David W Solomons' Music Site - Melissanthi - The Houses where we have lived

Translation by Diana Maynard
THE HOUSES WHERE WE HAVE LIVED
We have no being
we do not exist anywhere

the houses where we have lived
they cut the ropes
which held them fast at anchor

freely now they blow in a void
fading scenery

the wind has lifted them
seized them with all our possessions
they vanished in one night
dissolved like salt in water
they have existed
they exist no more
they are not.

Melissanthi Songs For Alto and Guitar. Published by Musik Fabrik. (mfdws021v)
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