
Modern Greek (1453-): 
Ὅτε αὔξεται ἥλιος ἄνωθεν τοῦ ἐδάφους,
γέρων τις ἵσταται ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ.
Ὅτε τὸ ἔδαφος θερμαίνεται,
ταῖς πρώταις τοῦ φωτός ἀκτῖσιν
ᾠδὴ ἀηδόνος θραύει τὴν ἠρεμίαν.
Οἱ ἐοὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ φλέγουσιν.
Ἰδὲ τὸν παράφρονα ἐν τῷ ἐῷ βλέμματι!
Πέτου, ἐπὶ τῆς σῆς ὁδοῦ, ὥσπερ ἀετός,
πέτου ὑψηλῶς ἄχρι τοῦ ἡλίου,
ἐπὶ τῆς σῆς ὁδοῦ ὥσπερ ἀετός,
πέτου τε καὶ ἅπτου τοῦ ἡλίου!
Νῦν, ἀπιόντος δὲ τοῦ πλήθους,
παῖς τις ἐμφανίζεται
ὀρῶν τὸν γέροντα εἰς τὰ ὄμματα,
ἐν ᾧ τείνει τὰ ἐὰ πτερὰ καὶ τῷ πλήθει κράζει
"Νή Δία, ὁ ἐμὸς πατήρ, πέτομαι!"
Τὰ ἐὰ ὄμματα φαίνονται λίαν φαιδρά,
ἐν ᾧ πέτεται ἐπὶ τὰ τοῦ ὀνείρατος πτερά,
νῦν γιγνώσκει τὸν πατέρα προδεδομένον,
νῦν τὰ ἐὰ πτερὰ μεταπίπτουσιν εἰς τέφραν,
εἰς τέφραν, είς τὸν ἐὸν τάφον.

English: 
As the sun breaks above the ground
An old man stands on the hill
As the ground warms
to the first rays of light
A birdsong shatters the still.
His eyes are a blaze.
See the madman in his gaze
Fly on your way like an eagle
Fly as high as the sun
On your way, like an eagle
Fly and touch the sun
Now the crowd breaks
and a young boy appears
Looks the old man in the eye
As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
"In the name of God, my father, I fly"
His eyes seem so glazed
As he flies on the wings of a dream
Now he knows his father betrayed
Now his wings turn to ashes to ashes,
to ashes, his grave
