Ποιός εις τον Κόσμο εφάνηκε, κι Αγάπη δεν κατέχει;
Ποιός δεν την εδοκίμασε; ποιός δεν την-ε ξετρέχει;

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Who in this world has never glimpsed Love's face?
Who has not yearned, who has not joined the chase?

Aretousa's words
Excerpt in Cretan Poem Erotokritos - by Vincenzos Kornaros

(translation by Theodore Ph. Stephanides, Papazissis publishers, Athens, 1984.)

This poem was written in th 17th century and remains yet in the local traditional as a classic song/poem that lives for ever in our hearts and minds

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