However, if any man is exceeding fain to depart homewards, let him lay his hand upon his black, well-benched ship, that before the face of all he may meet death and fate.
εἰ δέ τις ἐκπάγλως ἐθέλει οἶκον δὲ νέεσθαι ἁπτέσθω ἧς νηὸς ἐϋσσέλμοιο μελαίνης , ὄφρα πρόσθ' ἄλλων θάνατον καὶ πότμον ἐπίσπῃ .
εἰ δέ τις ἔκπαγλος ἐθέλω οἶκος δέ νέομαι ἅπτω ἑός ναῦς εὔσελμος μέλας , ὄφρα πρόσθεν ἄλλος θάνατος καί πότμος ἐφέπω .