Meno Ektos - Eleftheria Arvanitaki

meno ektos, thimamai onomata

treho me tahitita fotos

meno ektos, san kati stomata

pou diokse ap’ton kosmo enas lotos

ta bradia mou ta ergenika

tragoudia leo armenika

thelo na giriso

ma o paradeisos kleistos

ta bradia mou ta ergenika

tragoudia leo armenika

thelo na miliso

ma ein’o topos mou kleistos

meno ektos, milao me sirmata

sti siopi zigiazo san aitos

meno ektos, san kati shimata

pou’ftiakse stin ammo enas pistos

Here is the translation:

meno ektos (i still remain an outcast)

i still remain an outcast

i remember names

i run at the speed of light

i still remain an outcast

like some voiceless mouths

that a lotus drove out of this world

in my bachelor evenings

i sing armenian songs

i want to go back

but my paradise is closed

in my bachelor evenings

i sing armenian songs

i want to go back

but my homeland is erased

i still remain an outcast

my speech is made of vibrating chords

i’m poised in silence like an eagle

i still remain an outcast

like some shapes

written on the sand by a believer