ASTORIA
Sto
kyma pou pai tous ehasan, pote irthan
ksehasan
Kitan ti zoi, vrikan yi prin pane stin
Ameriki
sti mesi akrivos mia peloria, mia
poli-nisi
tora pia den in'oute edo out'eki, sti
mesi akrivos i Astoria
Stis yiortes mirazoun tis efhes
stin iyia sas, stin iyia sas
grafoun grammata san prosefhes
ke rotan yia ta dika sas
Pios kseri pou? Pios kseri pos perna?
Sto kyma pou pai tous ehasan, pou piyeni
ksehasan
Kitan ti zoi siopi sta dyo spasmeni
me kseni foni sti mesi akrivos, san
eponymo
pou'hi hathi, to miso tou mono ine akoma
eki
monaho, mikro ke anonymo
Stis yiortes mirazoun tis efhes
stin iyia sas, stin iyia sas
grafoun grammata san prosefhes
ke rotan yia ta dika sas
Pios kseri pou? Pios kseri pos perna? |
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ASTORIA
At the
passing by waves they lost them, they've
forgotten when they arrived
They're looking at life, they found a
land before they reached America
right in the middle, it was huge, a
city-island
And now they're neither here, nor there,
they're right in the middle, in Astoria
During holidays they're handing out
wishes
To your health, to your health
The letters they write are like prayers
and keep asking you for your life
Who knows? Where? Who knows how he's
doing?
At the passing by waves they lost them,
where they are heading they forgot
They're looking at life, a silence broken
in two
by a foreign voice, right in the middle,
like a surname
that's been lost, only its first half is
still there
alone, small and anonymous
During holidays they're handing out
wishes
To your health, to your health
The letters they write are like prayers
and keep asking you for your life
Who knows? Where? Who knows how he's
doing?
NOTES:
(1)Astoria refers to Astoria, in New York,
where a big
Greek-American community is residing.
(2)"To your health" - Greek way
of saying "Cheers,"
similar expressions exist in most
languages -
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/cheers.htm |
