LADY OF GAVDOS
"Lady of Gavdos, lady of the sea,
stay upright for a little while longer
and stare at the Liviko,
who knows maybe tomorrow
maybe you will be remembered
as our wife, mother and sister.
Hold on a little longer.
(lyrics: Dimitra Spitha-Pimpli)
TO THE CHILDREN OF GAVDOS
"...Now on this
shore I am waiting
for a man to lay down
a remnant,
a raft..."
(Giorgou Seferis "On Stage")
"My only sadness
is the Libyan wilderness
that keeps me away from the struggle to overthrow
fascism"
(Lyrics by Sophia Mavroides-Papadakis, sung by her fellow exiles in Gavdos, during the Metaxas dictatorship).