And now would the light of the sun have gone down upon their weeping, had not Telemachus spoken to his father suddenly:
καί νύ κ' ὀδυρομένοισιν ἔδυ φάος ἠελίοιο , εἰ μὴ Τηλέμαχος προσεφώνεεν ὃν πατέρ' αἶψα ·
καί νῦν ἄν ὀδύρομαι δύω φάος ἥλιος , εἰ μή Τηλέμαχος προσφωνέω ἑός πατήρ αἶψα ·