Antonio Torres Heredia (Romancero Gitano) by Mikis Theothorakis/Classical Guitar Duo

Capture of Antonio el Camborio on the road to Seville

Dark as the green moon, he walks slowly and gracefully.
His blue-black curls shine between his eyes.
Half-way, he plucks round lemons and throws them
into the water till he makes it golden.
And half-way, the Guardia Civil take him away,
under the branches of an elm.
The gipsies who used to go alone on the mountains
have now disappeared!
The old knives are rusty under the dust.
At nine in the evening they take him
to prison while the sky shines like a foal's croup.

Music: Mikis Theodorakis
Poetry: Federico Garcia Lorca
Transcription for Guitar Duo: Yiannis Iliopoulos
Guitars: Tasos Chatzioannou & Dimitris Mountouris
Recorded at Subway Recording Studios by Vangelis Sapounas
Athens 2025