ἓξ πόδες ἐν χώραισι τόσαις μετροῦσιν ἴαμβον,
σπονδεῖος, χόριος, καὶ δάκτυλος ἠδ᾽ ἀνάπαιστος,
πυρρίχιος καὶ ἴαμβος: ἔχει δέ τε οἶκον ἕκαστος.
πυρριχίου τέλος ἔσθ᾽ ὃς μακρὰν οἶδεν ἐν ἀρχῇ,

πρώτη καὶ τριτάτη, πέμπτη δέ τε τούσδε κατίσχει.
οἱ δ᾽ ἄλλοι κατὰ πᾶσαν ὁμῶς βαίνουσιν ἀταρπόν:
μοῦνον ἴαμβον ἄνακτα φέρει τόπος, ὃν κ᾽ ἐθελήσῃ.

— Paton edition

Six feet in so many positions make the metre of an iambus, the spondee, the tribrachys ( ˘ ˘ ˘ ), the dactyl, the anapaest, the pyrrhic ( ˘ ˘ ), and the iambus; and each has its proper habitation. The pyrrhic’s is the end; those feet whose first syllable is long are admitted to the first, third, and fifth place, The others walk in every road alike; the king, the iambus, alone is admitted to any place he wishes.

— Paton edition

Seis pés em muitos locais medem o jâmbico. Há o espondeu, o tríbaco, o dáctilo o anapesto, o pírrico e o iambo; e cada um tem sua morada. A do pírrico é no fim, aquele que conhece a grandeza no começo, a primeira, a terceira ou a quinta casa o retêm. E os demais caminham igualmente em todas as veredas. Apenas o poderoso iambo pega o caminho que desejar.

— Luiz Capelo

Seis pés em muitos locais medem o jâmbico. Há o espondeu, o tríbaco, o dáctilo o anapesto, o pírrico e o iambo; e cada um tem sua morada. A do pírrico é no fim, aquele que conhece a grandeza no começo, a primeira, a terceira ou a quinta casa o retêm. E os demais caminham igualmente em todas as veredas. Apenas o poderoso iambo pega o caminho que desejar.

— Luiz Capelo

Six feet in so many positions make the metre of an iambus, the spondee, the tribrachys ( ˘ ˘ ˘ ), the dactyl, the anapaest, the pyrrhic ( ˘ ˘ ), and the iambus; and each has its proper habitation. The pyrrhic’s is the end; those feet whose first syllable is long are admitted to the first, third, and fifth place, The others walk in every road alike; the king, the iambus, alone is admitted to any place he wishes.

— Paton edition

ἓξ πόδες ἐν χώραισι τόσαις μετροῦσιν ἴαμβον,
σπονδεῖος, χόριος, καὶ δάκτυλος ἠδ᾽ ἀνάπαιστος,
πυρρίχιος καὶ ἴαμβος: ἔχει δέ τε οἶκον ἕκαστος.
πυρριχίου τέλος ἔσθ᾽ ὃς μακρὰν οἶδεν ἐν ἀρχῇ,

πρώτη καὶ τριτάτη, πέμπτη δέ τε τούσδε κατίσχει.
οἱ δ᾽ ἄλλοι κατὰ πᾶσαν ὁμῶς βαίνουσιν ἀταρπόν:
μοῦνον ἴαμβον ἄνακτα φέρει τόπος, ὃν κ᾽ ἐθελήσῃ.

— Paton edition