The stairs lead to a Kafeníon, (j'ai mis la virgule là car je pense que tu veux dire que le café a maintenant été aménagé pour offrir cette belle vue à ses clients) now with a stunning view over the city of Syros. On one wall are hung two essential rembetiko instruments : bouzouki and Banglamas. Beside them, a photograph of Markos Vamvakaris watches with a wistful look. Born a few houses away in a Catholic family, hence his nickname Frangos, the Français, the voice of the master of Piraeus rembetiko still echoes through the streets of Syros.
The legend of "Frangosyriani", his greatest success, is transmitted from generation to generation. Here it is: twenty years after his departure, Markos went back singing in his native island. The room was packed. "When I sing and play the bouzouki, I always look at the ground. I deal with people, I cannot watch them. But that night, I turned my head and saw a beautiful girl! Her eyes were black, but that night, I could not turn my head again. Thinking about it, I took my pencil and wrote: There's a flame in my heart as if you have bewitched me, sweet girl of Syros. When I returned to Piraeus, I wrote "Frangosyriani" (Catholic women). I never knew her name and she never knew that the song was dedicated to her". The first 78rpm of (est-ce que c'est un disque 78 tours, ou un disque enregistré en 1978 ? J'ai mis comme si c'était un 78 tours) Markos Karadouzeni is often considered as the first bouzouki record in Greece.