Song of the day: To Gelasto Paidi by Mikis Theodorakis & Maria Farantouri

Maria Farantouri, a Greek singer and also a political and cultural activist, was born on November 28, 1947, in Athens. Fighting the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, she recorded protest songs. She was an elected member of the Greek Parliament from 1989 to 1993 representing the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). Let’s listen to “To Gelasto Paidi” song by Maria Farantouri and Mikis Theodorakis.

“To Gelasto Paidi

It was an August morning near dawn

I went out to take air in the flowered earth

I saw a girl crying broken-hearted mourning

My heart broke for we've lost the laughing boy…”