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| Greek version : ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΞΑΚΟΥΣΤΗ |
Latin transliteration: MAKEDONIA KSAKOUSTI |
English translation: FAMOUS MACEDONIA |
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Μακεδονία ξακουστή, Είσαι και θα ΄σαι ελληνική, Οι Μακεδόνες δε μπορούν |
Makedonia ksakusti, Ise ke tha se elliniki, I Makedones de borun |
Famous Macedonia You are and you'll be Greek, Macedonians cannot |
During the first decades of the last century, in the third line of the anthem they used to sing: you drove away the Bulgarians, but as relations between Greece and Bulgaria normalized over the years, the word "Βούλγαρους" ("Bulgarians"), was later substituted with the more politically correct "βάρβαρους" ("barbarians") to avoid stirring nationalist passions.
Also the verse "κι εμείς θα σ'αντικρύζουμε, ελεύθερη και πάλι!" ("and we will be looking at you with pride again!") is sometimes sung as "κι εμείς τα Ελληνόπουλα, σου πλέκουμε στεφάνι!" ("and we, the Sons of Greece, plait you a crown").
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References
- ^ Roudometof, V. (2002). Collective Memory, National Identity and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria and the Macedonian Question. Greenwood Press, 81. ISBN 0-275-97648-3.
