Otan
Phga na perihghqw
Peiraian
kai Aqhna na idw
Ston
Peiraian sthn Aqhna
saV
dhlw oti ki an eida.
WV ebghka ston Peraian m antamonei
mia parea
tote oi filoi me ephran na
trabhxwme mia mburan.
Mpainome s ena perboli apenanti
sto rwloi.
Blepw duo mpurarieV kai agkazarane
kurieV.
Trexame oi foukaradeV na
goustarwme gunaikeV.
na xodeuswme paradeV.
Ma oi kurieV me ta piatakia maV
phran tiV dekareV.
tote emeiV ta koutsabakia
eginhkame oloi foukaradeV.
To prwi ti qa ginomoun pou den
eicame dekaran
thn retsina maV na pioumen;
Tote arcizw na qumwnw kai touV
filouV na ubrizw
kai apo tote den zugwnw se parea
otan gurizw
kai otan ecw mia dracmoulan thn
trabaw mia rakoulan
kai zalizoumai kai peftw kai
ennoian kammian den ecw.
Kai etsi menw monacoV mou kai o
qewV na einai bohqoV mou.
Aurion bgainw sthn Aqhna iswV kai
perasei h peina.
meripatw kai surgianizw kai kanena
den gnwrizw
na tou eipw na me daneish kai se
ligoura na m afish.
Stekomai kai sullogoumai, tigureuw,
ti gureuw edw napoume.
Ti hlqeV Niko sthn Aqhna na
peqanhV ap thn peina.
Biazei me kai to nero mou; to yilo
kai to condro mou,
kai rwtw kai m odhgoune kai
paradeV mou zhtoune,
kai edwsa ena fragkaki kai
alaqrwsa ligaki.
Tote euquV anacwrw kai oligo
procwrw
ki aifnhV kapoioV me
gnwrizei kai dekareV me daneizei.
Trecw euquV kalo fagakiV kai krasi
ena pothraki.
TeloV blepw thn Aqhna xekoumenh
kai memarmaraktismenh
blepw agora megalh skepasmenh me
to tzami,
blepw arcaia kai mouseia ki afqona
xenodoceia
blepw dromouV kai sokakia kai
wraia koritsakia,
blepw amaxes kai karra kai
trelainoun ta kefalia
laopeV, kruo ton ceimwna kai
matwnoun ta flemonia,
zestwV, skonh to kalokairi kai
kaneiV den ta upoferei.
Blepw anqrwpouV eugenhdeV, blepw
kai pollouV mpekrideV
ta bidania peinane, thn qrhskeian
ubrizane,
TiV macaireV twn bgazane kai o eiV
ton allon sfazane.
Blepw k ena allo pragma, maliston
megalo qauma
koulouradeV, kastanadeV, loustrouV
kai karameladeV
kai mazwnoun tiV pentareV,
QessaliwteV, TrikkaliwteV,
MakedoneV ki HpeirwteV kai
pouloune ti mpompoteV.
Blepw kai salepitzhdeV kai
gurizoun san zourideV
olh nucta sta sokakia ki enocloun
ta koritsakia,
kai gkarzoune sto dromo kai
xupnoun olo to kosmo.
Ki o ptwcoV, o kourasmenoV, peftei
euquV se sullogh
ti na kamh ti na praxh thn hmeran
na perash
opou einai ola akriba kai den
briskei pia douleia
kai ton nou tou tone canei kai den
xerei ti na kanh,
skeptetai na shkwqh ton salepitzh
na pa na brh,
na ton piash na ton pnixh, to
salepi tou na cush
kai eiV to xulo na ton rixh. diati
na ton xupnhsh
kai ecei megalo dikho, kai egw to
brisko dikho.
Ma kai su astunomia, opou fulageiV
eutaxian
diati den touV milaV; mono blepeiV
kai gelaV;
autwn twn salepitzhdwn, na touV
dinhV panta xulon
kai na mhn ton epitreyhV nukta
kaneiV na mh saleyh
ki opoioV nukta qa fwnaxh sth
fulakh na ton petaxh
Diati de maV afhnoun monon maV
basanizoun
dia na koimhqoumen, gluko upnon na
idoume
prepei auto gia na to praxh,
grhgora na mhn to xecash
na mhn enocloun touV anqrwpouV
opou ecoun basana kai kopouV
Ki opoioV qelei na milhsh eiV ton
dromon na kaqhsh
ki opoioV qelei gia na pinh, aV
phgainh na tou dinh
kai osoi ubrizoun thn qrhskeian,
prostimon kai timwrian
kai osoi brizoun thn qrhskeian,
grafw authn thn istorian
labe up oyin astunomia.
Thn qrhskeian den kratoume kai
konteuei na caqoume
kai autoi oi salapitzhdeV pou
enocloun thV kurieV
dioti o upnoV thV aughV; einai
panta glukoV
ennohsate ti legw h na saV to
xanapw;
oleV oi poleiV upoferoun kai eine
megiston kakon.