Now when the world is changed,
and the old has become history
and it is impossible to prophesy or predict,
so they stand again on Mount Parnassus,
those who hid in the reeds
to see which direction it would go.
Those who never have worked,
those who have never taken a position,
those who always only thought about themselves,
those who exploited their contemporaries,
those who ignored our future
now have the audacity to spit on you.
But you who fought with wrath, you who fought for love
have no reason to listen to their cowardly grumbling.
You who fought for humankind, you who fought for life
know that the greatest you can sacrifice is yourself.
No one praises your success,
Everyone points out your mistakes;
It is the price you pay for your courage.
But a life without visions.
catastrophes and passions
is merely a life that is reduced to one word.
So you must continue to fight, you must fight and protest
as long as injustice is still found.
It is the world of ideas you belong to, it's the only thing you are for.
It is the only thing you can give your children.
And to you, who stand on the threshold
and will wander out in life
I want to say something that will remind you of me:
If you fight for the weak,
if you fight for the truth
I will always go by your side.