but the(she-islands)very much were trembling and dreading,
and not one endured to accept(receive)or(to show)(display)
(explain)Phoibos, even being roundly more fat(wealthy)(fertile);

αἳ δὲ μάλ᾽ ἐτρόμεον καὶ ἐδείδισαν, οὐδέ τις ἔτλη
Φοῖβον δέξασθαι, καὶ πιοτέρη περ ἐοῦσα:

until when at last, there upon Delos stepped the mistress-lady Leto,
and questioning her(i was)winged(poetries)words(lines
and verses)(o winged poetries!)she was voicing-to;

πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε δή ῥ᾽ ἐπὶ Δήλου ἐβήσατο πότνια Λητὼ
καί μιν ἀνειρομένη ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

o shiny, if at least you would consent to be the seat(o seat)of(you
will throw up)my child, of Phoibos of Apollo, and to place(set)
(found)(conceive)within(you)a fat(wealthy)(fertile)temple-dwelling —

δῆλ᾽, εἰ γάρ κ᾽ ἐθέλοις ἕδος ἔμμεναι υἷος ἐμοῖο,
Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος, θέσθαι τ᾽ ἔνι πίονα νηόν, —

but your other nobody ever(o yearning)(o you drunks)(on desire)(o
the flights)(you would fly hither and thither)(sip by sip)
will(lämpiminä)fasten(will have fastened),

and neither will(herkkinä)escape your notice,
(nor)will you(herkkinä)forget;

ἄλλος δ᾽ οὔτις σεῖό ποθ᾽ ἅψεται, οὐδέ σε λήσει:

neither well-fed will you, at least, be, i expect, nor well-fruited, nor
well-flocked,

neither will you produce vintage-grapes(nor turtle doves)(nor
stingrays), nor, then and there, will you bring forth countless(ten-
thousand)(o dyad of infinities)plants(trees)(children)(o children)
origins(of growth)(natures)(and births).

οὐδ᾽ εὔβων σέ γ᾽ ἔσεσθαι ὀίομαι οὔτ᾽ εὔμηλον,
οὐδὲ τρύγην οἴσεις οὔτ᾽ ἂρ φυτὰ μυρία φύσεις.

but if(you)would have-and-hold a temple(sisäkkäin)dwelling of far-woking(h e k a e r g o s)Apollo,

εἰ δέ κ᾽ Ἀπόλλωνος ἑκαέργου νηὸν ἔχῃσθα,

all(o all)human beings(o humanity)to you(you see)will lead(guide)(draw out)
(keep)(observe)(believe)(celebrate)(and bring)h e k a t o m b s(offerings-
from-afar)hither gathering-together-here,

and by you(you see)always the indescribable(kuumia)smoke of burning(tunteita)
sacrifice of fat(of a people)(made-be-public)will rise up
and you will nourish,

(and)they would have and hold you,
from(because of)(in the name of)the hand of another,
since not(you see)by you(does)the fat(go)underground.

ἄνθρωποί τοι πάντες ἀγινήσουσ᾽ ἑκατόμβας
ἐνθάδ᾽ ἀγειρόμενοι, κνίσση δέ τοι ἄσπετος αἰεὶ
δημοῦ ἀναΐξει βοσκήσεις θ᾽ οἵ κέ σ᾽ ἔχωσι
χειρὸς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίης, ἐπεὶ οὔ τοι πῖαρ ὑπ᾽ οὖδας.


from hymn 3 to Apollo