Stellios Kazantzidis

The sea is deep,
and love is big
I have a pain in my soul
and who will remove it

The sea is sweet,
a caress together with a teardrop
and it rolls me foaming
to the end of the horizon

The sea is a child,
he runs and I cannot reach him
a child in his love also
which like a child I lose

Το πέλαγο είναι παιδί,
τρέχει και δεν το φτάνω
παιδί και στην αγάπη του,
που σαν παιδί το χάνω.

As long as there are letters
which leave to go to foreign lands
my own songs
will be full of pain.

I know many who live abroad
who have roots here
to two loves one heart
which they have divided between them.

Since my homeland
you pull me out by my roots
homeland is
where you land.

As long as there are people
who have two homelands
my songs will be
fires and floods.

Living separation
burns you and dissolves you
it is an unhealed heartache
for those who live alone.

Since my homeland
you pull me out by my roots
homeland is
where you land.

(translation: Eva Johanos)

Αφού πατρίδα μου
με ξεριζώνεις
πατρίδα είναι
όπου στεριώνεις.