but the(she-islands)(suns of chickens)(a distemper of asses)(white-
tailed yellow-boobs)(underhanded arm-pits)exceedingly
were(i was)trembling and dreading,

and not one endured to accept(receive)or(to show forth)(display)
(explain)Phoibos, even(dyads)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(it was binding)(it was needful)(need and bind, o
the dyad)there upon(visible)Delos(make-be-made-visible)(wish-
a-little, wound-a-little)stepped the mistress-lady Leto,

and(o)questioning(and fastening on)her(i was)winged words,
(lines and verses)(o winged poetries)she was voicing-through;

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

o shiny ones, if at least
you would consent to be the seat(o seat)of(you will throw up)my child,

of Phoibos(purify, you)(you are purifying)(of the radiant)of Apollo,
and to place(set)(found)(conceive)within(you)a fat(wealthy, fertile)
temple(ship-like)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 fasten(will have( lämpiminä )fastened),

and neither(o threshold, o way)will( herkkinä )escape your awareness,
(nor)(o threshold, o way)will you( herkkinä )forget;

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

neither well-fed will you, at least(to let it in)be, i expect, nor(would
it wound)(would you wound)(would i wound), nor well-
fruited, nor well-flocked,

neither will you bring(bear)(carry)(endure)(or convey)vintage-grapes
(nor turtle doves, nor stingrays)(nor do i gather,
were they gathering, to gather),

nor(would it wound)(would you wound)(would i wound)then and there,
will you bring-forth countless(ten-thousand)(o dyad of infinities)
plants(trees)(children)(o children)origins(of growth)(natures)
(or births)(nor are you
a puffed-up blower).

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)(o leading)(by leading)h e k a t o m b s(offerings-from-afar)hither-thither-gathering-together-here,

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

(and)they would have and hold you from(because of)
(in the name of)a hand belonging to another, since
(you set upon)(are approaching)(the dyad-word-song)
and 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