οὐδὲν ἁμαρτήσας γενόμην παρὰ τῶν με τεκόντων
γεννηθεὶς δ᾽ ὁ τάλας ἔρχομαι εἰς Ἀίδην.
ὦ μίξις γονέων θανατηφόρος: ὤ μοι ἀνάγκης,
ἥ με προσπελάσει τῷ στυγερῷ θανάτῳ.
οὐδὲν ἐὼν γενόμην πάλιν ἔσσομαι, ὡς πάρος, οὐδὲν
οὐδὲν καὶ μηδὲν τῶν μερόπων τὸ γένος:
λοιπόν μοι τὸ κύπελλον ἀποστίλβωσον, ἑταῖρε,
καὶ λύπης † ὀδύνην τὸν Βρόμιον πάρεχε:

— Paton edition

Sans faute de ma part je suis né de ceux qui m'ont engendré et, mis au monde, je marche, infortuné, vers l'Hadès. O mortelle union de mes parents! Ah! cruelle nécessité, qui me rapprochera de l'odieuse mort! J'étais néant et je suis né; de nouveau, comme par le passé, je serai néant; néant même quand elle vit un moment, c'est toute la race des mortels. Au reste, ami, fais briller la coupe à mes yeux et donne-moi, pour tuer ma peine, la boisson de Bromios.

— Waltz edition

It was not for any sin of mine that I was born of my parents. I was born, poor wretch, and I journey towards Hades. Oh death-dealing union of my parents! Oh for the necessity which will lead me to dismal death! From nothing I was born, and again I shall be nothing as at first. Nothing, nothing is the race of mortals. Therefore make the cup bright, my friend, and give me wine the consoler of sorrow.

— Paton edition

Senza colpa, da quelli che vita mi diedero nacqui
e, nato, scendo, misero, nell'Ade.
Ahi, connubio dei miei genitori mortifero! Fato
che a detestata morte m'avvicina!
Nacqui dal nulla, un nulla di nuovo sarò come prima,
ché nulla e zero è la mortale stirpe.
Lustrami dunque la coppa, compagno. Oblio di dolore,
dammi da bere nella coppa il vino!

— Pontani, Filippo Maria (1978-81) (ed.): Antologia Palatina, 4 vols., Torino.

Senza colpa, da quelli che vita mi diedero nacqui
e, nato, scendo, misero, nell'Ade.
Ahi, connubio dei miei genitori mortifero! Fato
che a detestata morte m'avvicina!
Nacqui dal nulla, un nulla di nuovo sarò come prima,
ché nulla e zero è la mortale stirpe.
Lustrami dunque la coppa, compagno. Oblio di dolore,
dammi da bere nella coppa il vino!

— Pontani, Filippo Maria (1978-81) (ed.): Antologia Palatina, 4 vols., Torino.

It was not for any sin of mine that I was born of my parents. I was born, poor wretch, and I journey towards Hades. Oh death-dealing union of my parents! Oh for the necessity which will lead me to dismal death! From nothing I was born, and again I shall be nothing as at first. Nothing, nothing is the race of mortals. Therefore make the cup bright, my friend, and give me wine the consoler of sorrow.

— Paton edition

Sans faute de ma part je suis né de ceux qui m'ont engendré et, mis au monde, je marche, infortuné, vers l'Hadès. O mortelle union de mes parents! Ah! cruelle nécessité, qui me rapprochera de l'odieuse mort! J'étais néant et je suis né; de nouveau, comme par le passé, je serai néant; néant même quand elle vit un moment, c'est toute la race des mortels. Au reste, ami, fais briller la coupe à mes yeux et donne-moi, pour tuer ma peine, la boisson de Bromios.

— Waltz edition

οὐδὲν ἁμαρτήσας γενόμην παρὰ τῶν με τεκόντων
γεννηθεὶς δ᾽ ὁ τάλας ἔρχομαι εἰς Ἀίδην.
ὦ μίξις γονέων θανατηφόρος: ὤ μοι ἀνάγκης,
ἥ με προσπελάσει τῷ στυγερῷ θανάτῳ.
οὐδὲν ἐὼν γενόμην πάλιν ἔσσομαι, ὡς πάρος, οὐδὲν
οὐδὲν καὶ μηδὲν τῶν μερόπων τὸ γένος:
λοιπόν μοι τὸ κύπελλον ἀποστίλβωσον, ἑταῖρε,
καὶ λύπης † ὀδύνην τὸν Βρόμιον πάρεχε:

— Paton edition