Vicky Moscholiou

You left and went away,
clouds covered over the heart,
the songs were erased from the lips,
the flowers withered all around…
And in the dusk
a voice whispers to me
secretly
that you will never return.

In the big streets I walk,
I search for you with my look,
it is as if your steps are echoing
and the pain is pulling me close to you…
And in the dusk
a voice whispers to me
secretly
that you will never return.

The birds in the branches are silent,
our old nest is deserted,
grass grew on our doorstep,
they have taken you away from my arms…
But in the dusk
a voice whispers to me
secretly
that you will never return.

Στα κλαδιά σωπαίνουν τα πουλιά,
έρημη η παλιά μας η φωλιά,
φύτρωσε στην πόρτα μας χορτάρι,
απ’ τα χέρια μου σ’ έχουνε πάρει.
Μα τα δειλινά
μια φωνή μου ψιθυρίζει
μυστικά
δε θα γυρίσεις πια.

I don’t know how much I love you
there is no measure for love.
It is higher than the sun
and it cannot be seen by the eye

It was a spark in the beginning
and a small drip of a rain
and the spark became a blaze
and the drop, a sea

The love which bound us,
pain it will not know.
We are two stalagmites
from the same source

It was a spark in the beginning
and the small drip of a rain
and the spark became a blaze
and the drop, a sea

Ήταν μια σπίθα στην αρχή
και μιας βροχής ψιχάλα
κι έγινε η σπίθα πυρκαγιά
και πέλαγος η στάλα

Today became evening early
and no one sees you
you can’t stay awake
and you must not sleep

My moon of the sea
my seabird
in the sky of which heart
shall I come to revive you?

I saw the deserted beach
the lights of the departure
don’t go down the stairs
let me kiss you first

(translation: Eva Johanos)

Είδα στην έρμη ακρογιαλιά
του χωρισμού τα φώτα
μην κατεβαίνεις τα σκαλιά
να σε φιλήσω πρώτα

The star and moon are extinguished
and the night became a bitter wound
where is the young man now
in which harbour, which wide ocean

In thunder and rain I pray silently
that you’ll have the sun’s company in the clouds

All the roads of the world closed
the day vanished the light set
I ask the night and the passers-by
where the friend is where the brother is

In thunder and rain I pray silently
that you have the sun’s company in the clouds

Στον κεραυνό και στη βροχή
κάνω κρυφά μια προσευχή
να ‘χεις τον ήλιο συντροφιά
στη συννεφιά

Every time you start down some road, in life
Don’t wait for the dark of night to find you
Keep your eyes open night and day
because in front of you there is always a net spread [to catch you]
Keep your eyes open night and day
because in front of you there is always a net spread [to catch you]

If ever you get caught in its mesh
nobody will be able to get you out
find the edge of the web by yourself
and if you are lucky, start out again
find the edge of the web by yourself
and if you are lucky, start out again

That net has dark, heavy names
that are written in a sealed book
Some call it the treachery of the nether world
and some call it the love of the first springtime

If ever you get caught in its mesh
nobody will be able to get you out
find the edge of the web by yourself
and if you are lucky, start out again
find the edge of the web by yourself
and if you are lucky, start out again

Αν κάποτε στα βρόχια του πιαστείς,
κανείς δεν θα μπορέσει να σε βγάλει,
μονάχος βρες την άκρη της κλωστής
κι αν είσαι τυχερός ξεκινά πάλι.

The trains that departed
my loves took away,
my loves that are crying,
wondering which fate put a spell on them;

Give me a hand to grab on to
to grab, and hold on to,
just a smile, and a gaze
and the heart will resurrect .

The train took you
bird, my swallow
The night engulfed you
and I became a lonely orphan

Το τρένο σε πήρε
πουλί, χελιδόνι μου.
Σε τύλιξ’ η νύχτα
κι ορφάνεψα μόνη μου.

I took colors from youth
and from love, thread
and I wove a dream
that was beautiful, but what a shame
you walked all over it
with your first step.

But I want to find joy in my life
and for that, I don’t fight with the weather
and for that, I don’t fight with the weather
if one love left me, another I will find.

In the garden of the heart
you misled me and entered.
My perfumes and the blossoms
you found in my love;
you stepped on my flowers
and like a thief you exited.

(translation: Eva Johanos)

Στο περιβόλι της καρδιάς
με πλάνεψες και μπήκες.
Τα μύρα μου και τους ανθούς
στον έρωτά μου βρήκες,
πάτησες τα λουλούδια μου
και σαν τον κλέφτη βγήκες.