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Saturday, 10 September 2011
FIREWORK EYES
“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” - Plato
A quiet Saturday today with many chores done at home. The weather rainy and cool, not much to inspire a forage outside. A rather melancholy day…
A beautiful Greek song today, sung by George Dalaras, with lyrics by Michalis Bourboulis and music by Stamos Semsis.
Your Firework Eyes
I turned on all the lights and gave a performance:
Once a love is dead it cannot be resurrected.
Your firework eyes shine like phosphorus
Like ships at night passing through the Bosporus.
You turned off the light and went, you became invisible
A cloud taken by the wind in a city like an automaton.
Your firework eyes are a holocaust
And loneliness falls on the floor like rain.
I am trapped in your perfume, in your name
And in your eyes, yes your cold firework eyes.
Your firework eyes shine like phosphorus
Like ships at night passing through the Bosporus.
Τα βεγγαλικά σου μάτια
Άναψα όλα τα φώτα κι έδωσα παράσταση
σαν πεθάνει η αγάπη δε γνωρίζει ανάσταση
Τα βεγγαλικά σου μάτια φέγγουν σαν το φώσφορο
σαν νυχτερινά καράβια που περνούν το Βόσπορο
Έκλεισες το φως και πήγες έγινες αόρατη
νέφος που το πήρε ο αέρας σε μια πόλη αυτόματη
Τα βεγγαλικά σου μάτια ένα ολοκαύτωμα
και η μοναξιά να πέφτει σαν βροχή στο πάτωμα
Είμαι πια εγκλωβισμένος στ' άρωμά σου στ' όνομά σου
και στα μάτια ναι στα μάτια τα ψυχρά βεγγαλικά σου
Τα βεγγαλικά σου μάτια φέγγουν σαν το φώσφορο
σαν νυχτερινά καράβια που περνούν το Βόσπορο
I have been blogging daily on this platform for several years now. It is surprising that I have persisted as the world is changing and "microblogging" is now the norm. I blog to amuse myself, make comment on current affairs, externalise some of my creativity, keep notes on things that interest me, learn something new and to surprise myself with things that I discover about this wonderful, and sometimes crazy, world we live in.
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Firework eyes -- what a nice concept. :-)
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