ever is your heart unyielding, even as an axe that is driven through a beam by the hand of man that skilfully shapes a ship's timber, and it makes the force of his blow to grow;
αἰεί τοι κραδίη πέλεκυς ὥς ἐστιν ἀτειρὴς ὅς τ' εἶσιν διὰ δουρὸς ὑπ' ἀνέρος ὅς ῥά τε τέχνῃ νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν , ὀφέλλει δ' ἀνδρὸς ἐρωήν · [0]
ἀεί σύ καρδία πέλεκυς ὡς εἰμί ἀτειρής ὅς τε εἶμι διά δόρυ ὑπό ἀνήρ ὅς ἄρα τε τέχνη νήιος ἐκτέμνω , ὀφέλλω δέ ἀνήρ ἐρωή ·