This is the last year, this the last
of the Greek emperors. And, alas,
how sadly those around him talk.
Kyr Theophilos Palaiologos
in his grief, in his despair, says:
'I would rather die than live.'
Ah, Kyr Theophilos Palaiologos,
how much of the pathos, the yearning of our race,
how much weariness-
such exhaustion from injustice and persecution-
your six tragic words contained.