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    Haris Alexiou – This Shadow

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This Shadow

Υπάρχει μια σκιά που δίπλα σου μένει
δεν σου μιλά, δεν ακούει, δεν ρωτά
μα είναι πάντα πιστή
Kαι σταθερά πότε σαν φίλη πότε σαν ξένη
παίρνει τη θέση αυτού που ποτέ δεν θα ‘ρθει να σε βρει
 
Negrita sombra
Fiel y traidora
Vive dentro de mi
Y me hyere sin verguenza
No tiene tierra ni tiene paisajes
 
Esta matando lentamente mi alegria
 
Αυτό που πάντα λείπει
Δεν είναι ιδέα ούτε άνθρωπος δεν είναι αυτό
γεννάει βαθιά την λύπη
γεννάει κι αυτό το ανίκητο κενό
 
Son todos los sonidos
todas las melodias de una gran mujer
Son todos los caminos
que me llevaron a atreverme a soñar
 
Είναι η σκιά που πάντα δίπλα σου θα ‘ναι
μέσα στο στήθος να πλέκει φωλιά
και τραγούδι γλυκό
να λέει γι αυτούς που τώρα δεν τραγουδάνε
και ζωγραφίζουν χαμόγελα αχνά σ’ ένα βλέμμα υγρό
 
Son todas las pinturas
De aquellos que ya nunca cantaran
Son todos los anhelos
Por un vida que ya nunca volvera
Son todos los sonidos
todas las melodias de una gran mujer
Son todos los caminos
que me llevaron a atreverme a soñar
 
Αυτό που πάντα λείπει
δεν είναι ιδέα ούτε άνθρωπος δεν είναι αυτό
Son todos los anhelos
γεννάει κι αυτό το ανίκητο κενό
Son todos los sonidos
todas las melodias de una gran mujer
Son todos los caminos
Άρχισε να ’χει σώμα, από καιρό
 
English
Translation

This Shadow

There's a shadow staying by your side,
it doesn't talk to you, it doesn't listen, it doesn't ask
but it's always loyal
and invariably, either as a friend or a stranger,
takes the place of the one who'll never come to find you.
 
Black shadow
loyal and traitorous
lives inside of me
and hurts me shamelessly.
It has no land or landscape,
 
it's slowly destroying my happiness.
 
The one that's always missing
isn't an idea, nor a person, it's not that.
It breeds deep sorrow,
it also breeds this invincible void.
 
They're all the sounds,
all the melodies of a great woman.
They're all the roads
that led me dare to dream.
 
It's the shadow that'll always be by your side
weaving a nest inside your chest,
and singing harmoniously
for those who don't sing anymore
and paint faint smiles on their wet gaze.
 
They're the paintings
of those who'll never sing anymore,
they're all the yearning
for a life that won't be coming back.
They're all the sounds,
all the melodies of a great woman.
They're all the roads
that led me dare to dream.
 
The one that's always missing
isn't an idea, nor a person, it's not that.
They're all the yearning
it also breeds this invincible void.
They're all the sounds,
all the melodies of a great woman,
they're all the roads
it started taking form since a while ago.
 
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