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‘Νῦν ἐγὼ νοσῶ μέν, τί δὲ ἡ νόσος ἀγνοῶ: ἀλγῶ, καὶ ἕλκος οὐκ ἔστι μοι: λυποῦμαι, καὶ οὐδὲν τῶν προβάτων ἀπόλωλέ μοι: κάομαι, καὶ ἐν σκιᾷ τοσαύτῃ κάθημαι. [2] Πόσοι βάτοι με ἤμυξαν, καὶ οὐκ ἔκλαυσα: πόσαι μέλιτται κέντρον ἐνῆκαν, ἀλλὰ ἔφαγον: τουτὶ δὲ τὸ νύττον μου τὴν καρδίαν πάντων ἐκείνων πικρότερον. Καλὸς ὁ Δάφνις, καὶ γὰρ τὰ ἄνθη: καλὸν ἡ σύριγξ αὐτοῦ φθέγγεται, καὶ γὰρ αἱ ἀηδόνες. Ἀλλ̓ ἐκείνων οὐδείς μοι λόγος. Εἴθε αὐτοῦ σύριγξ ἐγενόμην, ἵν̓ ἐμπνέῃ μοι: [3] εἴθε αἴξ, ἵν̓ ὑπ̓ ἐκείνου νέμωμαι. Ὦ πονηρὸν ὕδωρ, μόνον Δάφνιν καλὸν ἐποίησας, ἐγὼ δὲ μάτην ἀπελουσάμην. Οἴχομαι, Νύμφαι φίλαι: οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς σώζετε τὴν παρθένον τὴν ἐν ὑμῖν τραφεῖσαν; Τίς ὑμᾶς στεφανώσει μετ̓ ἐμέ; [4] τίς τοὺς ἀθλίους ἄρνας ἀναθρέψει; τίς τὴν λάλον ἀκρίδα θεραπεύσει, ἣν πολλὰ καμοῦσα ἐθήρασα, ἵνα με κατακοιμίζῃ φθεγγομένη πρὸ τοῦ [p. 250] ἄντρου; νῦν δὲ ἐγὼ μὲν ἀγρυπνῶ διὰ Δάφνιν, ἡ δὲ μάτην λαλεῖ.’
Longus. Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Keyboarding.
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