Afti i nyhta menei - Dimitra Papiou

Afti i nyhta menei – Dimitra Papiou

Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 in Greek Songs

Dimitra Papiou sings Afti I nyhta menei, a Greek song, a music theme of the movie with the same title, which means in English “This Night Remains”

Does life mean anything without love? Do we look for love, do we hide from it, do we let it seize our soul with no constrains, do we recognize it when it comes, do we try to define ourselves through love? Do we have a soul of fish in the body of cat and look, in vain, for “a sea to live in”, as Kraounakis said? What are we looking for? What we are chasing? When losing, what are we praising?

“This night remains” leads us back to that one night – and who doesn’t have it? – when “Kazantzidis voice (or whoever’s voice) was like sea”… like that searched for, dreamed of, never found sea “to live in”…The night when we were lost…but when we know we found what we are chasing for…”convicted to love an earthly love”…

Music : Stamatis Kraounakis
Lyrics: Stamatis Kraounakis
Performed by: Dimitra Papiou

Afti i nyhta menei – English Lyrics

A sea to live in, I won’t find…
in a fish’s soul the body of a cat…
every night I go out to drown-
sometimes it’s stars, sometimes the edge of the abyss…
I chase something, like a castaway…
my years-my sheets-cigarettes to be put out

This night remains
iced in eons
when two souls didnt find shelter
and they came into the world as strangers, and convicted
to live an earthly love

I was also lost one night
-Kazantzidis’ voice was like sea-
the stars were falling into the mud…
a black hood that time was, and a black snake..
the heart noded at me: smell
how the oil burns and live the journey

This night remains
iced in eons
when two souls didnt find shelter
and they came into the world as strangers, and convicted
to live an earthly love

Afti i nyhta menei – Greek Lyrics

Αυτή η νύχτα μένει – Δήμητρα Παπίου – Ελληνικοί Στίχοι

Πέλαγο να ζήσω δε θα βρω
σε ψυχή ψαριού κορμί γατίσιο
κάθε βράδυ βγαίνω να πνιγώ
πότε άστρα πότε άκρη της αβύσσου
κάτι κυνηγώ σαν τον ναυαγό
τα χρόνια μου σεντόνια μου τσιγάρα να τα σβήσω

Αυτή η νύχτα μένει
αιώνες παγωμένη
που 2 ψυχές δεν βρήκαν καταφύγιο
κι ήρθαν στον κόσμο ξένοι και καταδικασμένοι
να ζήσουν έναν έρωτα επίγειο

Χάθηκα και γω κάποια βραδιά
πέλαγο η φωνή του Καζαντζίδη
πέφταν τ’άστρα μες στην λασπουργιά
μαύρος μάγκας ο καιρός και μαύρο φίδι
μου’γνεφε η καρδιά πάρε μυρωδιά
το λάδι εδώ πως καίγεται και ζήσε το ταξίδι