Δραπετσώνα [Drapetsona] [English translation]

Lyrics: Tasos Livaditis

Music: Mikis Theodorakis

Every stone was built with blood and sorrows

Every nail has bitterness and sobbing

But when we returned home at night from work,

Me and her had dreams, we kissed

Wind and rain lashed upon it

But it was our haven, our comfort and our sweet expectation. Ah! Our little home, it also had a soul

Take our wreath, take our geranium

There is no life for us in Drapetsona anymore1

Hold my hand and let's go, my love

We will go on living even if we're poor

There was a bed and a cradle in the corner

From the hole in the roof (we could see) stars and birds

It's every door made of sweat and sighs

It's every window was the sky

But when night fell,

The children were having fun in the alley

Ah! Our little home, it also had a heart

Take our wreath, take our geranium

There is no life for us in Drapetsona anymore

Hold my hand and let's go, my love

We will go on living even if we're poor

1. Drapetsona is a town in Athens

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