303 - THE LAST SIGH

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Angeliki Papadopoulou, Evi Charitidou

TO KLELIA SKOTEINOU

MY JESUS WHEN THEY TORE
OUR GOLDEN-GREEN LEAF APART,
MY JESUS WHEN THEY STOLE
ΤHE PAST OF ROMIOSYNE,
MY JESUS WHEN THEY NAILED
THE STAR ΟΝ PENTADACTYLOS,
MY JESUS WHEN THEY MADE
THE SUN OF JUSTICE BLEED,
MY JESUS WHEN THEY BURIED
THE MEMORY OF THE ENCLAVED
THEY CRUCIFIED YOU AGAIN.