Va mon ami, va [English translation]

This is the feast of St. John's Eve.

This is the feast of St. John's Eve.

Your promised ones will all be at the celebration.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

Your promised ones will all be at the celebration.

Yours is not there—I feel sorry for you.

He is at Paris or perhaps in La Vendée.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

What will he bring to his beloved

with all his earnings from hard work?

And the gold ring—and the white gown.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

And the gold ring—and the white gown.

If he still thinks of it during his long absence

and does not offer his heart to some other girl.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

Go, my friend, go, the moon rises.

Go, my friend, go, the moon sets.

• Artist:Nana Mouskouri