Let be the quotient covering maps. Since the source universal cover is simply connected, the lifting criterion for a covering space gives a lift of . The lift is a holomorphic map because is locally a biholomorphism.
For every , the difference belongs to the discrete Euclidean lattice . It is a continuous function of on a connected space, hence is constant. Differentiating shows that each coefficient of is -periodic. Such a coefficient is bounded on a compact fundamental parallelepiped, and periodicity bounds it on all of . The several-variable Liouville theorem, obtained by applying the one-variable theorem on coordinate lines, makes every coefficient constant.
Consequently for a constant complex-linear map and . The period differences become . Thus the affine lift of a holomorphic map between complex tori gives
Every holomorphic map between complex tori is a homomorphism followed by a translation. The translation vector is determined modulo , while is the derivative of any lift and is unaffected by that ambiguity.