Greek Text in English Transliteration

English Translation

A-ei-de Mou-sa moi phi-lay

mol-pes d-e-mes ka-tar-chou

au-re de son ap’al-se-on

e-mas phre-nas do-nei-to

Sing for me, dear Muse

begin my tuneful strain;

a breeze blow from your groves

to stir my listless brain