Hymn to Liberty

The "Hymn to Liberty" (Greek: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, romanized: Hymnos eis tin Eleutherian) has been the national anthem of Greece since 1865^[1] and Cyprus since 1966.^[2] It is based on a long poem written in 1823 by Dionysios Solomos. The words were later set to music by Nicolaos Mantzaros in 1865.^[3][4][5][6]

Hymnos eis tin Eleutherian

English: Hymn to Liberty
Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν
An old book cover of the national anthem.
National anthem of Greece Cyprus
Lyrics	Dionysios Solomos, 1823
Music	Nicolaos Mantzaros, 1865
Adopted	1865 (by Greece)[1] 1966 (by Cyprus)[2] 1908–13 (by the Cretan State)

Lyrics

Greek original

Monotonic orthography	Polytonic orthography	IPA transcription
Σε γνωρίζω από την κόψη Του σπαθιού την τρομερή, Σε γνωρίζω από την όψη, Που με βιά μετράει τη γη. Απ’ τα κόκκαλα βγαλμένη Των Ελλήνων τα ιερά, 𝄆 Και σαν πρώτα ανδρειωμένη, Χαίρε, ω χαίρε, ελευθεριά! 𝄇[7][8][9]	Σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν κόψι Τοῦ σπαθιοῦ τὴν τρομερή, Σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν ὄψι, Ποῦ μὲ βία μετράει τὴ γῆ. Ἀπ’ τὰ κόκκαλα βγαλμένη Τῶν Ἑλλήνων τὰ ἱερά, Καὶ σὰν πρῶτα ἀνδρειωμένη, Χαῖρε, ὦ χαῖρε, Ἐλευθεριά!	[s̠e̞ ɣno̞ˈɾiˑz̠o̞̯‿ɐpo̞ tiŋ ˈko̞ˑps̠i] [tu s̠pɐˈθçuˑ tin ˌtro̞me̞ˈɾiˑ ǀ] [s̠e̞ ɣno̞ˈɾiˑz̠o̞̯‿ɐpo̞ tin ˈo̞ˑps̠i ǀ] [pu me̞ ˈvʝäˑ me̞ˌträˑi̯ ti ˈʝiˑ ‖] [ɐp tɐ ˈko̞ˑkɐˌlä vɣɐlˈme̞ˑɲi] [to̞n e̞ˈliˑno̞n tɐ je̞ˈɾäˑ ǀ] 𝄆 [ˌce̞ s̠ɐm ˈpro̞ˑtɐ ɐn̪ðri̯o̞ˈme̞ˑɲi ǀ] [ˈçe̞ˑɾe̞̯‿o̞ ˈçe̞ˑɾe̞ ǀ e̞le̞fθe̞ɾˈʝäˑ ‖] 𝄇]

Translation

By Rudyard Kipling (1918)[10]	Common Turkish variant[11][12][13] (co-official language of Cyprus)
First verse
We knew thee of old, O, divinely restored, By the lights of thine eyes, And the light of thy Sword.	Tanırım seni, kılıcının O korkunç keskinliğinden Tanırım seni bakışından O şiddetle sarmalayan.
Second verse
From the graves of our slain, Shall thy valor prevail, 𝄆 as we greet thee again, Hail, Liberty! Hail! 𝄇	Kutlu kemiklerinden Dirilmiş Yunanların 𝄆 O eski yiğitliğiyle Yaşa, hey yaşa, Özgürlük! 𝄇