§27.1τὰν πινυτὰν Ἑλέναν Πάρις ἥρπασε βουκόλος ἄλλος.
Paris, another herdsman, carried off the wise Helen.
§27.2μᾶλλον ἑκοῖσʼ Ἑλένα τὸν βουκόλον ἔσχε φιλεῦσα.
Rather, Helen willingly held her herdsman, loving him.
§27.3μὴ καυχῶ σατυρίσκε· κενὸν τὸ φίλαμα λέγουσιν.
Do not boast, little satyr; they say a kiss is an empty thing.
§27.4ἔστι καὶ ἐν κενεοῖσι φιλάμασιν ἁδέα τέρψις.
Even in empty kisses there is sweet pleasure.
§27.5τὸ στόμα μευ πλύνω καὶ ἀποπτύω τὸ φίλαμα.
I wash my mouth and spit out your kiss.
§27.6πλύνεις χείλεα σεῖο;
Do you wash your lips?
δίδου πάλιν ὄφρα φιλάσω.
Give them to me again, so that I may kiss you.
§27.7καλόν σοι δαμάλας φιλέειν, οὐκ ἄζυγα κώραν.
It is fitting for you to kiss young heifers, not an unwed maiden.
§27.8μὴ καυχῶ· τάχα γάρ σε παρέρχεται ὡς ὄναρ ἥβη.
Do not boast; for soon youth passes you by like a dream.
§27.8aἢν δέ τι γηράσκω, τόδε που μέλι καὶ γάλα πίνω.
Even if I grow somewhat old, still I suppose I shall drink milk and honey.
gt §27.9bἁ σταφυλὶς σταφίς ἐστι καὶ οὐ ῥόδον αὖον ὀλεῖται.
The grape becomes a raisin, and the dry rose will perish.
§27.10δεῦρʼ ὑπὸ τὰς κοτίνους, ἵνα σοί τινα μῦθον ἐνίψω.
Come here under the wild olives, so that I may tell you some story.
§27.11οὐκ ἐθέλω· καὶ πρίν με παρήπαφες ἁδέι μύθῳ.
I will not; before this too you deceived me with sweet words.
§27.12δεῦρʼ ὑπὸ τὰς πτελέας, ἵνʼ ἐμᾶς σύριγγος ἀκούσῃς.
Come here under the elms, so that you may hear my panpipes.
§27.13τὴν σαυτοῦ φρένα τέρψον· ὀιζύον οὐδὲν ἀρέσκει.
Delight your own heart; nothing of your wretched piping pleases me.
§27.14φεῦ φεῦ τᾶς Παφίας χόλον ἅζεο καὶ σύγε κώρα.
Alas, alas, maiden, fear the wrath of the Paphian goddess.
§27.15χαιρέτω ἁ Παφία· μόνον ἵλαος Ἄρτεμις εἴη.
Farewell to the Paphian goddess; only let Artemis be merciful.
§27.16μὴ λέγε, μὴ βάλλῃ σε καὶ ἐς λίνον ἄκριτον ἔνθῃς.
Speak not so, lest she cast you into her net and you fall into an inescapable snare.
§27.17βαλλέτω ὡς ἐθέλει· πάλιν Ἄρτεμις ἄμμιν ἀρήγει.
Let her cast me as she wishes; Artemis again assists me.
§27.19οὐ φεύγεις τὸν Ἔρωτα, τὸν οὐ φύγε παρθένος ἄλλη. gt
You cannot escape Love, whom no other maiden ever escaped.
§27.20φεύγω ναὶ τὸν Πᾶνα· σὺ δὲ ζυγὸν αἰὲν ἀείρεις.
I do escape, yes, by Pan; but you always bear a yoke.
§27.21δειμαίνω, μὴ δή σε κακωτέρῳ ἀνέρι δώσει.
I fear lest she give you to a worse man.
