Ελένη [Eleni] [English translation]

Your pale little face

I look at in our photographs,

How much you've grown tired, you rushed to leave.

Your sad little eyes

Like two clouds in the sky,

Where are they going, I wonder, where are they traveling to?

Eleni,1 make sure you're happy where you're going,

Your fate was sealed in this earth

On a white paper with yellow ink

Like a tear from a lemon.

I remember so many evenings

You used to sit without making a sound,

You only looked at me and smiled.

I'm sending you this song of mine

To keep you company

So that you don't forget to smile at me.

Eleni, make sure you're happy where you're going,

Your fate was sealed in this earth

On a white paper with yellow ink

Like a tear from a lemon.

1. female greek name equivalent to Helen