A Song of Cyprus

I was reminded today of the song lyric above, from a concert given by Phaedros Kavallaris
in London on 9 May, 1978.

Photograph, Nicosia, 1953, by David Potts (no relation)

A poem from Greece, for good measure, by Titos Patrikios, English translation by Peter Mackridge.

The Mountains

First there was the sea.

I was born among islands.

I too an island have temporarily emerged

until I see a light – that too like a stone –

and sink again.

The mountains came later.

I chose them.

I somehow had to share the weight

that had crushed my country for centuries.




Photograph, Nicosia, 1953, by David Potts (no relation)
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