for as often as that old man stooped down, eager to drink, so often would the water be swallowed up and vanish away, and at his feet the black earth would appear, for some god made all dry.
ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψει' ὁ γέρων πιέειν μενεαίνων , τοσσάχ' ὕδωρ ἀπολέσκετ' ἀναβροχέν , ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶ γαῖα μέλαινα φάνεσκε , καταζήνασκε δὲ δαίμων .
ὁσάκις γάρ κύπτω ὁ γέρων πίνω μενεαίνω , τοσάκις ὕδωρ ἀπόλλυμι ἀναβρόχω , ἀμφί δέ πούς γαῖα μέλας φαίνω , καταζαίνω δέ δαίμων .