MANTINADES

Edo sta xena pou gurno

Eskontapsa mia mera

Mou fanikie pos akousa

Tis Kritis ti flogiera.

O eihos tis mou thimise

Tin makrini patrida

Tis thalasses kai tis plagies

Gia hronia pou den eida.

Giauto anarotithika

Ti prepei gia na kano

Kai skeftika pos eprepe

Ta ithi kai ta ethima

pote na min ta hano.

Kietsi apofasisa

Ton silogo narhiso

Me filous kai me Kritikous

Tis Kritis mas ta ethima

Gia panta na kratiso.

An eiste pente meinete

kai an eiste deka elate

na deixete pos oloi sas

tin Kriti agapate.

Emeis pou eimaste Kritikoi

Pote den to xehnoume

Ton kosmo kian girizome

kai oti the as doume.

Eimaste iperifanoi

Emeis gia tous progonous

Giati mas elevtherosan

me kopous kai me ponous.

Giauto kai tha kratisoume

To labaro tis nikis

Etsigia na to deixoume

Pos eimaste oloi mas paidia

tis doxasmenis Kritis.

POEMS

I am an American but I have friends from Crete
It doesn't matter where we are from
Our friendship can’t be beat.

My friends tell me about their land
It’s history, it's people,
And the more I think about it,
The more I see myself in it.

I am just as proud as my friends
And I share their dreams,
When I think how the great Lord
Made our roads meet.

I can't help it I love two lands
I am proud to be American
But I can't forget my Crete.

I found a lot of happiness in every thing I did
But I would love to see again
The island of Crete.

My heart is splitting in the middle
Because I have two loves,
One is my America the other is my Crete.

I can't forget her sunny skies
The golden stars of night
The people that I left behind
The hills with the grapevines.

So here in America when I see my friends
We eat, we drink we dance and dream
How some day we all can go and visit our Crete.

While I am here far away I will not forget
My culture, my religion the things
I have been taught.

I'll try to keep it going
Through the association
That now we have form.

I am asking for your help my friends
Because as you know
In order to complete this goal, one person
Can’t work alone.

My dream is to succeed in everything I do
And if I can't leave in Crete
at least I can bring, the Cretan ways to you.

Composed by:
Eleftheria Winters

1 December 2000

CRETAN MARCHING ANTHEM

Apo flogies i kriti zosmeni

Ta varia tis ta sidera spa

Kai san prota ktipiete ktipa

Kai voi kateveni

Me megalo theorato dori

Olo niata fotia kai zoi

Tremoun thasi kai ori