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Να `ταν η χαρά οικόπεδο → English translation
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Να `ταν η χαρά οικόπεδο
Γιασεμί μου φαντασμένο δε βαστώ.
Σ’ ένα τοίχο νοικιασμένο να κλειστώ.
Και να σκέφτομαι τα βράδια
όσα του γιαλού τα κύματα.
Με κουτιά της μπύρας άδεια.
Να κατρακυλώ.
Να `ταν η χαρά οικόπεδο
κι άλλη μια φορά σαν παλιόπαιδο
κι άλλη μια φορά βρε μάγισσα.
Να γυρνούσα εκεί.
Να `χα κι ένα μπλε ποδήλατο
να `πιανα το φως κι άντε φύλα το.
Να `πιανα το φως και να `βγαινα
στην Αμερική.
Τον κατήφορο θα πάρω
και θα βγω.
Μεροκάματο στο χάρο
δεν χρωστώ.
Με τον έρωτα παζάρια
μέσα στου γιαλού τα κύματα
την καρδιά την κάνω ζάρια
κι όλα τα πουλώ.
Να `ταν η χαρά οικόπεδο
κι άλλη μια φορά σαν παλιόπαιδο.
Κι άλλη μια φορά βρε μάγισσα
να γυρνούσα εκεί.
Να γυρνούσα εκεί που σ’ άφησα
κι άλλα στη ζωή τηλεγράφησα.
Κι άλλα στη ζωή περίμενα
κι όχι φυλακή.
Submitted by gunner on 2012-09-11
Translation
May Joy Were an Empty Lot
Fanciful jasmine of mine I can't stand
imprisoning myself within rented walls
and thinking of things
as many as the breaking waves
going to pot
among empty beer cans
May joy were an empty lot1
and once more as a naughty boy
and once more hey charmer you
may I went back there
May I also had a blue bicycle
may I caught up with light and watch it if you can
may I caught up with light and land up
in America
I'll head downhill
and I'll get there
I don't run up a bill
with the Reaper
Bargaining with love
among the breaking waves
I'm turning my heart into dice
and I'm selling off everything
May joy were an empty lot
and once more as a naughty boy
and once more hey charmer you
may I went back there
May I went back there where I left you
asking different things from life
expecting different things from life
and not a prison cell
- 1. Empty city lots were used as playgrounds in former times
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Submitted by evfokas on 2014-10-12
Added in reply to request by Natoska
Author's comments:
The music is from Goran Bregović's Borino Oro meaning Bora’s (a male name) Ring Dance adapted from the traditional folk music of southern Serbia
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