Argyris Loulatzis / Αργύρης Λούλατζης

It is heavy, the tear, at the edge of forgetting
my darling** don’t be afraid
Let us find paradise, drink the evening
my blossom, don’t wilt

On your hands you spread my hands
at dawn, you touched my wings
nowhere, amethyst the time
like a prayer you whisper alone

Become the whole world and stay in my fire
silver and poet
Bring wine to a star, the secrets you know
my darling don’t deny them

On your hands you spread my hands
at dawn, you touched my wings
nowhere, amethyst the time
like a prayer you whisper alone

(translation: Eva Johanos
*Amethyst: also means not drunk; the crystal can be used to protect from the excesses of alcohol
**my darling: literally, “my eyes”- fond term of endearment)

Rain started pouring down, and dream magic
my holy faces,* I will come to find you
and midnight in the coolness of the stars
I will give birth to the apocrypha** of the world

In dream magic I will lose myself
I will unite souls and I will hold you

My first life and my first love
in a crystal tear I will dream of you
And if I will see a time in which I shall say good-bye to you
like purple water I hold the taste of you

In dream magic I will lose myself
I will unite souls and I will hold you

(translation: Eva Johanos
*faces: this word can also refer to individual people
**apocrypha: secrets, especially of religions)