Eimaste dyo, eimaste treis, eimaste xilioi dekatreis!

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Eimaste dyo, eimaste treis, eimaste xilioi dekatreis! (in English: We are two, we are three, we are one thousand and thirteen!) is a song by Mikis Theodorakis, the leftist socialist Greek composer and politician. The song means the people are more than the land-owners, factory owners, and the other right-supporters. The song has become a major Greek slogan of the Left, used in the everyday life of the leftist Greeks. The song's music is very moving, almost aggressive.

[edit] Lyrics in Greek:

Είμαστε δυό είμαστε δυό
κι η ώρα σήμανε οχτώ
κλείσε το φώς χτυπά ο φρουρός
το βράδυ θα 'ρθουνε ξανά

Ένας μπροστά ένας μπροστά
κι οι άλλοι πίσω ακολουθούν
με τη σιωπή κι ακολουθεί
το ίδιο τροπάρι το γνωστό

Βαράνε δυό βαράνε τρείς
βαράνε χίλιοι δεκατρείς
πονάς εσύ πονάω κι εγώ
μα ποιός πονάει πιό πολύ
θα 'ρθεί καιρός να μας το πεί

Είμαστε δυό είμαστε τρείς
είμαστε χίλιοι δεκατρείς
καβάλα πάμε στο καιρό
με τον καιρό με τη βροχή
το αίμα πήζει στη πληγή
ο πόνος γίνεται καρφί

Ο εκδικητής ο λυτρωτής
είμαστε δυό είμαστε τρείς
είμαστε χίλιοι δεκατρείς

[edit] Lyrics in English

We are two, we are two
And the clock just struck eight
Turn out the lights, the guard now knocks
They shall come again by night

One in front, one in front
And the others behind follow
With silence and follow
The same things again and again

Two are banging, three are banging
One thousand and thirteen are banging
You are in pain, I am in pain
But who is paining more
The time shall come to tell us

We are two, we are three
We are one thousand and thirteen
Riding ahead in the weather
With the weather, with the rain
The blood is clotting in the wound
The pain becomes like a nail

The avenger, the redeemer
We are two, we are three
We are one thousand and thirteen