I zoi mou oli

"I zoi mou oli" (Greek: Η ζωή μου όλη) is a well known song of Stelios Kazantzidis'. The lyrics are written by Akis Panou (Greek: Άκης Πάνου) who is also the composer of the song. The title "I zoi mou oli" can be translated in English as "My entire life".

Stelios Kazantzidis interwviewd by Giorgos Lianis stated that even if it was difficult to make a choise between his songs considered "I zoi mou oli" as one of his finest songs.

Lyrics

My entire life is a responsibility

it takes everything from me, it gives [me] nothing

my entire life is a furnace

in which I have fallen and which cooks me slowly

My entire life, a folly

my only property

my entire life is a self-sacrifice

which has neither meaning nor purpose

My entire life is a cigarette

which I don't like, yet which I smoke

and when it becomes a dog-end I'll offer it to Death

when the time comes for me to meet him

— Singer: Stelios Kazantzidis, Songwriter: Akis Panou, Composer: Akis Panou