But, I'm Greek (2)

By Andreas Koutsoudis ( A homage to Notis Skafianakis)

A mother's boy, they say,

A soft touch,

A glutton and a wimp, they say...

But, I'm Greek,

My roots go back far,

To King Leonidas and the 300,

To the annihilation of Persia.

To the Birth of democracy,

To Archimedes and Hippocrates,

To Plato and Aristotle,

To Alexander The Great,

To Pericles and Sophocles,

To masters of the arts and poetry,

To pugilism, pankration and patriotism!

A mother's boy they say,

A has been,

Old and washed up, they say...

But, I'm Greek!

My roots go back far,

To the great philosophers paving the way to Christianity,

To the New Testament! 

To the Alpha and the Omega!

To the Logos, Sofia and Dinamis!

The Greek character never dies, 

Old and new,

Ancient and modern,

I'm Greek, I won't die, I do my Cross and I pray to Jesus Christ, The one True God.

Saints have foretold,

And justice will be served,

Constantinople will Rise Again!

Cyprus will gain Enosis!

And the enemies will be scattered as it is written!

With humility and patriotism in equal measures, 

With The Cross and with The Spirit,

With faith and passion, and power

A mother's boy, they say,

Selfish and deluded,

Sensitive and weak, they say...

But, I'm Greek,

My roots go back far,

And all warriors fight like a Greek,

And "If" attacked,

You will see the heart of a Greek,

An Orthodox church goer, 

I will always say "No" you will not win,

I will never give up,

For the Greek fight is Spirit,

For the Greek fight is intellect,

For the Greek fight is Fire!