Ελένη [Eleni] [English translation]
Ελένη [Eleni] [English translation]
We live in a magical world
With the Acropolis and Lykavittos Hill as a background.
The balconies are full of political nightingales,
Promises and love and multicolored balloons
For happy years.
And you, Eleni, and every Eleni
Sleeping Beauty of the provinces of Athens
Your life, you should know, is on the "wanted" list.
It's one thing to die for Greece,
And another to have Greece make you die.
And you, Eleni, and every Eleni
Sleeping Beauty of the provinces of Athens
We live in a magical world,
Which works deviously with the singular purpose
To get you into the game of believing your life will be fixed
To promise and promise, to ravage your soul
And when it reaches the point of controlling the pain of your hopes
It is not satisfied with only that
With sweet words it takes you by the hand
And baptizes you master of Greece
And at the moment you say things have changed and you raise your glass,
It snatches and steals your dream, and performs "harakiri" on it.
And you, Eleni....
- Artist:Haris Alexiou
- Album:Η αγάπη είναι ζάλη - 1986