Pavlos Pavlidis / Παύλος Παυλίδης

I the little lamb of god
Lost in the South, forsaken, born somewhere else
I know that Troy will always be miles away
And beautiful Helen will now have grown old

I’m going out in the street sworn to enter
The palaces of sun, to be able to sing
The song of the goat with a lethal voice
And then cry, disappear in the silence

The king of dust

The years will pass, the wheel shall turn
It will all be like before, it’ll all be different
I’ll be looking for you on the streets you wandered, but you
Will have turned into a shadow, it’ll all be gone

One night the moon will glow madly
Your shadow will spread across narrow street
The trips, the friends, the hugs, the kisses
In a blurry world, away…away

The king of dust

Years have passed since the year of dragon
Now you might not remember a thing
But the wheel of life keeps turning eternally
And when the snow melts,
Come to find me

The king of dust

[translator's note-
the song of goat: the origin of "tragic" is derived from the word "tragos" which means "male goat". In ancient Greece they used the goats to offer sacrifices to gods and praise them, and "tragedy" literally means "ode of the male goat"]

Sorrow changes facades,
a girl is looking at me,
she dances, then she flies,
over the bars and the speakers.

She has nothing to hide,
some times instead of crying,
she dances and it’s as if she’s saying
break the door if it doesn’t open.

Sorrow changes facades,
she pulls her hair back,
you remind me of a little lady,
but I always forget her name.

Who would take on sorrow
the more you resist she wins,
to whomever throws her off the throne
you, she says, I only want.

When the concert is over
some kids come near me
in her dusty archives
they said they saw my name.

And I start to laugh
sorrow changes facades
They ask if I love her
If I’ll miss her even just a bit…

Old photograph
on the empty beach
silence.

I watch from the balcony
the road which is obscured by
the rain.

They say that in the land where you were shipwrecked
the witches reign.
They sink into the deep and expel you
in the foam.

They say that you left us, in the waves
charms and messages.
They found them, the birds, and disappeared
suddenly.

The city like a ship
turns on its lights-
celebration.

I remember when you laughed
you asked me to stay
a child.

They say that in the land where you were shipwrecked
the witches reign.
They sink into the deep and expel you
in the foam.

They say that you left us, in the waves
charms and messages.
They found them, the birds, and disappeared
suddenly.

(translation: Eva Johanos)

On the first time was like a fire was grabbed
somewhere deep inside, something in my soul
I was looking at the flames and the air far away
changing slowly the shades of the desert

By dancing, you showed me within five minutes
what nowhere means, and how time is getting lost
That if you believe it truly love really can
That if you let yourself go, then the road leads you

Since then years have passed, waters flowed
However somewhere deep inside, the fire is still burning
I am sorry that I left that night secretly
rushed and without apologizing

The only thing I would want if someday I see you again
Is to say thank you, for the miracle I saw
And to give for a last time the rhythm
to your crazy dance, to the white storm