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Στίχοι: Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου
Μουσική: Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου
Πρώτη εκτέλεση: Μελίνα Κανά
Κόβω τη θάλασσα στα δυο
κι ανοίγω μονοπάτι
στην αγκαλιά μου να `ρθεις ξανά
απ’ το βυθό του χάρτη
Να σταματήσεις τις ψευτιές
πως θέλεις να γυρίσεις
μα δήθεν πως ο Κύκλωπας
προβάλλει αντιρήσεις
Στρέφω το πρόσωπο ψηλά
στου ουρανού το θόλο
να δεις τη θλίψη των ματιών
μέσα από δορυφόρο
Να περιμένω άδικα
ξεθώριασε η μνήμη
αυτή η πλάνα ξενιτιά
πόσους δεν καταπίνει
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Lyrics: Thanasis Papakonstadinou
Music: Thanasis Papakonstadinou
First version: Melina Kana
I am cutting the sea in two
opening a pathway
for you to come back into my arms
from the depths of the map
You should stop pretending
that you want to come back
but that - as you say - the Cyclops
is raising objections
I am turning my face upwards
towards the murky sky
for to see the grief in my eyes
by way of a satellite
Waiting in vain
my memory has faded
Going to foreign lands, staying too long
how many are being swallowed.
| | | | Translator's note: Ξενιτιά=leaving one's own country for a foreign one (usually but not always out of poverty) and πλάνα means wide, drawn-out, long-drawn, stretched, and so on. Hence the unwieldy translation of the title. The is a modern woman's using the familiar metaphor of Ulysse's travels to tell her beloved it's time he returned from wherever he's gone to. A nice touch is the term "δορυφορος", which started life in Ancient Greek meaning "shield bearer", escaped into international scientific language as "doryphore" which is a potato-destroying insect, and in modern Greek means "satellite" (as in telecommunications). |  Geeske © 07-03-2006 @ 02:36 |
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