Cypriot national anthem
Country: | Cyprus |
Title: | Ymnos is tin Eleftherian (English: "Ode to Freedom") |
Text: | Dionysios Solomos (1823) |
Composer: | Nikolaos Mantzaros (1865) |
National anthem since: | 1960 |
Transcription:
Se gnorizo ??apo tin
kopsi
tou spathiou tin
tromeri,
se gnorizo ??apo tin
opsi
pou me via metrai
ti gi.
Ap` ta kokkala
vgalmeni
ton Ellinon ta iera,
kai san prota
andriomeni,
chere, o chere,
Eleftheria!
Translation:
I recognize you by the blade
of the sword, the mighty.
I recognize you by the sight
who measures the earth with power.
Sprouted from the Bones
of the Greeks, the sacred (sc. bones),
and, as before, brave
Hail, oh hail freedom!