Nikos Antypas

At night I set off from Thebes
Castles and gates i praised
It was the break of dawn
and i began

On the chariot of fruitful time
Beyond fate and on my own
The plain was throwing my dust away
At the borders of the nameless

Tormenting destiny of man
Thebes Albania Omonia
So ancient
And infinite

Which land pushes you away
And which one needs you
Which land cares about you
Which icon
Does tremble on the chest of the world
Like the rebirth of a living God
That’s taking too long

Ποια πατρίδα σε διώχνει
Και ποια σε χρειάζεται
Ποια σε νοιάζεται γη
Ποια εικόνα
Στα στήθια του κόσμου τραντάζεται
Σαν ανάσταση ζώντος Θεού
Που αργεί

Sometimes when sleep doesn’t take me
I imagine that I run like the wind
with a velvet onrush
with my stellar body
and…

Small sword like a black ace
my heart is in the deck
you are my Jack, you gave me heartache
decorate me, kiss me, kisse me, speak about me.

Ach, Alice in Wonderland
such nights what are you seeking
only wolves of money
bark and eros trembles.

These leaves before they became a forest
were pages which I read to you
I, a deer, become a hunter
decorate me, kiss me, kiss me, speak about me.

Ach, century of miracles
what is love, you tell me
from the copies of the bodies
for only ecstasy to snatch you

I take my quiver
how many meters away from me is madness
become my love my stone also
a long face for the lengths I go to, laugh

I will be victorious at your end
Your William Tell laugh
a fairytale for the masses like us

(translation: Eva Johanos)

Θα νικήσω εγώ στο τέλος σου
Γουλιέλμος Τέλλος σου γέλα
παραμύθι για πλήθη σαν κι εμάς.