- Catherine Socratous
Our song for Europe!
Updated: Oct 8, 2020
The most important workshop of the Cyprus meeting was the Music Workshop!
The idea was for the students to write lyrics for an original melody describing their feelings and thoughts about being a part of an Erasmus project and what it means to be a "Europolitan".
We collaborated with a professional musician - Giorgos Kolias- who composed the original music. Prior to the meeting, he first worked with a small group of students from Cyprus, helping them to understand the idea of the song and compose the first two verses of the song. After that the music and the idea behind it was sent to the participant schools and the other teams were asked to compose a verse or two in their native language.
During the workshop the musician - Mr. George Kolias- worked with the students and helped them compose the lyrics (verse and chorus) for the song. When everything was ready a small group of students from all the countries were taken to his studio for the recording of the song.
On the last day of the meeting all the teams gathered at the music room, and under the guidance of teacher Uwe Balser of the German Team, sang the song all together!
Below is the english translation of the lyrics:
Cyprus
I once made a promise to you
To travel together
To go around the world
Just as long as I’m with you
Just as long as I’m with you
In an ideal Europe
In a warm embrace
We’ll go around the world
Just as long as I’m with you
And life becomes a dream
Laughter, songs, music
We’ll go around the world
Just as long as I’m with you
(Chorus)
I think I’ll travel around Europe
Riding a bicycle
Together with my friends
One, two, or maybe more
Portugal
Here we are to share and learn
Travelling across the land and sea
Sharing our experiences
With everyone we see
Together without frontiers
We’ll give and receive
We will be pioneers
You only have to believe
Here we are to share and learn
Sharing our energy
And peaceful vibes
With all our diversity
Germany
We want freedom everywhere
We wish peace all over the world
Together we go forward
And take with us everyone
And we’re holding out our hands
Together we stay strong
And whenever you have doubts
Or your worries seem too big
Then have courage
And be excited
Europe is giving you its hand
In friendship do we live
Latvia
Let the song flow forward,
To unite everyone in the community.
So that Europe is ours,
Let's unite everyone together.
We’re Europolitans, Europolitans now.
Let’s live together safe and peaceful.
United Europe is the best.
Let’s make the friendship live forever.
Poland
We visit each other
Seeking a wonderful adventure
We are going to meet our friends
Supporting each other
Unity is our goal,
Friendship, love and support,
United in diversity,
United for Europe.
North Macedonia
Let’s hang out
Build bridges between us
Give me your hands
And I’ll give you mine
In Europe with smile on the face
Let’s dance and sing
Everyone dances as he knows
Only to last longer
Let’s travel
Let’s exchange
In cities and villages
Love to give