yet straightway let it fall before he reached his own nest, neither finished he his course, to bring and give it to his little ones—
ἄφαρ δ' ἀφέηκε πάρος φίλα οἰκί' ἱκέσθαι , οὐ δ' ἐτέλεσσε φέρων δόμεναι τεκέεσσιν ἑοῖσιν .
ἄφαρ δέ ἀφίημι πάρος φίλος οἰκίον ἱκνέομαι , οὐ δέ τελέω φέρω δίδωμι τέκος ἑός .