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Ἅμερε Κυπρογένεια, Διὸς τέκος ἠὲ θαλάσσας,
τίπτε τόσον θνατοῖσι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι χάλεπτες;
τυτθὸν ἔφαν: τί νυ τόσσον ἀπήχθεο καὶ τεῒν αὐτᾷ,
ταλίκον ὡς πάντεσσι κακὸν τὸν Ἔρωτα τεκέσθαι,
5ἄγριον, ἄστοργον, μορφᾷ νόον οὐδὲν ὁμοῖον;
ἐς τί δέ νιν πτανὸν καὶ ἑκαβόλον ὤπασας ἦμεν,
ὡς μὴ πικρὸν ἐόντα δυναίμεθα τῆνον ἀλύξαι;
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