Vaso Alayiannis

I set out to write a song
and you came into my mind
I said I would cut a flower
and you came into my mind once again.

I look for you in the world
you are nowhere
I turn on all the lights
and it is dark.

You left without a farewell
without explanation
and I remained with your perfume
and bitter reminders.

(translation: Eva Johanos)

Έφυγες δίχως ένα γεια σου
χωρίς εξήγηση
κι έμεινα με το άρωμά σου
και με πικρή τη θύμηση.

I made my loneliness
a window into my dreams
and there came a seagull and he sat
and spoke to me boldly.
He told me: look how I fly
and from on high I watch
that’s how I saw yur dreams
and I am now before you.

He told me other things- he told me other things
until it began to sprinkle…
come, he said, let’s go now
we are not afraid of the storm…

We will fly everywhere
I have a windstorm in my mind
lightning in my heart
sky my dreams.

I made my loneliness
into a story in my dreams
and he came and sat, a seagull
and spoke to me boldly.

(translation: Eva Johanos)

Έκανα τη μοναξιά μου
παραμύθι στα όνειρά μου
κι ήρθε κι έκατσε ένας γλάρος
και μου μίλησε με θάρρος.