But as often as he began again, and the nobles of the Phaeacians commanded him sing, because they took pleasure in his lay, Odysseus would again cover his head and moan.
αὐτὰρ ὅτ' ἂψ ἄρχοιτο καὶ ὀτρύνειαν ἀείδειν Φαιήκων οἱ ἄριστοι , ἐπεὶ τέρποντ' ἐπέεσσιν , ἂψ Ὀδυσεὺς κατὰ κρᾶτα καλυψάμενος γοάασκεν .
ἀτάρ ὅτι ἄψ ἄρχω καί ὀτρύνω ἀείδω Φαίαξ ὁ ἄριστος , ἐπεί τέρπω ἔπος , ἄψ Ὀδυσσεύς κατά κράς καλύπτω γοάω .