by Rigas Feraios (1757 - 1798)
Παρακέλευσις πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Available translation(s): ENG
Τί καρτερεῖτε, φίλοι καὶ ἀδελφοί, τί δὲν κινεῖσθε μὲ γλῶσσαν, μὲ σπαθί; Ἰδοὺ καιρός μας ἔφθασε, ἠμέρα δόξης ἔλαμψε. Λοιπὸν ὁρμᾶτε, κράζοντες τὸ ἐλελεῦ, καὶ σφάζοντες. Δοῦλοι σεῖς πλέον μὴ καταδέχεσθε, μήτε νὰ ἦσθε, μήτε νὰ λέγεσθε. Ἐλεύθερα φρονήσατε, γενναίως πολεμήσατε, καὶ τ᾽ ἅρματα ἁδράξατε, ἐχθροὺς τῆς πατρίδος σπαράξατε. Ὁ Λεωνίδας καὶ Θεμιστοκλῆς, Ἐπαμινώνδας καὶ μέγας Περικλῆς δικοί μας ἦσαν πρόγονοι καὶ τοὺς Διὸς ἀπόγονοι. Λοιπὸν ὀμῶστε, καὶ σπαθιὰ γυμνῶστε, γιὰ τὴν πατρίδα.
Confirmed with Η Λυρα του Ἀπολλωνος, Athens, 1850.
Note provided by Johann Winkler: The text above doesn't quite match Randhartinger's melody in stanza 2, line 6, so the following substitution from another version of the poem might be useful here: "ἐχθροὺς κατασπαράξατε". (The score does not explicitly include the second and third stanzas.)
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Note on TransliterationsAuthorship:
- by Rigas Feraios (1757 - 1798) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Παρακέλευσις πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας", note: the score includes the first stanza and then adds that stanzas 1,2, & 3 are from the book (unfortunately without indicating which book) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "Appeal to the Greeks", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-31
Line count: 18
Word count: 73