IF YOU WERE TO COME BACK...

“In every parting there is an image of death.” - George Eliot

For Song Saturday today, a beautiful Greek song from one of the most popular female singers in Greece currently, Peggy Zina. I have translated the lyrics for you.



If you were to come back

And suddenly all became dark in front of me,
And suddenly, I met up with loneliness.
My eyes became filled with pain,
Because you’re not with me any more.
I know what went wrong,
And I am not angry with you,
You know what went wrong too.

And if you are far from me now,
I can still love you,
To worry about you, to wait for
A sign from you to see.
If you were to come back,
You’d see how much I have missed you –
If you were to come back,
You’d see how I love you more than anybody else.

And hurriedly, you left and went away for ever
And hurriedly, you hide yourself in someone else’s embrace.
And I don’t care where you are,
As long as I know that you are happy and well.
And if they ask me how I feel about you,
I’ll have much to say…

And if you are far from me now,
I can still love you,
To worry about you, to wait for
A sign from you to see.
If you were to come back,
You’d see how much I have missed you –
If you were to come back,
You’d see how I love you more than anybody else…

If you were to come back,
You’d see how much I have missed you –
If you were to come back,
You’d see how I love you more than anybody else…

Να ‘Ρθεις

Και ξαφνικά όλα σκοτείνιασαν μπροστά μου
Και ξαφνικά συνάντησα τη μοναξιά
Κι είναι γεμάτα τα μάτια μου πόνο
Γιατί δε σ’ έχω πια.
Ξέρω τι φταίει, και δε σου θυμώνω,
Ξέρεις κι εσύ καλά.

Κι αν είσαι τώρα μακρυά μου,
Εγώ μπορώ να σ’ αγαπώ,
Ν’ ανησυχώ, να περιμένω
Ένα σημάδι σου να δω.
Να ‘ρθεις, να ‘ρθεις –
Πόσο μου έλειψες να δεις,
Να ‘ρθεις, να ‘ρθεις –
Που σ’ αγαπώ όσο κανείς…

Και βιαστικά φεύγεις και χάνεσαι για πάντα
Και βιαστικά πηγαίνεις σ’ άλλη αγκαλιά
Και δε με νοιάζει καθόλου που θα ‘σαι
Φτάνει να ‘σαι καλά.
Κι αν με ρωτήσουν για σένα πως νοιώθω
Θα ‘χω να πω πολλά.

Κι αν είσαι τώρα μακρυά μου,
Εγώ μπορώ να σ’ αγαπώ,
Ν’ ανησυχώ, να περιμένω
Ένα σημάδι σου να δω.
Να ‘ρθεις, να ‘ρθεις –
Πόσο μου έλειψες να δεις,
Να ‘ρθεις, να ‘ρθεις –
Που σ’ αγαπώ όσο κανείς…

Να ‘ρθεις, να ‘ρθεις –
Πόσο μου έλειψες να δεις,
Να ‘ρθεις, να ‘ρθεις –
Που σ’ αγαπώ όσο κανείς…

If you liked this song, here is another of this singer, called “With you”: