§2.113ἕξετʼ ἐπὶ κλιντῆρι καὶ ἑζόμενος φάτο μῦθον· §2.114ἦ ῥά με Σιμαίθα τόσον ἔφθασας, ὅσσον ἐγώ θην §2.115πρᾶν ποκα τὸν χαρίεντα τρέχων ἔφθασσα Φιλῖνον, §2.116ἐς τὸ τεὸν καλέσασα τόδε στέγος ἤ με παρῆμεν.
He sat upon the bed, and as he sat, he spoke these words: "Indeed, Simaetha, you anticipated me as much as I lately, running, anticipated the charming Philinus, by calling me to this house of yours, rather than that I should come of my own accord.
§2.117φράζεό μευ τὸν ἔρωθʼ ὅθεν ἵκετο, πότνα Σελάνα.
Tell me, lady Moon, whence came my love.
§2.118ἦνθον γάρ κεν ἐγώ, ναὶ τὸν γλυκὺν ἦνθον Ἔρωτα, §2.119ἢ τρίτος ἠὲ τέταρτος ἐὼν φίλος αὐτίκα νυκτός, §2.120μᾶλα μὲν ἐν κόλποισι Διωνύσοιο φυλάσσων, §2.121κρατὶ δʼ ἔχων λεύκαν, Ἡρακλέος ἱερὸν ἔρνος, §2.122πάντοθε πορφυρέαισι περὶ ζώστραισιν ἑλικτάν.
For I would have come, yes, by sweet Eros I would have come, with two or three friends immediately at nightfall, keeping the apples of Dionysus in my bosom, and having on my head white poplar, the sacred plant of Heracles, wound all around with purple bands.
§2.123φράζεό μευ τὸν ἔρωθʼ ὅθεν ἵκετο, πότνα Σελάνα.
Tell me, lady Moon, whence came my love.
§2.124καί μʼ εἰ μέν κʼ ἐδέχεσθε, τάδʼ ἦς φίλα· καὶ γὰρ ἐλαφρὸς §2.125καὶ καλὸς πάντεσσι μετʼ ἠιθέοισι καλεῦμαι· §2.126εὗδόν τʼ, εἴ κε μόνον τὸ καλὸν στόμα τεῦς ἐφίλασα·
And if you had received me, that would have been pleasing; for indeed I am called light of foot and handsome among all young men; and I would have slept, if only I had kissed your beautiful mouth.
§2.127εἰ δʼ ἀλλᾷ μʼ ὠθεῖτε καὶ ἁ θύρα εἴχετο μοχλῷ, §2.128πάντως καὶ πελέκεις καὶ λαμπάδες ἦνθον ἐφʼ ὑμέας.
But if you had pushed me away and the door had been held by a bar, axes and torches would surely have come upon you.
§2.129φράζεό μευ τὸν ἔρωθʼ ὅθεν ἵκετο, πότνα Σελάνα.
Tell me, lady Moon, whence came my love.
§2.130νῦν δὲ χάριν μὲν ἔφαν τᾷ Κύπριδι πρᾶτον ὀφείλειν, §2.131καὶ μετὰ τὰν Κύπριν τύ με δευτέρα ἐκ πυρὸς εἵλευ §2.132ὦ γύναι ἐσκαλέσασα τεὸν ποτὶ τοῦτο μέλαθρον §2.133αὔτως ἡμίφλεκτον·
But now, I say that I owe thanks first to Cypris, and after Cypris you, lady, saved me from the fire as the second, by inviting me to this house of yours, half-burnt as I was.
Ἔρως δʼ ἄρα καὶ Λιπαραίω §2.134πολλάκις Ἡφαίστοιο σέλας φλογερώτερον αἴθει.
Indeed, Eros often burns a flame more blazing than that of Hephaestus of Lipara.
§2.135φράζεό μευ τὸν ἔρωθʼ ὅθεν ἵκετο, πότνα Σελάνα.
Tell me, lady Moon, whence came my love.
