Δραπετσώνα [Drapetsona] [English translation]

Music: Mikis Theodorakis

Lyrics: Tasos Livaditis

Built with blood, every stone and sorrow

it's every nail is bitterness and sob

But when we returned at night from work

me and her, dreams, kisses.

The wind and the rain battered it,

but it was harbour and embrace and sweet expectation

Oh, our little house, that also had a soul.

Take our wreath, take our geranium (cranesbill)

in Drapetsona we don't have a life anymore

Hold my hand and let's go, my star,

we will live on, though we are poor.

A bed and a cradle in the corner

at the leaky roof stars and birds

It' s each door sweat and sigh,

it' s each window is the sky, too.

But when the night came

in the alley children revelled.

Oh, our little house, that also had a heart.

Take our wreath, take our geranium (cranesbill)

in Drapetsona we don't have a life anymore

Hold my hand and let's go, my star,

we will survive, though we are poor.

• Artist:Grigoris Bithikotsis
• Album:Miki Theodorakis' "Πολιτεία Α’", 1960 (Politia Vol.1)