Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is exciting, isn't it?

We here at c99p have experienced a yuuuuge influx of refugees over the past few days!

So, I thought this little piece of 'Ελληνικι was rather appropriate, and fitting to the situation.

Notes: The English translation is my own. I am not a fully qualified Hellenophone, nor do I play one on TV. If you are such, and you find I made a boo-boo, please let me know and I'll update. Also: a "Basto cord" is an extension cord; the reference is to the use of electric cords to strangle people (which the singer of this song refuses to do!)

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[Ελληνικι]

Aρνιέμαι
Μουσική : Mίκης Θεοδωράκης
Στίχοι : Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης
Πρώτη εκτέλεση: Bασίλης Παπακωνσταντίνου

Αρνιέμαι αρνιέμαι αρνιέμαι
οι άλλοι να βαστάνε τα σκοινιά
αρνιέμαι να με κάνουν ό,τι θένε
αρνιέμαι να πνιγώ στην καταχνιά.

Αρνιέμαι αρνιέμαι αρνιέμαι
να είσαι συ και να μην είμαι εγώ
που τη δική μου μοίρα διαφεντεύεις
με τη δική μου γη και το νερό.

Αρνιέμαι αρνιέμαι αρνιέμαι
να βλέπω πια το δρόμο μου κλειστό
αρνιέμαι να 'χω σκέψη που σωπαίνει
να περιμένει μάταια τον καιρό.

[English]

I refuse
Music: Mikis Theodorakis
Lyrics: James Kampanellis
First run: Vasilis Papakonstantinou
English Translation: Sean McCullough

I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
[to put] others to Vasto cords
I refuse to go with the slain
I refuse to drown in the mist.

I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
and be you not to me
that my fate dominate
with my own land and water.

I refuse, I refuse, I refuse
to see my way now closed
I refuse if I had thought that silent
waiting time in vain.