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Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:32:36 +0100
Reply-To:     C.A.Constantinides@CITY.AC.UK
From:         C.A.Constantinides@CITY.AC.UK
Subject:      'ELENH'
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Kypros. 2os Pagkosmios Polemos. "Polemhste gia thn Ellada kai thn Eleu0eria"

[House of Commons (Britain) Official report, 5 May 1955: In those days the
official recruiting posters in Cyprus said: "FIGHT FOR GREECE AND LIBERTY"]




				ELENH

                     TEYKROS: es ghn enalian Kupron, ou m'e0espisen
                              oikein Apollwn, onoman nhsiwtikon
                              Salamina 0emenon ths ekei xarin partas.
                     -----------------------------------------------
                     ELENH: Ouk hl0on es ghn Trwad', all'eidwlon hn.
                     AGGELOS: Ti fhs; Nefelhs ar allws eixomen ponous peri;

                                                 'Elenh' (Euripidhs)


'T'ahdonia de s'afhnoune na koimh0eis stis Platres"

Ahdoni ntropalo, mes ton anasamo twn fullwn,
su pou dwrizeis th mousikh drosia tou dasous
sta xwrismena swmata kai stis yuxes
autwn pou 3eroun pws de 0a gurisoun.
Tuflh fwnh, pou yhlafeis mesa sth nuktwmenh mnhmh
bhmata kai xeironomies. de 0a tolmousa na pw filhmata.
kai to pikro trikumisma ths 3agriemenhs sklabas.

"T'ahdonia de s'afhnoune na koimh0eis stis Platres"

Poies einai oi Platres; Poios to gnwrizei touto to nhsi;
Ezhsa th zwh mou akougontas onomata prwtakousta:
kainourgious topous, kainourgies treles twn an0rwpwn
h twn 0ewn.
H moira mou pou koimatizei
anamesa sto sterno spa0i enos Aianta
kai mian allh Salamina
m'efere edw s'auto to gurogiali.

To feggari bghke ap'to pelago san Afrodith.
skepase t'astra tou To3oth, twra paei na 'brei
thn kardia tou Skorpiou, ki'ola t'allazei.
Pou ein' h alh0eia;
Hmoun ki'egw ston polemo to3oths.
to riziko mou, enos an0rwpou pou 3astoxhse.

Ahdoni poihtari,
san kai mia tetoia nukta st'akro0alassi tou Prwtea
s'akousan oi sklabes Spartiatisses ki esuran to 0rhno,
ki anameso tous -poios na to'lege- h Elenh!
Auth pou kunhgousame xronia sto Skamantro.
Htan ekei, sta xeilia ths erhmou. thn aggi3a, mou milhse:
"Den ein' elh0eia, den ein'alh0eia" fwnaze.
"Den mphka sto galazoplwro karabi.
Pote den pathsa thn antreiwmenh Troia"

Me to ba0u sth0odesmo, ton hlio sta mallia, ki'auto to anasthma
iskioi kai xamogela pantou
stous wmous stous mhrous sta gonata.
zwntano derma, kai ta matia
me ta megala blefara,
htan ekei, sthn ox0h enos delta.
Kai sthn Troia;
Tipote sthn troia -ena eidwlo.
Etsi to 0elan oi 0eoi.
Ki o Parhs, m'enan iskio plagiaze sa na htan plasma atofio.
ki emeis sfazomastan gia thn Elenh deka xronia.

Megalos ponos eixe pesei sthn Elada.
Tosa kormia rigmena
sta sagonia ths 0alassas, sta sagonia ths ghs.
toses yuxes
dosmenes stis mulopetres, san to sitari.
Ki oi potamoi fouskwnan mes sth lasph to aima
gia ena lino kumatisma gia mia nefelh
mias petalousdas tinagma, to poupoulo enos kuknou
gia ena poukamiso adeiano, gia mian Elenh.
Ki o adelfos mou;
Ahdoni ahdoni ahdoni,
ti einai 0eos; ti mh 0eos; kai ti anameso tous;

'T'ahdonia de s'afhnoune na koimh0eis stis Platres"

Dakrusmeno pouli,
sthn Kupro thn 0alassofilhth
pou eta3an gia na mou 0umizei thn patrida,
ara3a monaxos m'auto to paramu0i,
an einai alh0eia pws auto einai paramu0i,
an einai alh0eia pws oi an0rwpoi de 0a 3anapiasoun
ton palio dolo twn 0ewn.
an einai alh0eia
pws kapoios allos Teukros, ustera apo xronia,
h kapoios Aiantas h Priamos h Ekabh
h kapoios agnwstos, anwnumos, pou wstoso
eide ena Skamantro na 3exeilaei koufaria,
den to'xei mes th moira tou n'akousei
mantatoforouas pou erxountai na poune
pws tosos ponos toso zwh
phgan sthn abusso,
gia ena poukamiso adeiano, gia mian Elenh

   Giwrgos Seferhs, 1953. Apo to "Hmerologio Katastrwmatos, G' "



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Kwnstantinos A. Kwnstantinidhs
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