MAKRI ZEIBEKIKO YA TON NIKO (1978)
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    Lipon, molivi kie harti,
    i apownosi anixe lawoumi.
    Stoes pou hothikan me lampsis maherion
  4 se pio (poio) steno keli.
    Psila me pepla ematos
    hlimintrize i selini.
    Then ih'elpitha, eleftheria the zita
  8 alla thikeosini.
    Yennithike s'ena laspotopo
    konta stin Katerini.
    Skies me lampes thiellis pou wlistroun
 12 stou Athi to pani.
    O Nikos itan o prototokos,
    ton allon lewan Thimostheni.
    Vouvos thesmos, ikona pethiki
 16 se allon hrono anaplewmeni/anaflewmeni(?).
    O yeros tou ihe kripsona to vouno
    ap'to sarantapente,
    ki i horiki ap'to fovo ton arhon
 20 makrenan ki ap'ton yo.
    Ki aftos tous evlepe stromenous sti thoulia
    kie mesa tou anave i mania
    tou strimowmenou anamesa sto plithos
 24 kie tin astinomia.
    Ospou mia mera horis aposkevi
    tsoulontas tis tripas tou ti rotha,
    kilai ap'ti Makethonia os etho
 28 ki akoma pou tha vyi.
    Tha fevyi panta ya to astro pou the ftani
    kammia astinomia,
    ya tous fiwathes aftos o ouranos
 32 in'i paranomia.
    Niko,
    aggizo to stihio sas,
    Niko,
 36 mes ston ipokosmo tis wlossas.
    Thio katathikes exi hronia ya klopi,
    ton itha otan vyike.
    Kratouse mian apostasi ap'tin trella
 40 ohi ya na sothi,
    alla ya na ti sosi an m'ennois,
    na, lowou hari, ithele wamo.
    Kie tote tou'pan, "Ela se mas ya na prothonis".
 44 The thehtike stiwmi.
    Ki ap'ti vathia ton ipoyion tous ti lissa
    katefiye stin eparhia.
    Ma opou piye to sima ihe stali,
 48 sti Saloniki ton tsakisan.
    Shethon triklizontas xanarthe stin Athina
    kie tote piasan ti mnisti tou.
    Tis ipan loya, voithisan ki i wonis,
 52 ospou thiekopse mazi tou.
    Ostoso zouse telios sovaros,
    ipnovatontas s'ena kratos
    pou thriamvevi se mia atelioti strigglia,
 56 thiafiyi kammia.
    Kratontas mono mia krifi anapnoi
    ton bouzouksithikon to geto,
    vathia ikona pou i ekstasi eki
 60 akoma litouryi.
    "Akouo", eleye, "ta loya, ti foni,
    kie t'atherfaki mou ipsomeno
    na to kitao sto horo tou monaho
 64 kie kati na patheno".

    MONO MOUSIKI, to theoro strofi ya na thiatirithi i thomi tou trawouthiou.

