Lyrics Pia Me Katarastike - Vasilis Karras

Pia Me Katarastike (original)

Tora chamiloste ta fota kai diplokleidoste ti porta
Thelo ligo monos na meino kai ton eafto mou na krino
Isos pou s' agapisa itane lathos
Afou esy zitouses monacha to pathos
Afta ta matia sou pos me zalizoun
Piso me gyrnane kai m' aichmalotizoun
San ypnotismenos se thelo me pathos
Pali xanapefto sto idio to lathos
Poia me katarastike
Sti zoi mou etsi na tyranniemai
Poia me katarastike
Na agapao na min agapiemai
Poia me katarastike
Sti zoi mou etsi na tyranniemai
Poia me katarastike
Na agapao na min agapiemai
Omos de ta vazo mazi sou kane oti thes sti zoi sou
Oute tha se katigoriso tipota de tha sou zitiso
Ase na ta vazo me ton eafto mou
Xero einai olo to lathos diko mou
Ma afta ta matia sou pos me zalizoun
Piso me gyrnane kai m' aichmalotizoun
San ypnotismenos se thelo me pathos
Pali xanapefto sto idio to lathos
Poia me katarastike
Sti zoi mou etsi na tyranniemai
Poia me katarastike
Na agapao na min agapiemai
Poia me katarastike
Sti zoi mou etsi na tyranniemai
Poia me katarastike
Na agapao na min agapiemai
Poia me katarastike
Sti zoi mou etsi na tyranniemai
Poia me katarastike
Na agapao na min agapiemai
Poia me katarastike
Sti zoi mou etsi na tyranniemai
Poia me katarastike
Na agapao na min agapiemai

Pia Me Katarastike (translation)

Now lower the lights and double-lock the door behind us,
I yearn to dwell a spell alone, to judge the soul I carry,
Perhaps to love you was a blind and perilous error,
Since all you ever sought was fire, not the bearer—
These eyes of yours, how they swirl me in vertigo’s dance,
They pull me backward, capture me in their radiant trance,
Like a sleeper entranced, I crave you with burning devotion,
Yet again I fall, helpless, into the selfsame ocean.
Who set this curse upon me—
That I should be so tyrannized in life’s array?
Who set this curse upon me—
To love, and never be loved the same way?
Who set this curse upon me—
That I should be so tyrannized in life’s array?
Who set this curse upon me—
To love, and never be loved the same way?
Yet I do not heap reproach on you—your path’s your own to claim,
Nor shall I charge you, nor beg for a word or name.
Allow me to quarrel with myself, not you, in this fight,
I know, the error’s mine alone, exposed to the night.
And still, your eyes—how they swirl me in vertigo’s dance,
They pull me backward, capture me in their radiant trance,
Like a sleeper entranced, I crave you with burning devotion,
Yet again I fall, helpless, into the selfsame ocean.
Who set this curse upon me—
That I should be so tyrannized in life’s array?
Who set this curse upon me—
To love, and never be loved the same way?
Who set this curse upon me—
That I should be so tyrannized in life’s array?
Who set this curse upon me—
To love, and never be loved the same way?
Who set this curse upon me—
That I should be so tyrannized in life’s array?
Who set this curse upon me—
To love, and never be loved the same way?
Who set this curse upon me—
That I should be so tyrannized in life’s array?
Who set this curse upon me—
To love, and never be loved the same way?