Ικαριώτικο [Ikariotiko] [English translation]

Years and years I've been wandering

like a stray bird

in emigration, in loneliness

which I can't take it anymore

'cause I'm feeling homesick, 'cause I'm craving

my love and (my) village

And my love in Ikaria

she has black pain in her heart

without company, without an embrace

without my sweet kisses

and since she's feeling for me and since she loves me

it's a shame she's alone

I want to take the decision

and go to the beautiful island

I want to tell her that I love her

and one day I'll marry her

a sweet night in Ikaria

we'll celebrate it with violins

And we'll both dance together

the Ikarian tune

we'll celebrate, we'll get drunk

we'll forget the sorrows

in Ikaria and like birds

we'll both have a warm nest