Panos Tzavellas / Πάνος Τζαβέλλας

Honorable gentleman, Mr. Pantelis
you have a store somewhere on Earth.
You sell your wares, you make money
a lot of money, a lot of money.

On Sunday mornings, in the church
you pray to the Virgin Mother.

Honourable gentleman, Mr. Pantelis,
you’ve also got a wife, a daughter, a son,
modern furniture, a color TV,
you’re getting intellectual input.

(You’ve stayed) far from political parties, so that you don’t get into trouble,
“Homeland, religion, family”

Honorable gentleman, Mr. Pantelis,
what if people die on Earth
thousands of people without bread,
black, white, or yellow?

Your son should only be well,
so that he inherits the name and the money.

Honorable gentleman, Mr. Pantelis,
you have gone rotten on the shelf.
You’ve spent the brunt of your youth
for money, for your skin.

The dream, the life and the light were just next to you
but you locked yourself in your corpse.

Do you know, Mr. Pantelis,
how many others have given their youth and their life
in order to make dream for a slice of bread come true,
so that you can also eat, Mr. Pantelis?

And you, what have you given, Mr. Pantelis?
Tell us, what have you done on Earth?
Tell us, what will you leave behind
that can inspire the young generation?

Honorable gentleman, Mr. Pantelis,
you terrified person, wimp, puppet,
you made the dream and the soul dirty,
an empty skin, with no breath.

Honorable people, young generation,
turn the honorable ones under in the fields,
including those who made Pantelis
a useless worm on Earth.

Έντιμοι άνθρωποι, νέα γενιά,
θάψτε τους έντιμους μες στα σπαρτά
κι αυτούς που φτιάξανε τον Παντελή
σκουλήκι άχρηστο σ’ αυτή τη γη.

What is wrong with your eyes that they are full of tears
fascism spread over our country one day

Ach, sweet homeland of ours, beloved Greece
Ach, sweet homeland of ours, how I faithfully love you

Our country they began to loot
men, women and children, hitting us all

Ach, sweet homeland of ours, beloved Greece
Ach, sweet homeland of ours, how I faithfully love you

But the evil was not able to last, and broke one day
we, the children of Greece, raised our banner

Ach, sweet homeland of ours, beloved Greece
Ach, sweet homeland of ours, how I faithfully love you

To cast out fascism, Hitler and Mussolini
to our country to bring peace forevermore

Ach, sweet homeland of ours, beloved Greece
Ach, sweet homeland of ours, how I faithfully love you

(translation: Eva Johanos)