Nikos Kallitsis / Νίκος Καλλίτσης

Ah, my comrade, how we miss you. . .

The time has become filled with worms
nuclear tests, popular fronts,
bordellos and multinationals,
they don’t allow us to love.

Ah, my comrade, how we miss you. . .

You know it, what is there for me to tell you.
And afterwards they got together on it.
In China, January of ’77, they slaughter workers

Ah, my comrade, why weren’t you careful
why weren’t you more careful?

Here, the same. They hide in their shells, the people.

Ah, if you only knew, comrade, what a heavy load we carry. . .
In that way you appear a little weak, you crossed over

Ah, my comrade, why weren’t you careful
why weren’t you more careful?

Ah, my comrade who did not betray us
we are living in a barbarous world. . .

“Katerina Gogou, Up and down Patission-
The views of Katerina Gogou on loneliness, and 20 of her poems set to music”
‘A very selective publication dedicated to the poet and actress Katerina Gogou, (1940-1993).’