Title: Ipa na figo Lyrics: Lefteri Papadopoulos Music: Yianni Spanos Firstly sung by Yianni Parios LP: Odos Aristotelous (Minos - 1974) Track no: 01 (Side a)
Είπα να φύγω μα με κράταγε η λύπη,
I thought of leaving but sorrow prevented me,
είπα να μείνω αλλά είχα κουραστεί.
I thought of staying but I felt fed up.
Ώσπου αντάμωσα ένα άγιο καρδιοχτύπι,
Until I met a "holly" heartbeat,
κι είπα να σπάσω του καημού μου την κλωστή.
and decided to break my pain's thread.
Ένας κερδίζει στην αγάπη κι άλλος χάνει,
In love, one wins the other loses,
μα όποιος κέρδισε δεν είναι ο νικητής.
but the one who wins is not the winner.
Πάντα το δάκρυ του χαμένου τόνε φτάνει
(Cause) Always the tear of the looser catches him up
για να του σβήσει το τραγούδι της γιορτής
so as to mute the song of his feast.
"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"