§2.136σὺν δὲ κακαῖς μανίαις καὶ παρθένον ἐκ θαλάμοιο §2.137καὶ νύμφαν ἐφόβησʼ ἔτι δέμνια θερμὰ λιποῖσαν §2.138ἀνέρος. ὣς ὁ μὲν εἶπεν· ἐγὼ δέ οἱ ἁ ταχυπειθὴς §2.139χειρὸς ἐφαψαμένα μαλακῶν ἔκλινʼ ἐπὶ λέκτρων.
And with terrible madness he drives both the maiden from her chamber and the bride, leaving the still warm bed of her husband." Thus he spoke; and I, easily persuaded, took him by the hand and laid him down on the soft bed.
§2.140καὶ ταχὺ χρὼς ἐπὶ χρωτὶ πεπαίνετο, καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα §2.141θερμότερʼ ἦς ἢ πρόσθε, καὶ ἐψιθυρίσδομες ἁδύ·
And quickly skin warmed against skin, and our faces became hotter than before, and we whispered sweetly.
§2.142χὥς κά τοι μὴ μακρὰ φίλα θρυλέοιμι Σελάνα, §2.143ἐπράχθη τὰ μέγιστα, καὶ ἐς πόθον ἤνθομες ἄμφω.
And so that I may not chatter at length to you, dear Moon, the greatest things were done, and we both came to our desire.
And neither did he find fault with me until yesterday, nor I in turn with him.
ἀλλʼ ἦνθέ μοι ἅ τε Φιλίστας §2.146μάτηρ τᾶς ἀλαᾶς αὐλητρίδος ἅ τε Μελιξοῦς §2.147σάμερον, ἁνίκα πέρ τε ποτʼ ὠρανὸν ἔτρεχον ἵπποι §2.148Ἀῶ τὰν ῥοδόπαχυν ἀπʼ Ὠκεανοῖο φέροισαι.
But there came to me the mother of Philista, our blind flute-player, and of Melixo, today, just when the horses were running toward heaven bearing the rosy-armed Aos from Oceanus.
§2.149κεἶπέ μοι ἄλλά τε πολλὰ καὶ ὡς ἄρα Δέλφις ἐρᾶται, §2.150κεἴτέ νιν αὖτε γυναικὸς ἔχει πόθος εἴτε καὶ ἀνδρός, §2.151οὐκ ἔφατʼ ἀτρεκὲς ἴδμεν, ἀτὰρ τόσον· αἰὲν Ἔρωτος §2.152ἀκράτω ἐπεχεῖτο καὶ ἐς τέλος ᾤχετο φεύγων, §2.153καὶ φάτο οἱ στεφάνοισι τὰ δώματα τῆνα πυκάσδειν.
And she told me many other things, and that Delphis is in love; and whether desire for a woman possesses him or for a man, she said she did not know for certain, but only this: always of Love's unmixed wine he poured, and in the end went fleeing, and said that he would cover that house with garlands.
§2.154ταῦτά μοι ἁ ξείνα μυθήσατο· ἔστι δʼ ἀλαθής· §2.155ἦ γάρ μοι καὶ τρὶς καὶ τετράκις ἄλλοκʼ ἐφοίτη, §2.156καὶ παρʼ ἐμὶν ἐτίθει τὰν Δωρίδα πολλάκις ὄλπαν· §2.157νῦν δέ τε δωδεκαταῖος ἀφʼ ὧτέ νιν οὐδὲ ποτεῖδον.
These things the stranger woman told me; and she is truthful; for indeed he used to visit me three or four times a day, and often left his Dorian oil-flask at my house; but now it is the twelfth day since I last saw him.
§2.158ἦ ῥʼ οὐκ ἄλλό τι τερπνὸν ἔχει, ἁμῶν δὲ λέλασται;
Has he not indeed some other pleasure, and has forgotten us?
§2.159νῦν μὲν τοῖς φίλτροις καταθύσομαι· αἰ δʼ ἔτι κἠμὲ §2.160λυπῇ, τὰν Ἀίδαο πύλαν ναὶ Μοίρας ἀραξεῖ.
Now indeed I will bind him with love-charms; but if he still grieves me, by the Moirai, he shall knock at the gates of Hades.
Such evil drugs I say I keep for him in a chest, having learned them from an Assyrian stranger, O lady.