Γλῶσσαν
tongue
Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 Jul 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"An idle [tongue] but a hardworking hand I had. Now I have come to the test and I see that the tongue and not the deed matters most to mortals"; thus it should be written: "[o] son of a noble father, when [I] myself was a young men [I had] an idle tongue etc."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γλῶσσαν μὲν ἀργὸν, χεῖρα δ' εἶχον ἐργάτιν. νῦν δ' εἰς ἔλεγχον ἐξιὼν ὁρῶ βροτοῖς γλῶσσαν οὐχὶ τἄργ' εἰς πάνθ' ἡγουμένην· οὕτω γραπτέον· ἐσθλοῦ πατρὸς παῖ, καὐτὸς ὢν νέος ποτὲ γλῶσσαν μὲν ἀργὸν καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.
Betacode
*glw=ssan me\n a)rgo\n, xei=ra d' ei)=xon e)rga/tin. nu=n d' ei)s e)/legxon e)ciw\n o(rw= brotoi=s glw=ssan ou)xi\ ta)/rg' ei)s pa/nq' h(goume/nhn: ou(/tw grapte/on: e)sqlou= patro\s pai=, kau)to\s w)\n ne/os pote\ glw=ssan me\n a)rgo\n kai\ ta\ e(ch=s.