Grant that I may kill this man, and that he come within the cast of my spear, that has struck me or ever I was aware of him, and boasts over me, and declares that not for long shall I behold the bright light of the sun.
δὸς δέ τέ μ' ἄνδρα ἑλεῖν καὶ ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν ὅς μ' ἔβαλε φθάμενος καὶ ἐπεύχεται , οὐ δέ μέ φησι δηρὸν ἔτ' ὄψεσθαι λαμπρὸν φάος ἠελίοιο .
δίδωμι δέ τε ἐγώ ἀνήρ αἱρέω καί εἰς ὁρμή ἔγχος ἔρχομαι ὅς ἐγώ βάλλω φθάνω καί ἐπεύχομαι , οὐ δέ ἐγώ φημί δηρός ἔτι ὁράω λαμπρός φάος ἥλιος .