Manos Hadjidakis - Mikis Theodorakis - Nikos Gkatsos
Lyrics: Nikos Gkatsos
Music: Manos Hadjidakis
Vocal: Mikis Theodorakis
during that time, the most thriving branch of pelasgian oak
Music: Manos Hadjidakis
Vocal: Mikis Theodorakis
during that time, the most thriving branch of pelasgian oak
was covering
three house settlements about the mysterious rock of the Akropolis
however, after the dramatic events of Mesopotamia,
which led to the eviction of "the ones that were created first", from
the valley of the Tiger (river)
and caused confusion within the "mental constitution" of human beings,
the house-settlements of Athens, began to increase unreasonably.
(the) result (that) existed was the "by leaps and bounds" expansion of the city and
the creation of the so-called "tounsman", which by the "ancient-strikken" historians
"achieved great things" and "got cloaked" (with) the "glamour" of eternity.
bishops and chieftains
conquerors and "victorious army commanders"
revolutionists and bourgeois
history's customers.
however, the "ancient Gods", by their solicitude for the rest (of the) pelasgian tribes,
decided (on) the gradual collapse of Athens as "head city"
and the exoneration of Hellenism, as (an) ethnic whole, anymore,
out of the danger of centralization.
during the next long aeons
adequate efforts were "shot" for the revival of the old "cityfolk",
nonetheless these turned out unproductive.
fortunately indeed, because during the latest and hardest ordeal of the nation,
the "de novo" sovereignty of Athens, would weaken the mountaintops and
the valleys of the pelasgian earth,
which, formed the final phusiognomy of the tribe and
(which) preceded through (an) "ever-shining" light,
the foggy horizons of the apprehensive humankind
at Souli and at Alamana
we "generated" light, from calamity
will they remember us "on the off chance", mother, at times?
futile hope. noone of them remembered as "eternity living",
noone of them comprehended within their real dimensions.
and Athens, (once it was) established (as) the capital of (a) "newly-built" state,
(they) began to prepare for the "de novo" absorption of the nation's vitality
nevertheless, the ancestral heritage had not been entirely wasted and
the succeeding brothers of little Hormopoulos,
originating from the Epirotic Mountains
and from all the passages of the immortal homeland,
sailed across the Aherousian (lake) of their fate,
with the serenity of martyrdom and of sacrifice
and the barbaric nations wondered and particularly
tittered - exactly the same as Athens.
strike the wrath's, (you) prophets
bell, at Kessariani
(for) to come tonight the Distomites
to come also the Kalavritini
with laceration and despair
for their lost sacrifice.
"is is possible then", (that) it is true that, their sacrifice "ended up" (being) in vain
noone is able to declare with certainty and noone is able to
anticipate the future because, the human beings' (hi)story is one continuous retrogression.
however, with the constant voluminous hypertrophy of Attika
perspectives "give the impression" (of being) dark.
the ancient Gods do not exist anymore so as to give the solution and thus,
sooner or later,
Athens will gather in its "confines" and will eliminate for ever
the Hellenic virtue, as Cronus in the farthermost past
devoured his very own offsprings or, as the Helios in the farthermost future
will gather in its embrace its planets and will gulp them!
So be it! and for ever and ever, amen.
when will these lands blossom?
when will novel human beings come
to escort stupidity
to its "resting place" ?
however, after the dramatic events of Mesopotamia,
which led to the eviction of "the ones that were created first", from
the valley of the Tiger (river)
and caused confusion within the "mental constitution" of human beings,
the house-settlements of Athens, began to increase unreasonably.
(the) result (that) existed was the "by leaps and bounds" expansion of the city and
the creation of the so-called "tounsman", which by the "ancient-strikken" historians
"achieved great things" and "got cloaked" (with) the "glamour" of eternity.
bishops and chieftains
conquerors and "victorious army commanders"
revolutionists and bourgeois
history's customers.
however, the "ancient Gods", by their solicitude for the rest (of the) pelasgian tribes,
decided (on) the gradual collapse of Athens as "head city"
and the exoneration of Hellenism, as (an) ethnic whole, anymore,
out of the danger of centralization.
during the next long aeons
adequate efforts were "shot" for the revival of the old "cityfolk",
nonetheless these turned out unproductive.
fortunately indeed, because during the latest and hardest ordeal of the nation,
the "de novo" sovereignty of Athens, would weaken the mountaintops and
the valleys of the pelasgian earth,
which, formed the final phusiognomy of the tribe and
(which) preceded through (an) "ever-shining" light,
the foggy horizons of the apprehensive humankind
at Souli and at Alamana
we "generated" light, from calamity
will they remember us "on the off chance", mother, at times?
futile hope. noone of them remembered as "eternity living",
noone of them comprehended within their real dimensions.
and Athens, (once it was) established (as) the capital of (a) "newly-built" state,
(they) began to prepare for the "de novo" absorption of the nation's vitality
nevertheless, the ancestral heritage had not been entirely wasted and
the succeeding brothers of little Hormopoulos,
originating from the Epirotic Mountains
and from all the passages of the immortal homeland,
sailed across the Aherousian (lake) of their fate,
with the serenity of martyrdom and of sacrifice
and the barbaric nations wondered and particularly
tittered - exactly the same as Athens.
strike the wrath's, (you) prophets
bell, at Kessariani
(for) to come tonight the Distomites
to come also the Kalavritini
with laceration and despair
for their lost sacrifice.
"is is possible then", (that) it is true that, their sacrifice "ended up" (being) in vain
noone is able to declare with certainty and noone is able to
anticipate the future because, the human beings' (hi)story is one continuous retrogression.
however, with the constant voluminous hypertrophy of Attika
perspectives "give the impression" (of being) dark.
the ancient Gods do not exist anymore so as to give the solution and thus,
sooner or later,
Athens will gather in its "confines" and will eliminate for ever
the Hellenic virtue, as Cronus in the farthermost past
devoured his very own offsprings or, as the Helios in the farthermost future
will gather in its embrace its planets and will gulp them!
So be it! and for ever and ever, amen.
when will these lands blossom?
when will novel human beings come
to escort stupidity
to its "resting place" ?
Ελλαδογραφία
Στίχοι: Νίκος ΓκάτσοςΜουσική: Μάνος Χατζιδάκις
Πρώτη και μοναδική εκτέλεση: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης
Δίσκος:Βινύλιο "ΝΟΤΟΣ 3904" ΤΑ ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΑ
(Μουσική και τραγούδια της Φθοράς και του Ονείρου) ~1980.
CD "ΝΟΤΟΣ 3904 - LYRA
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