Χαῖρε φίλον φῶς
farewell dear light
Translated by David Whitehead28 Apr 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
When a woman wants to misbehave and puts out the lamp, this, they say, is what she says. But others [specify] a bad woman, others an old one.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χαῖρε φίλον φῶς· γυναῖκα βουλομένην ἀκολασταίνειν σβέσασαν τὴν λύχνον, φασὶ τοῦτο εἰπεῖν. οἱ δὲ αἰσχράν, ἄλλοι γραῦν.
Betacode
*xai=re fi/lon fw=s: gunai=ka boulome/nhn a)kolastai/nein sbe/sasan th\n lu/xnon, fasi\ tou=to ei)pei=n. oi( de\ ai)sxra/n, a)/lloi grau=n.