Please translate from Greek to English, "San Ton Metanasti"

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  1. tomvolley said:

    Smile Please translate from Greek to English, "San Ton Metanasti"

    Please translate from Greek to English, the song, "San Ton Metanasti", as sung by George Dalaras.

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    Amethystos said:

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    Title: San to metanasti
    Lyrics: Lefteri Papadopoulos
    Music: Omer Zulfi Livaneli
    Sung by Maria Farantouri
    Lp: I Maria Farantouri tragouda Livaneli (Minos 1982)
    Track no: 07

    Link to song -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PIel7fvYQg&fmt=18

    Σαν τον μετανάστη στη δική σου γη
    Like an immigrant in your land
    μέρα νύχτα λύνεις δένεις την πληγή
    night and day, you tie and untie the bandage
    κι όλα γύρω ξένα κι όλα πετρωμένα
    and all around, everything's strange, everything's petrified
    και δεν ξημερώνει να 'ρθει χαραυγή
    and it's not dawning for the day brake to come

    Στράγγισε η ζωή σου που αιμορραγεί
    Your life, that's being bleeding, drained
    κάθε ώρα τρόμος πόνος και κραυγή
    every hour a terror a pain and a scream
    και σ' ακούν οι ξένοι κι ο αδερφός σωπαίνει
    and you've been listened by strangers, and (your) brother's keeping quite
    αχ δεν είναι άλλη πιο βαθιά πληγή
    oh there's no other wound, more deep (than this)

    Σύρμα κι άλλο σύρμα και χοντρό γυαλί
    A wire and another one and thick glass
    μάτωσε ο ήλιος την ανατολή
    East is full of blood cause sun's bleeding
    κλαις κι αναστενάζεις "αχ ξενιτιά" φωνάζεις
    you're crying and sighing, yelling "oh migration"
    μα η ελπίδα μαύρο κι άπιαστο πουλί
    But hope is a black and elusive bird



    Ps: There's also a Turkish translation in the following link-> http://stixoi.info/stixoi.php?info=T...ails&t_id=2341

    Last edited by Amethystos; 11-25-2009 at 07:56 AM.
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