[Mikis Theodorakis]. I Had Three Lives: Selected Poems of Mikis Theodorakis. Translated by Gail Holst-Warhaft. Athens: Livani Publishing Organization, 2004. 318 p.

ISBN 9601409157 pbk; 9789601409153 pbk

Contains: Prologue by Mikis Theodorakis (pp. 7-8); Introduction by Gail Holst-Warhaft (pp. 9-22).

N.B. "This is not a translation of the collection of [Theodorakis'] poems selected by Ioulita Iliopoulou and published in 2000 under the title Να μαγευτώ και να μεθύσω, but [has been selected by the translator herself] from the composer's own manuscripts" [from the Introduction, p. 22].

Early Poems of Love and War, Tripolis, Athens (1942-1946): Siao (1942): "To Desire" (p. 31); "To My Death" (pp. 32-33); "Mortals! Mortals!" (pp. 35-36); "Don't Cry Any More" (p. 37); "The Singing of Ikarus" (pp. 38-39); "I and She" (p. 43); "Everything Will End" (p. 44); "Small Fantasy" (p. 47); "Odysseus" (p. 48); "Stray Phrases" (pp. 49-50); "Tell Me, Branches" (p. 51); "Five Soldiers" (War Diary) (pp. 55-61); "The Words of Love" (p. 65); "Love Song" (p. 66); "I Love You, There's No Way Around It" (p. 67); "The Way the Earth Smelled after a Small Spring Shower" (pp. 68-72); "Those Amazing Eyes" (p. 73); "Little Anemones" (p. 74); "Little Narcissi" (p. 75); "The December 3rd Demonstration" (p. 76); "Schubert's 'Unfinished'" (p. 77).

Poems of Exile – Ikaria (1947): "Seas Surround Us" (pp. 83-84); "Night Song" (p. 85); "The House with the Scorpions" (Diary of Exile) (pp. 86-95).

The Second Exile. Ikaria – Makronissos (1948-1949): "Elegy" (pp. 99-100); "Ostria" (pp. 103-105); "Whatever You Say" (pp. 106-107).

The Return to the Source – Athens (1960-1967): Archipelagos (1961): "Brave Lad" (pp. 113-114). The Song of the Dead Brother (1961): "My April" (p. 119); "The Dream" (pp. 120-121); "Lament" (pp. 122-124); "The Chain" (pp. 125-126); "One Evening" (p. 127); "The Tango of Efialtis" (p. 128); "Betrayed Love" (pp. 129-130); "Pavlos and Nikolios" (p. 131); "In the Orchards" (p. 132); "Gloria" (p. 133). Two Prophetic Songs (1963): "The Rider in the Sky" (p. 139); "Five Soldiers" (p. 140).

Underground – Security Headquarters – Exile in Arcadia – Oropos Prison (1967-1970): "Ocean" (p. 143); The Sun and Time (1967): "i" (p. 149), "ii" (p. 150), "iii" (p. 151), "iv" (p. 152), "v" (p. 153), "vi" (p. 154), "vii" (p. 155), "viii" (p. 156), "ix" (p. 157), "x" (p. 158), "xi" (p. 160), "xii" (p. 161), "xiii" (p. 162), "xiv" (p. 163), "xv" (p. 164), "xvi" (p. 165), "xvii" (p. 166), "xviii" (p. 167), "xix" (p. 168), "xx" (p. 169), "xxi" (p. 170), "xxii" (p. 171), "xxiii" (p. 172), "xxiv" (p. 173), "xxv" (p. 174), "xxvi" (p. 175), "xxvii" (p. 176), "xxviii" (p. 177), "xxix" (p. 178), "xxx" (p. 179), "xxxi" (p. 180), "xxxii" (p. 181). Songs for Andreas (1968): i. "You Are Greek" (p. 187), ii. "We Are Two" (p. 188), iii. "Time to See" (p. 189), iv. "The Slaughterhouse" (p. 190).

Exile in Arcadia: Zatouna (1968-1969): Arcadia I (1968): i. "Oh, Ancient Mountains" (p. 197), ii. "My Son Is Nine Years Old" (p. 198), iii. "High in the Snows of Russia" (p. 199), iv. "The Consumer Society" (p. 200), v. "I'm European" (p. 201); Arcadia VI (1969): i. "Battle-hymn" (pp. 207-208), ii. "To the Unknown Poet" (pp. 209-211); Arcadia X (1969): i. "My Name Is Kostas Stergiou" (pp. 219-220), ii. "I Had Three Lives" (p. 221). Songs of Struggle (1968): "When You Knock Twice" (pp. 225-226).

Oropos (1969-1970): "Because I Did Not Conform..." (p. 231); "Don't Forget Oropos" (p. 232).

Poems of the Fourth Exile: Paris, South America, Canada, the U.S., Mexico (1970-1973): 'The Voice of Silence" (p. 235). Dead Age (1973): "i" (p. 241), "ii" (pp. 241-242), "iii" (p. 242), "iv" (p. 242), "v" (pp. 243-244), "vi" (p. 244), "vii" (pp. 244-248). Six Poems from the Cycle: In the East (1973): "In the East" (p. 251); "Fires, Fires" (p. 252); "Ten Brave Lads" (p. 253); "Mountains, I Bid You Farewell" (p. 254); "Fickle Bird" (pp. 255-256); "In the Tavern" (p. 257).

Return. Poems of the Post-Dictatorship Period (1974-1990): "To My Fellow Greek" (p. 261); Two Songs for Alekos Panaghoulis (1976): "He Was Alone" (p. 265); "Red Rose" (p. 266). "The Trap" (p. 267); "Now that the Flowers Are Dying" (p. 268); "The Song of the Earth" (p. 269). Acclamations (1981) (pp. 271-283). Dionysos (1984): "Dionysos' Defence" (pp. 289-290); "A Prison" (p. 291); "The Refrigerator" (p. 292); "The Bear" (p. 293); "On the Tenth of December" (p. 294); "The Traitor" (p. 295); "The Tenant" (p. 296); "Weep for the Greek Spirit" (pp. 297-298); "Vision" (p. 299); "Good Mountains" (p. 300); "The Journey" (p. 301). Beatrice in Zero Street (1987): "Stop Laughing, Beatrice" (p. 305); "Zero Street" (p. 306).

Works Cited (p. 307); Note (p. 309).

Throughout the book there are occasional non-numbered pages with brief quotes from works by Mikis Theodorakis (or his pseudonym 'Dinos Mais', see introduction, p. 11), not included in the table of contents and some unidentified as to their precise source location. These quotes, along with occasional explanatory comments by the translator (also on intermittent non-numbered pages), have not been indexed herein.