§27.22πολλοί μʼ ἐμνώοντο, νόμον δʼ ἐμὸν οὔτις ἀείδει.
Many courted me, but none pleased my mind.
§27.23εἶς καὶ ἐγὼ πολλῶν μνηστὴρ τεὸς ἐνθάδʼ ἱκάνω.
I too, as one suitor among many, come here for you.
§27.24καὶ τί φίλος ῥέξαιμι;
And what should I do, my friend?
γάμοι πλήθουσιν ἀνίας.
Marriage is full of grief.
§27.25οὐκ ὀδύνην, οὐκ ἄλγος ἔχει γάμος, ἀλλὰ χορείην.
Marriage holds no pain, no grief, but only dancing.
§27.26ναὶ μάν φασι γυναῖκας ἑοὺς τρομέειν παρακοίτας.
Yet indeed they say that women fear their husbands.
§27.27μᾶλλον ἀεὶ κρατέουσι· τίνα τρομέουσι γυναῖκες;
Rather they always rule; whom do women fear?
§27.28ὠδίνειν τρομέω· χαλεπὸν βέλος Εἰλειθυίης.
I fear childbirth; the weapon of Eileithyia is painful.
§27.29ἀλλὰ τεὴ βασίλεια μογοστόκος Ἄρτεμίς ἐστιν.
But your queen is Artemis, who helps in childbirth.
§27.30ἀλλὰ τεκεῖν τρομέω, μὴ καὶ χρόα καλὸν ὀλέσσω.
But I fear to give birth, lest I also lose my beautiful complexion.
§27.31ἢν δὲ τέκῃς φίλα τέκνα, νέον φάος ὄψεαι υἷας.
But if you bear dear children, you will see your sons as a new light.
§27.32καὶ τί μοι ἕδνον ἄγεις γάμου ἄξιον, ἢν ἐπινεύσω;
And what bride-gift worthy of marriage do you bring me, if I consent?
§27.33πᾶσαν τὰν ἀγέλαν, πάντʼ ἄλσεα καὶ νομὸν ἕξεις.
You shall have all my herd, all my groves, and my pasture.
§27.34ὄμνυε μὴ μετὰ λέκτρα λιπὼν ἀέκουσαν ἀπενθεῖν.
Swear that you will not leave me against my will and go away grieving after the marriage-bed.
§27.35οὐκ αὐτὸν τὸν Πᾶνα, καὶ ἢν ἐθέλῃς με διῶξαι.
By Pan himself I swear, even if you wish to drive me away, I will not leave.
§27.36τεύχεις μοι θαλάμους, τεύχεις καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλάς;
Do you build bridal chambers for me, and do you build a house and courtyards?
§27.37τεύχω σοι θαλάμους· τὰ δὲ πώεα καλὰ νομεύω.
I build bridal chambers for you; and I tend fine flocks.
§27.38πατρὶ δὲ γηραλέῳ τίνα μάν, τίνα μῦθον ἐνίψω;
And what story, what indeed shall I tell my aged father?
§27.39αἰνήσει σέο λέκτρον, ἐπὴν ἐμὸν οὔνομʼ ἀκούσῃ.
He will praise your marriage-bed when he hears my name.
§27.40οὔνομα σὸν λέγε τῆνο· καὶ οὔνομα πολλάκι τέρπει.
Tell me that name of yours; even a name often brings delight.
§27.41Δάφνις ἐγώ, Λυκίδας τε πατήρ, μήτηρ δὲ Νομαία.
I am Daphnis, and Lycidas is my father, and Nomaea is my mother.
§27.42ἐξ εὐηγενέων· ἀλλʼ οὐ σέθεν εἰμὶ χερείων.
You are of well-born parents; but I am not inferior to you.
§27.43οἶδʼ, ἄκρα τιμίη ἐσσί· πατὴρ δέ τοί ἐστι Μενάλκας.
I know, you are highly honored; and your father is Menalcas.