 68
    Niko,
    skilathiko, Savvato,
    Niko,
 72 spasimata yemato.
    Paraggelia, kie perimenan kathismeni,
    kie ta ihia to anaggilan,
    ki ola ta orwana sillavan to skopo
 76 ya to horo tou Thimostheni.
    Kathos anevene i pista itan yemati,
    akoustike na ourliazi, 
    "Paraggelia!", yati to ithe to kako
 80 me thraskelies na plisiazi.
    I pista athiase, monaha thio astinomi
    horevan yirnontas tou tin plati.
    Tote tous esproxe o mikros me mia strigglia
 84 "Thiko mou to kommati"!
    Ton rixan kato se yalia kommatiasmena,
    xefoniz'opos ton esernan.
    San ena film iliggiothes i zoi tous
 88 tou Nikou ekapse ta frena.
    Exo ap'tin trella then ihe kati na piasti
    yati tou to'han thialisi.
    Katrakilai ston provolea ton skotathion tou,
 92 sti frikalea attraction tou.
    Me tosi via pou in'athinato na po
    ti eyin'eki katw,
    to thrama olo sintelestike, tharro,
 96 sto horo tou aoratou.
    Ston eafto tou ipe, "Niko, sigratisou!",
    travontas kiolas to lepithi.
    Ton proton pou tin efaye ton ithan
100 me mia taftotita na skivi.
    Sfahtikan tris, maheros'allous exi,
    fones, "Anihte, tha mas sfaxoun"!
    Travontas exo ton mikro paramilouse,
104 "Esena then tha se piraxoun"!
    Niko,
    soi alloparmeno,
    Niko,
108 ti ehis kamomeno?
    Meta katefiye sto spiti enos wnostou
    ma enios'oti tha ton thosoun.
    "Tha fiwo", ipe, "me mia varka n'anihto,
112 fourtounes na me pnixoun.
    Na trellathoune pou Niko na yirevoun
    kie Niko na mi vriskoun".
    Ma opos vyike tous ithe san valethes,
116 o enas me tis hiropethes.
    Ton ekiklosan, vyenan ap'ta yiro meri,
    kremotan i zoi tou
    apo ena nima pou the tha'thine s'aftous
120 kie petaxe maheri,
    n'anagastoun na ton skotosoun i astinomi,
    ma ekini tou'rihnan sta pothia.
    Sernotan ki evbrize, ospou enas taverniaris
124 tou'those mia m'ena kathroni.
    I thiki tou eyine ton awrio Noemvri,
    to'niothe araye ki ekinos?
    O tipos pantos ton provale anihta
128 san emovoro ktinos.
    Ta ithia lewan kie polli prootheftiki,
    paraxeno then itan?
    I simvasi tous thiesthanthike s'afton
132 mian alli apili.
    To'pan episis laiki ena soro
    ston sinerwati enos entipou
    pou o Bithikotsis ton thiohni kie tou lei
136 "Pou na sou exiwo...".
    Then ihe martires ektos to afentiko tou
    kie ti nikokira tou.
    I thikiwori lewan, anomali psihi,
140 kitaxte ta hartia tou.
    Niko,
    horio siskotismeno,
    Niko,
144 pii s'ehoun kiklomeno?
    O ithios xewraps'ap'arhis ton eafto tou,
    to ipe, "Prepi na pethano"!
    Bike ston kopo thilathi ton thikaston,
148 m'afti then bikan ston thiko tou.
    Kathos thiwotan i zoi tous (?)
    tharrousa then th'antexo.
    To thikastirio litourwouse mesa eki
152 ma i thikeosini itan'ap'exo.
    Sta wrammata tou apo ti filaki,
    opios then thiaferi (enthiaferi?),
    asfiktiouse sa zoo mithiko,
156 etho oso ki eki.
    Min ine taha ena riwos parapera
    pou thihni mia apostasi ap'to thrama
    kie metaferi san iptameno ena thavma,
160 tis thiekosinis ti walera.
    I tehni mou ezise paraxenes stiwmes
    kie apo thikio xeri.
    Ta kinitra tou then itan tapina,
164 ton vlepo se aryes strofes.
    Sa mia theotita pou lii ton paniko tis
    kie thiastellete xespontas
    st'anipopsiasta bouloukia tou vithou
168 pou viazoun to asilo tis.
    I oura pou afxeni ftinontas, ki o'nas lissai
    me to zourlomanthia,
    kie me ta ilektroshock na ton klonizi,
172 na lavi o,ti tis axizi.
    Sto lavirintho tou efialti othiyimeni
    eonia thihos sotiria,
    stin taktiki thouli'a tou thikasti
176 pou then katalaveni.
    Niko,
    pote the tha'ne etsi,
    Niko,
180 in'i arrostia pou mas sozi
    kathos se perni
    pio makria ki ap'to kelli sou,
    Niko,
184 ston ourano tis mousikis sou.

Stihi (?) kie mousiki: Thionisis Savvopoulos