H Δημοσθένους λέξις [I Dimosthenous lexis] [English translation]

Even if I get out of this jail

no one will be waiting for me

The streets will be empty and my state will be even more unfamiliar

All the coffeehouses will be closed

and my friends will be away abroad

The wind will be pushing me around even if I get out of this jail

And the sun will fall asleep in the ruins of Olynthos

My friends and my foes will be looking like things from a myth

Petrified will be standing

the rhetors and the crooks

Beggars, prostitutes and prophets will be standing petrified

I'll stand in front of the gate with the blankets under my arm

and while slowly moving my head I'll greet the guard

Without will, without a God,

like a king in an ancient drama

I'll spell out the word and the letter

In front of the gate I will stand