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Home For Cooperation, a community centre situated in the demilitarized UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus's divided capital of Nicosia, releases the single 'The Time Is Ripe' by the Island Seeds collective, made of more than 35 Cypriot artists from both the Greek-speaking and Turkish-speaking communities on either side of the divide. The song's trilingual lyrics are about the importance of unity between Cyprus' divided communities and the significance that human interaction has - a message that resonates strongly amidst the island's strict lockdown measures amid the coronavirus pandemic.
lyrics
Ας μάθουμεν που τα δεντρά,
Οι κλώνοι μας ν’απλώσουν
Τζιαι μέσα στες αγκάλες μας,
Πλάσματα να μερώσουν
Let’s bring our voices together
Let’s break on through to the other side
Oh, we are building a friendship
Guided by hope and fed from love
Bir cikla öter bir pulya
Temas etmezsan olmaz
Gollarını açman lazım
Barış adına
Hem şinya tüter hem lapsana
Sevgiden üstün değildir tarih
Daha fazlasını yapman lazım
Birleşmek adına
Breathing, loving, believing
The future is brighter
We’re dreaming, hoping, seeing
Together we’ll work it out
It’s time for loving our neighbour
(the time is ripe, the time is ripe)
Now is the time to live in peace
(the time is ripe, the time is ripe)
Within our hearts lies the solution
(it’s time to heal, it’s time to heal)
It’s time to honour this troubled land
Τον ουρανόν πο'ν λευτερκά
τζι'όσπου πετάς έν λείφκει,
μόνον αν τον μοιράζεσαι τίποτες έν σε ρίφκει.
Δε τα δεντρά που σιαίρουνται όπου τζι'αν ιβλαστούσιν,
τζιαι κάμνουν ώριμους καρπούς, στους άλλους για να θκιούσιν.
It’s time for loving our neighbour
(the time is ripe, the time is ripe)
Now is the time to live in peace
(the time is ripe, the time is ripe)
Within our hearts lies the solution
(it’s time to heal, it’s time to heal)
It’s time to honour this troubled land
(the time is ripe, the time is ripe)
So, let’s bring our voices together
Let’s break on through to the other side
Oh, we are building a friendship
Guided by hope and fed from love
Guided by hope and fed from love
It’s time to honour this troubled land
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