ZANNETA KALYVA-PAPAIOANNOU

 ZANNETA KALYVA-PAPAIOANNOU

THE PEACEFUL BIRD

A joyful bird

flaps its wings

to get away from its cage

to fly freely in the sky.

Once it was flying down

near the earth and other times

it was flying in the clouds,

alone and free with pride.

It was always flying

in all the places of the earth

and it never rest during night

or in the midday.

A sweet message of peace

the white dove

bring to us,

for all the people of the world.

It was singing for freedom

and for brotherhood.

With an olive branch

it was praising the Peace.

YOUR ARMS

Essence of rose smell

your divine arms,

I slept and I woke up

with your loving kisses.

THIS MAN WHO SITS DOWN THERE

This man who sits down there deep in thought,

this man who sits down there in great distress

what could he think? What could he want?

This man who sits down there alone, near the table,

with open eyes and lips whom is he waiting for?

Maybe he is alone and he takes to drinking.

Maybe he was rejected or trying to forget.

This man who sits down there

he has a bitter taste on his lips.

His only friends are the tortures and the grief.

LOVE, COME AGAIN TONIGHT

Love, come again tonight

in the path of life

with a yearning in the heart.

Love, come again tonight,

feel the pleasure of youth,

the enchantment of soul.

Love, come again tonight

in the rise of life,

come, feel the hope,

the love,  the joy…

Love, come again tonight

in the dark of my heart,

hold me, take me in your arms

once more!!!

Love, come again tonight

in my dreams’ youth

and don’t go away never again !!!

ZANNETA KALYVA – PAPAIOANNOU

Greece