Two broken homes left ⋮ clandestine.

Two broken homes left in our wake
To the streets we took
Defying everything to break
The law by every book

Oh my lover, stunning, peerless
Oh my love sublime
The nights we shared were wondrous
For being clandestine

Two broken homes left in our wake
And this, perhaps, was a mistake
But we were drunk, overcome
By our great passion were undone

Oh my lover, stunning, peerless
Oh my love sublime
The nights we shared were wondrous
For being clandestine

Lyrics from the song “Two Broken Homes (My Peerless Lover)”
by Tzeni Vanou (1975)

Δυο σπίτια κλείσαμε
Και πήραμε τους δρόμους
Και αψηφήσαμε
ακόμα και τους νόμους

Έρωτά μου ανεπανάληπτε κι απίθανε
Κι αγάπη ωραία
Ήταν όνειρο τα βράδια που μας ήρθανε
Γιατί ήταν λαθραία

Δυο σπίτια κλείσαμε
Κι ίσως να’ ταν λάθος
Αλλά μεθύσαμε
Απ’ το μεγάλο πάθος

Έρωτά μου ανεπανάληπτε κι απίθανε
Κι αγάπη ωραία
Ήταν όνειρο τα βράδια που μας ήρθανε
Γιατί ήταν λαθραία

Music by Yórgos Katsarós. Lyrics by Pythagoras.

This is one of five songs performed by George Davlas during the musical interlude that lies at the heart of the Efthimis Filippou play Etymologies.

For another, see the transpolium “On a rainy ⋮ day.” (listed below).

For the remaining three, see the dubitanda “away ⋮ again,” “higher ⋮ farther,” and “sparrow ⋮ harried” (buttons below).

Translated for use as surtitles at the 2024 Athens Epidaurus Festival performances of this play.