Very old song
Very old song
You can hear it here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZFUCWs9M-I
"Ας ερχόσουν γιά λίγο" a tango dedicated to Sophia Vembo by Mimi Traiforos
Music by Michalis Souyioul (1900-1958)
Lυrics by Mimi Traiforos (1912-1998)
Sung by Danai (born in 1913)
Year: 1948
Πού νάσαι αλήθεια το βράδυ αυτό;
Where could you be this night?
που είμαι μόνος, μα τόσο μόνος
that I'm alone, so lonely
και που μαζί μου παίζουν κρυφτό
and with me are playing "hide-and seek"
πότε η πλήξις και πότε ο πόνος
sometimes the boredom and sometimes the pain
Πού νάσαι αλήθεια το βράδυ αυτό
Where could you be this night?
που με χτυπάει τ' άγριο τ' αγέρι
that wild wind swings me
νάρθης και μ' ένα φιλί καυτό
(just) to come near me and with a hot kiss
να με γεμίσεις με καλοκαίρι
to fill me up with summertime
Ας ερχόσουν γιά λίγο
I wish you would come for a while
μοναχά γιά ένα βράδυ
just for a night
να γεμίσης με φως
to fill up with light
το φρικτό μου σκοτάδι
my frightening darkness
Και στα δυά σου τα χέρια
And into your arms
να με σφίξης ζεστά
to squeeze me warmly
ας ερχόσουν γιά λίγο
I wish you would come for a while
κι ας χανόσουν μετά
and disappear later
Που νάσαι νάρθης το βράδι αυτό
Where are you to be, to come this night
σ' αυτούς τους δρόμους που σ' αγαπούνε
in these streets that love you
το ντουετάκι τους το γνωστό
theirs little familiar duet
τα βηματά μας να ξαναπούνε
our footsteps to "sing" again
Που νάσαι να 'ρθης το βράδι αυτό
Where are you to be, to come this night
που 'γινε φύλλο ξερό η ελπίδα
that hope turned into dried leaf
Να ρθης κοντά μου να φυλαχτώ
(just) to come near me to have a shelter
από του πόνου την καταιγίδα
against pain's storms.
Last edited by lollipop; 08-21-2008 at 11:18 PM.
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"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"