Grantaire, I am not a statue
Statues do not hope
Statues do not pray
Statues do not feel
I am not a statue, Grantaire
Jehan, I am not a pillar
Pillars do not pity
Pillars do not care
Pillars do not feel
I am not a pillar, Jehan
My friends, I am not an idol
Idols do not wish
Idols do not weep
Idols do not feel
I am not an idol, my friends.
I am not a statue
Nor an idol
Nor a pillar
I am nothing but a man
I am just another man
And even if my hopes are dashed
If my cries go unheard
If my corpse is swept thoughtlessly aside
On the day after the barricades fall, and if
They care nothing about the soul
That made the body its home, and if
We come to that point in the fairy-tale
Where death laughs at the knights
The page where they die a hero's death
And the maidens do not weep
Where the good knight says "Good night"
The page where I die, however bravely,
Even after all this,
Dying will not turn me to marble,
Dying will not idolize me
Dying will just make me cold
As it will to any man.