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When you go off to foreign lands, my love, don’t stay a year there,
because it’s more than I can bear, the pain of separation.

When you go off take me with you,
Take me along for company.

I cannot stand a day alone, how shall I stand a twelve month?
Light of my eyes, without you here I’ll soon enough be dying.

Though far away, remember me,
remember me for evermore.

Translated by Kevin Andrews

Σαν πας στα ξένα

Σαν πας στα ξέν’ αγάπη μου, μην κάμεις ένα χρόνο
γιατί δεν τονε νταγιαντώ1 του χωρισμού τον πόνο.

Σαν πας στα ξένα, πάρε κι εμένα
πάρε κι εμένα για συντροφιά.

Μέρα δεν κάμω δίχως σου και χρόνο πώς θα κάμω;
Χωρίς εσένα, μάτια μου, γρήγορα θα πεθάνω.

Μακριά κι αν θα ’σαι να με θυμάσαι
να με θυμάσαι παντοτινά.

1νταγιαντώ: αντέχω

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