Keep blue like Aegean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Galana (Blue) by Elena Paparizou

 

 

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Paro, Nakso, Mikono
Syro kai Folegandro
Kriti, Rodo, Ko kai Santorini
pano s'ena ditroxo
erota s'anazito
sti galazia aperantosini

Galana oneira
se nisia Ellinika
I patrida pou agapisa
I Ellada pou onireftika
pairnei xroma
ap' tou Aigaiou ta nera
i agapi pou perimena
i agapi pou fantastika
irthe apopse ki exei matia galana

I patrida pou agapisa
I Ellada pou onireftika
pairnei xroma
ap' tou Aigaiou ta nera
ena kyma me paresire
ena kyma eroteftika
kai mia thalassa
me pairnei “agalia, agalia”

Samo, Limno, Skopelo
Sifno, Tino ki Amorgo
Patmo, Milo, Lero, Mitilini
M'ena “sleeping bag” mono
kai tavani ourano
s'epsaxna stou feggariou t'asimi

Vges psixi mou, fonakse gela
pies, tragouda, zise tin trela
mes stis fleves mou erotas kila
dio thalasina monopatia
dio galazoprasina matia
staksan stin kardoula mou fotia

 

 

*English translation*

 

 

Paros, Naksos, Mykonos
Syros and Folegandros
Crete, Rhodes, Kos and Santorin
on a two-wheeled
llove I’m looking for you
in the blue vastness

Blue dreams
in Greek islands
the fatherland that I loved
The Greece I dreamt
takes colour
from the waters of Aegean
the love that I was waiting for
the love that I imagined
it came tonight and it has blue eyes

the fatherland that I loved
The Greece I dreamt
takes colour
from the waters of Aegean
a wave carried me away
I fell in love with a wave
and a sea
embraces me, embraces me

Samos, Limnos, Skopelos
Sifnos, Tinos and Amorgos
Patmos, Milos, Leros, Mitilini
with a single sleeping bag
and for ceiling the sky
I was looking for you in the silver of moon

Come out my soul, shout, laugh
drink, sing, live the madness
in my veins love flows
two sea paths
two green-blue eyes
they dripped to my little heart fire