“Mother Greece”: Voliotis Konstantinos Kyritsis’ song about Greek immigrants

“Ellada Mana mou” is the title of the song in lyrics by Voliotis Konstantinos Kyritsis, which is written and dedicated to all Greeks who left their homeland behind for a new beginning abroad.

Coefficients:

Lyrics: Konstantinos Kyritsis

Music and singing: Sofoklis Vranas

Orchestration: Nikos Kousvidis

Lyrics

“GREECE MY MOTHER”

Greece My mother, how you hurt me

you bully me and sell me

i want to stay in your arms

but you drive me away, you don’t keep me

My sweet Motherland, no, don’t cry

it was meant to be, it’s not your fault

those who passed have bloodied you

now you count a thousand wounds

Ah, my Blessed Greece

of History punished

ah, my Greece, a wounded land

you become a stranger to your children

Greece My Blessed Mother

you become a stranger to your children

Greece, my mother, I greet you

tear hot to the throat

how much my soul can endure

I live and haven’t lived for a long time

My sweet homeland I am leaving again

as far as the birds

I will always have you in my mind

vein beats into the heart