Epirus: Kalpaki, Vitsa, Zagori, World War II Memorials

A poem by Efterpi Sarrou 

Return

The Collapse of the Greek-Italian Front After the Intervention of Germany

So we returned,

Our hearts filled with bitterness,

Without honours or the beating of drums,

Having failed to achieve our objectives.

But when our hands

Clumsily grasped the spade or mattock

We couldn't find the strength

To dig the dry soil.

Someday that soil

Will be revitalised,

Moistened and made damp

With the innocent blood of its children

Who'll die fighting to reclaim it.

Then, only then,

Will come the True Return.

Efterpi Sarrou,

translated by JP.

Η σφαγή στα Ζαγοροχώρια από τους Ναζί μέσα από τα μάτια ενός επιζήσαντα, Frixos Tziovas

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