"The Olympus mountains and Kìssavo contend with each other, | which of the two will make it rain or snow. | Kissavo sends rain and Olympus sends snow; | Kissavo then turns towards Olympus and says: | "You whom the Turks trample on, you must not blame me. | I am Mount Kìssavo, famous in Làrissa, | dear to the agàof Làrissa, to all the Albanians". | He turns towards Kìssavo the Olympus and replies: | "O Kìssavo shame on you, slave of the Albanians, | trampled by the Turks and the agàthey stay in my refuges. | But when the buds open in spring, | they then fill the mountains in great numbers | and the prisoners crowd their hiding places." (Greek folk song)"
January 1, 1970