Tzeni Vanou / Τζένη Βάνου

‎I cannot live a minute without you
My love, it was destined to be.

I want to stay with you
I want to become your shadow
To alleviate every wound
That hurts you…

To close my eyes
And die when you kiss me
I want to stay with you
For ever…!

I feel you, I adore you, and I desire you
And if I ever lose you, I will go crazy.

I want to stay with you
I want to become your shadow
To alleviate every wound
That hurts you…

To close my eyes
And die when you kiss me
I want to stay with you
For ever…!”

Τα βλέφαρά μου να κλείνω
Να με φιλάς και να σβήνω
Θέλω κοντά σου να μείνω
Παντοτινά…!

I see you in my glass
and drinking i drink you
and when the drink’s used up
i dunno what i’ll be

Like an unwound watch
that does not take turn anymore
my mind has rested
in your figure

I see you in my glass
and drinking i drink you
and when the drink’s used up
i dunno what i’ll be

I drink since nine in the evening
and it’s half past three
and your recall teases
my mind

I see you in my glass
and drinking i drink you
and when the drink’s used up
i dunno what i’ll be

If you love me, my love
I will put on golden wings
and I will come at midnight
to take you out for a stroll

If you love me, my love
I will go out high on the castles
with the cloud of the heart
to greet the stars

If you love me, my love
I will secretly tell the Pleiades
to send for your sake
the hyacinths of the morning star

(translation: Eva Johanos)

Don’t ask me why I feel pain, handsome young man
Don’t ask me why I roam about on a moonless night,
Don’t ask me, don’t ask me, don’t count my steps,
throw your arms around the clouds, fly with the other birds,
throw your arms around the clouds, fly with the other birds.

Don’t ask me, and if you do ask me, you may be harmed
I did not learn, either, and neither will you learn,
don’t ask me, don’t ask me, don’t count my steps,
throw your arms around the clouds, fly with the other birds,
throw your arms around the clouds, fly with the other birds.

(translation: Eva Johanos)