Imifos – Lavrentis Mahairitsas, Babis Stokas
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 in Greek Songs
Lavrentis Mahairitsas and Babis Stokas sing a lovely Greek song called Imifos, which means Half Light in English. Imifos is a song about the beginning of loss between a couple, a couple the at is together but also so far away, even if at the same place.
Doesn’t it always start like that? Some one who is absent minded, present but absent, with his mind traveling somewhere else, some how else. And always someone is there to notice it and wait as always, hoping and wondering. What is this that keeps the other person away, away from things familiar and strange, away from his other half? When we figure out that there is something wrong it’s always painful and stressful, but it is always a part that we cannot avoid when in relationships.
The song Imifos is written by Lavrentis Mahairitsas.
Lyrics: Elia Zervou
Music: Lavrentis Mahairitsas
Performance: Lavrentis Mahairitsas
Imifos – English Lyrics
In the half-light just as usual
celluloid glasses, red hair
in the half-light lighted cigarette
and I’m waiting here as always
and I’m waiting here as always
But something’s wrong with you
you’re here but you absent
from me from you
from familiar and stranger things
In the half-light just as usual
celluloid heart, red kisses
in the half-light put out cigarette
and me a thirsty body as always
and me a thirsty body as always
But something’s wrong with you
you’re here but you absent
from me from you
from familiar and stranger things
Imifos – Greek Lyrics
Ημίφως – Λαυρέντης Μαχαιρίτσας – Ελληνικοί Στίχοι
Μέσα στο ημίφως ως συνήθως
ταρταρούγα γυαλιά κόκκινα μαλλιά
μέσα στο ημίφως τσιγάρο αναμμένο
κι εγώ όπως πάντα εδώ περιμένω
κι εγώ όπως πάντα εδώ περιμένω
Αλλά εσύ κάτι έχεις
είσαι εδώ μα απέχεις
από μένα από σένα
από οικεία και ξένα
Μέσα στο ημίφως ως συνήθως
ταρταρούγα καρδιά κόκκινα φιλιά
μέσα στο ημίφως τσιγάρο σβησμένο
κι εγώ όπως πάντα κορμί διψασμένο
κι εγώ όπως πάντα κορμί διψασμένο
Αλλά εσύ κάτι έχεις
είσαι εδώ μα απέχεις
από μένα από σένα
από οικεία και ξένα
