Ο Κ. Αριστείδης [O kyrios Aristidis] [English translation]

With the striped pyjamas

In front of the grey screen

And a strong, sweet coffee

He holes up in the living room

Work, home and work again

40 something years

How do children grow up so fast

And that's how everything ends

He remembers and smiles

Mr. Aristidis

A Sunday afternoon

On the way to Monday

Just before the start

Of a different same day

He gets up off the couch

Turns off the screen

Grabs his hat

And closes the door behind him

Mr. Aristidis

He blindly roams the streets

Alone in the city

Doors and windows closed

And in silence he wonders

Where everyone's gone

He went down to Piraeus

Shortly before dawn

With an old habit

To talk to the waves

A ship of dreams

He'll rig one night

And to a faraway island

He'll go to unload

Hopes, vows, loves

Wishes and traditions

And a lifetime of property swap 1

A lifetime of instalments

Mr. Aristidis

With the striped pyjamas

In front of the grey screen

And a strong, sweet coffee

He sinks 2 in the living room

1. for more information about the term and its english translation read this https://lexilogia.gr/forum/showthread.php?2053-%CF%83%CF%8D%CF%83%CF%84%...-) 2. as he sinks into the couch

• Artist:Miltos Pashalidis
• Album:Παραμύθι με λυπημένο τέλος (Paramythi me lypimeno telos, MINOS-EMI 1995) Track 08 of 13