And now the light of the sun would have gone down upon their weeping, had not Odysseus himself checked them, and said:
καί νύ κ' ὀδυρομένοισιν ἔδυ φάος ἠελίοιο , εἰ μὴ Ὀδυσσεὺς αὐτὸς ἐρύκακε φώνησέν τε ·
καί νῦν ἄν ὀδύρομαι δύω φάος ἥλιος , εἰ μή Ὀδυσσεύς αὐτός ἐρύκω φωνέω τε ·