For wondrously does he grieve for his son that is gone, and for the wise lady, his wedded wife, whose death troubled him most of all, and brought him to untimely old age.
ἐκπάγλως γὰρ παιδὸς ὀδύρεται οἰχομένοιο κουριδίης τ' ἀλόχοιο δαΐφρονος , ἥ ἑ μάλιστα ἤκαχ' ἀποφθιμένη καὶ ἐν ὠμῷ γήραϊ θῆκεν .
ἔκπαγλος γάρ παῖς ὀδύρομαι οἴχομαι κουρίδιος τε ἄλοχος δαίφρων , ὅς ἕ μάλιστα ἀχεύω ἀποφθίνω καί ἐν ὠμός γῆρας τίθημι .