we being irreducible (say you)(they say)(O saying one)(i say)(the saying)

that itself (it let)(let it) would be a leaf

but some song sung upon the pharmakon (lets it)(it lets) be me

if someone would sing along (you) and at the same time (me) (inquire)(use)(consult)(entreat)(experience) (being slightly wounded) by we

all in all in all we will make a (healthy) living tree (and overgrowingly) would make the pharmakon

but without (send it up)(let it grow wild)(accomplish it) of the song

no help would be (neither to nor from) of the leaf



καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον
ὅτι αὐτὸ μὲν εἴη
φύλλον τι

ἐπῳδὴ δέ τις
ἐπὶ τῷ φαρμάκῳ
εἴη

ἣν εἰ μέν τις ἐπᾴδοι
ἅμα καὶ
χρῷτο αὐτῷ

παντάπασιν
ὑγιᾶ ποιοῖ
τὸ φάρμακον

ἄνευ δὲ
τῆς ἐπῳδῆς
οὐδὲν ὄφελος εἴη
τοῦ φύλλου

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