ὁππόθι τεμνομένης χθονὸς ἄνδιχα πόντον ἀνοίγει
πλαγκτὸς ἁλικλύστων πορθμὸς ἐπ᾽ ἠιόνων,
χρύσεα συλλέκτρῳ τάδ᾽ ἀνάκτορα θῆκεν ἀνάσσῃ
τῇ πολυκυδίστῃ θεῖος ἄναξ Σοφίῃ.

ἄξιον, ὦ Ῥώμη μεγαλοκρατές, ἀντία σεῖο
κάλλος ἀπ᾽ Εὐρώπης δέρκεαι εἰς Ἀσίην.

— Paton edition

Where the land is cut in two by the winding
channel whose shores open the way to the sea, our
divine emperor¹ erected this palace for his most il-
lustrious consort Sophia. O, far-ruling Rome,² thou
lookest from Europe on a prospect in Asia the beauty
of which is worthy of thee.

— Paton edition

Where the land is cut in two by the winding
channel whose shores open the way to the sea, our
divine emperor¹ erected this palace for his most il-
lustrious consort Sophia. O, far-ruling Rome,² thou
lookest from Europe on a prospect in Asia the beauty
of which is worthy of thee.

— Paton edition

ὁππόθι τεμνομένης χθονὸς ἄνδιχα πόντον ἀνοίγει
πλαγκτὸς ἁλικλύστων πορθμὸς ἐπ᾽ ἠιόνων,
χρύσεα συλλέκτρῳ τάδ᾽ ἀνάκτορα θῆκεν ἀνάσσῃ
τῇ πολυκυδίστῃ θεῖος ἄναξ Σοφίῃ.

ἄξιον, ὦ Ῥώμη μεγαλοκρατές, ἀντία σεῖο
κάλλος ἀπ᾽ Εὐρώπης δέρκεαι εἰς Ἀσίην.

— Paton edition