάει  
κι αν σε ζαλίζει  
πάλι κρατάει  

Κάποιος σε σφίγγει  
και τον άλλο σφίγγεις  
και η ακτίνα τρέμει
ένας γερανός

Μπορείς να πέσεις  
αν δεν κρατηθείς  
Πρόσεχε τις άκρες
μη γλιστρήσεις  

Η ζωή είν' αυθόρμητη
Ο γερανός πάει όπου θέλει  

Ένας γερανός
δηλαδή ζωή  
απλά μια μεγάλη άγρια σύγχυση

Γελαστές κυρίες
ο νάνος κι ο κλόουν  
Στη σκηνή περπατείς  
κι εσύ τρομάζεις

Ένας γερανός
κι ας γυρνάει  
κι αν σε ζαλίζει πρέπει να κρατηθείς  

Κάποιος σε σφίγγει  
και τον άλλο σφίγγεις  
και η ακτίνα τρέμει
ένας γερανός

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