I hope that you won't mind translating the authentic song, rather than Papakonstantinou's version.
So Nikolas Asimos used to write and sell his songs, after copying them to tapes, directly to people.
That's why there's no professional recording with his voice over this particular song.
Link to song -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1uNnCbKiqI&fmt=18
IMPORTANT!!!!!!!Well there's something strange about this song.
Sometimes singer's using "you" to talk to his girlfriend,and sometimes to the whole society.
Therefor I would add an asterisk like this (*) beside the lyrics he's talking to people...
θα΄ρθω κανα βράδυ να σε βρω
There'll be a night, that I'll come to find you
και το μυστικό μου να σου πω
and tell you my secret
το΄ψαξα πολύ για να το πω σε σένα
I really thought it a lot about confessing it to you
κι ας με θεωρήσουν παλαβό
even if I will be counted as a weird guy
μέσα απ' τα σκοτάδια κι απ' το φως
through darkness and light
είμαι εγώ ο γιός του καθενός
I represent everyone's son
με τη λευτεριά μου έχω γίνει ένα
I've united with my freedom
και δεν είμαι πιόνι κανενός
and I'm noone's pawn (here with the meaning of piece of chess)
στα παιχνίδια όλων σας έκανα χαλάστρα
I was ruining the games of all of you (*)
για κανέναν πούστη δε θυσιάζομαι
I won't sacrifice myself for any faggot
με έχουν και για ανόητο και χαμένη φάτσα
they count me as a foolish one and a looser
μα στην αγκαλιά σου εκστασιάζομαι
but in your arms I feel ecstatic
όσο κι αν θέτε δε θα με πάτε
No matter how much you want it, you won't take me (*)
κι που πλανάτε η βία
where violence spreads
κι η αποχάβνωση
and dullness
πίστη δεν έχω μήτε πατρίδα
I've got no faith nor homeland
με διώξατε όλοι, μα ΄σένα
you all chased me away(*), but you
σε θέλω ζωντανή
I want you to be alive
δε το λέω για να παινευτώ
I'm not saying this to praise myself
ζήταγα πολύ ν΄αγαπηθώ
I was too much asking, to be loved
έδωσα τα πάντα και τα ξαναδίνω
I offered everything and I'll do it again
και γι αυτό μπορώ να σ΄αγαπώ
and that's why I can love you
δεν θα αναγνωρίσεις να με δεις
You won't recognize me if you face me
είμαι κυνηγός κι ονειρευτής
I'am a hunter and a dreamer
μη σε παγιδέψουν σε καμιά βιτρίνα
you shouldn't get trapped in a showcase
και σε παραδείσους σου χαθείς
and get lost in some paradises of yours
παίζω με τους όρους σας (*)
I'm plying under your terms
τα χαρτιά και τ'άστρα
cards and stars
για να τη βολέψω εγώ δε νοιάζομαι
I don't bother getting cozy
όσα μ΄αποξένωσαν
all the things that turned me to stranger
ψεύτικα ήταν κάστρα
were artificial castles
και έχω βγει απ' έξω, δε τα χρειάζομαι
and I'm out of it, I don't need them
σε τούτο τον παλιόκοσμο
In this shitty world
ένας να ε να έμενε
If only one man could be left (alive)
κι ας θέλει η άγρια φύση σου και εκείνος
and (then) if your wild nature and him, wanted to
να διαβρωθεί
he could be rotten
αγαπησέ με, βλέμμα μου
love me, my glance
βοήθησε με, ψέμα μου
help me, my lie
δύσκολο να πεθάνουμε καρδιά μου
it's hard for us to die, my heart
φοβάμαι τη ζωή
I'm afraid of life itself.
Last edited by Amethystos; 02-24-2010 at 10:49 AM.
"Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
You will never find that life for which you are looking.
When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
but life they retained in their own keeping"