ΝΙΚΑΙ

Μετάφρασις τῇ Ἀρχαίᾳ Ἑλληνικῄ τoῦ μέλοῦ "Nikes" (Νικαί) τοῦ "Frank Ocean" (Χριστόφορος Ὠκεανός)

(Στίχος Αʹ)

Αὖται κάσσαι βούλονται Νικας
(These bitches want Nikes)

Σφεῖς ζητοντες δοκιμασίαν
(They looking for a check)

Λέγε σφας ὅτι οὺκ ἐστι
(Tell 'em it ain't likely)

Λέγει ὅτι χρηΐζει κύκλον οἷον Κὰρμηλον
(Said she need a ring like Carmelo)

Ὀφέλλεις ὲν αὓτῃ λευκῄ οἷον Ὀθέλλον
(You must be on that white like Othello)

Ταῦτα ὅτι βούλεις Νικας, δὲ τας ἀληθινάς
(All you want is Nikes, but the real ones)

Ὡς ἐγῶ, ὡς σύ
(Just like you, just like me)
Οὐ παίζω, οὐ ποιέω χρόνον
(I don't play, I don't make time)

Δ`εἰ χρηΐζεις κέντρον, ἕχεις μοι
(But if you need dick, I got you)

Καὶ τίθημι αὐτήν ἐκ τῆς γραμμῆς
(And I yam from the line)

Ὑγεια τῳ Α$ΑΠ, αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη αὐτοῦ, πρεσβευτοῦ Γ
(Pour up for A$AP, R.I.P. Pimp C)

Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη αὐτοῦ, Τρείβον, οὕτος ἀδελφός πεφάσεται μοι
(R.I.P. Trayvon, that n***a look just like me)

Ὦ, ὦ
(Woo, woo)

Οὗτος μικρὸν ἀδελφόν, ἔχει μικρὸν ἔργον
(That my little cousin, he got a little trade)

Κόρη αὐτοῦ νομίζει τοὺς σταθμᾶς, μικρά Σειρήν
(His girl keep the scales, a little mermaid)

Ἐσμεν ἐν τῇ λίμνῇ, ἀληθιναί Σειρήναι
(We out by the pool, some littlе mermaids)
Ἐγῶ καὶ οὗτος σάπων, οἵον ῥαβδας σὺν τοῖς ἦχοις
(Me and them gеl like twigs with them bangs)

Νῦν οὗτη ἀληθινή Σειρήν
(Now that's a real mermaid)

Ἐχεις ἀνδρὸν, ἔρριψουσα εἰς κάτω
(You been holding your breath, weighted down)

Πανκ μήτηρ, πανκ πατήρ
(Punk madre, punk papá)

Μὴ μεριμνῃι με, ἀλλὰ μεριμνῃι με
(He don't care for me, but he cares for me)

Καὶ οὗτον ἀγαθὸν ἀρκετῶς
(And that's good enough)

Μὴ λέγομεν κάρτα
(We don't talk much or nothin')

Ἀλλὰ ὅπως λέγομεν τι
(But when we talkin' 'bout somethin')

Ἔχομεν ἀγαθὸν λόγον
(We have good discussion)
Ἔγνωκα φίλους αὐτοῦ λοίσθιῃ εβδομάδᾳ
(I met his friends last week)

Δόκει ὅτι βουλεύσι τι
(Feels like they're up to somethin')

Οὗτον ἀγαθὸν ἡμῖν
(That's good for us)


(Στίχος Βʹ)

Ἀφήσομεν ὑμῖν μαντεύειν
(We'll let you guys prophesy)

Ἀφήσομεν ὑμῖν μαντεύειν
(We'll let you guys prophesy)

Ὄφομεθα τὸ μέλλον πρίν
(We gon' see the future first)

Ἀφήσομεν ὑμῖν μαντεύειν
(We'll let you guys prophesy)

Ὄφομεθα τὸ μέλλον πρίν
(We gon' see the future first)

Περιπατέων ὡς ἡ λοίσθια νύξ αἰσθάνεται οἷον βίον πᾶρελθὼν
(Living so the last night feels like a past life)

Λέγων ἐπί οὐ γιγνώσκω τί τυγχάνει τῷ λαῷ
(Speaking of the don't know what got into people)

Ὁ δίαβολος ἕχων φίλους
(Devil be possessin' homies)

Δαίμωναι πείρονται εἰσβάλλειν
(Demons try to body-jump)

Τί νομίζεις εἰμί δεῦρο φορῶν κιπὰν;
(Why you think I'm in this bitch wearing a fucking yarmulke?)

Αὐστηρός ἐν ἐμέ ὡς ἡ βροχή
(Acid on me like the rain)

Πόα τρίβει ἐν τῇ μαρμαρυγή
(Weed crumbles into glitter)

Βροχή, μαρμαρυγή
(Rain, glitter)

Ἀναστρεφάσαμεν ἐν τῇδε γῇ ὑγρῄ
(We laid out on this wet floor)

Ἡ γή διώκει, οὐ Ἄστρὸν
(Away turf, no Astro)

Ἐκηλέωσας οἷον οἱ φωστραι λάμπουσιν
(Mesmerized how the strobes glow)

Βλέπε πρὸς ταῦτ`οὑτοι χορεύσιν σὺν τοῖς ποδοίς αὐτῶν
(Look at all the people feet dance)

Γιγνώσκω ὅτι ἀνήρ σεαυτὸν ἠρχόμετο σὺν σέ
(I know that your n***a came witcha)

Δ`οὐ ἐστι σὺν σέ
(But he ain't witcha)

Μόνον ἐσμὲν ἀνθρωπους κ`ἐστι ὑγρος ἐν ταῖς Μπαλμέν
(We only human and it's humid in these Balmains)

Φημί τὰ ᾠα ἡμῶν ἐμπηγνύνοι ἐν τοῖς θυλᾶκοις ἡμῶν
(I mean my balls sticking to my jeans)

Πνέομεν φερομόνας, Ἣλεκτρον Ῥόδον
(We breathin' pheromones, Amber Rose)

Πίνομεν ῥόδας καὶ χρυσὰς λεμονάδας
(Sippin' pink-gold lemonades)

Αἰσθάνομων
(Feelin')


(Στίχος Γʹ)

Εἰμί νεότερος, δὲ βοηθῶ σοῦ
(I may be younger, but I'll look after you)

Οὐ φιλέομεν, δὲ ποιέω ἀγάπην εἰς σέ
(We're not in love, but I'll make love to you)

Ὅπως σύ οὐ εἶ δεῦρο, σῷζων τινὸν πρὸς σέ
(When you're not here, I'll save some for you)

Οὐ εἰμί αὐτὸν δὲ λέξων τιν πρὸς σέ
(I'm not him, but I'll mean something to you)

Λέξων τιν πρὸς σέ
(I'll mean something to you)

Ἔχεις φίλον, ἀκούεται τί ποιεομεν
(You got a roommate, he'll hear what we do)

Μόνον ἐστι βλακικὸν εἰ βινεῖς κ`αυτὸν
(It's only awkward if you're fucking him too)