Οδός Αριστοτέλους [Odos Aristotelous] [English translation]

Early evening (of a) Saturday and (the smell of) acetylene*

οn Aristotelous street where you're growing old

I would take tangerine peels from my pocket

and throw them in your eyes to hurt you**

Younger kids where playing cops and robbers

and Argyro was the leader

and fires would light up in the upper streets

it was St. John's day*** I think.

Old soldiers would take off their hats

the square would fill with children

and there was a green, green moon

stabbing at your heart

Younger kids where playing cops and robbers

and Argyro was the leader

and fires would light up in the upper streets

it was St. John's day*** I think