19319 - The anthem of Pontus

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Angeliki Papadopoulou

The anthem of Pontus
is about Constantinople
because this is
its essence
and for that reason
the eagle
continued
even after
staring at it
so
the Empire
of Trabzon
did not forget
a thing
from the spirit
of Byzantium
because it was
the notion
of faith
which lived
as a body
eleven centuries
until its soul
to find
another.