Λητοῦς

Θυμίαμα σμύρναν

Λητὼ κυανόπεπλε, Θεὰ διδυματόκε, σεμνή, Lētṑ cyanópeple, Theà didymatóce, semnḗ, Κοιαντίς, μεγάθυμε, πολυλλίστη βασίλεια, Cœantís, megáthyme, polyllístē basíleia, εὔτεκνον Ζηνὸς γονίμην ὠδῖνα λαχοῦσα, eútecnon Zēnòs gonímēn ōdîna lachoûsa, γειναμένη Φοῖβόν τε καὶ Ἄρτεμιν ἰοχέαιραν, geinaménē Phœ̂bón te cæ̀ Ártemin iochéæran, τὴν μὲν ἐν Ὀρτυγίῃ, τὸν δὲ κραναῇ ἐνὶ Δήλῳ· tḕn mèn en Ortygíēi, tòn dè cranaêi enì Dḗlōi; κλῦθι, Θεὰ δέσποινα, καὶ ἵλαον ἦτορ ἔχουσα clŷthi, Theà déspœna, cæ̀ hílaon êtor échousa βαῖν’ ἐπὶ πάνθειον τελετὴν, τέλος ἡδὺ φέρουσα. bæ̂n’ epì pántheion teletḕn, télos hēdỳ phérousa.

To Leto

The fumigation from myrrh

Dark-veil’d Latona, much invoked queen,
twin-bearing Goddess, of a noble mien;
Cœantis great, a mighty mind is Thine,
offspring prolific, blest of Jove divine:
Phœbus proceeds from Thee, the God of light,
and Dian fair, whom winged darts delight;
She in Ortygia's honor'd regions born,
in Delos He, which mountains high adorn.
Hear me, O Goddess, with propitious mind,
and end these holy rites, with aspect kind.