Nay, if any Achaian of those abiding + 

Beside the Ionian sea be near me, + 

He shall nowise blame me: I rest confiding + 

On my friendship-tie: mid the folk of my land + 

With clear gaze meeting their eyes I stand. + 

Of the charge of presumptuous dealing I clear me; + 

All violence thrust I, a hater of strife, + 

From my feet. May the residue of my life + 

Flow blithesomely! He shall testify + 

Who knoweth me, whether with slander and lie + 

I jangle the music of life as I go. + 

Sogenes, son of the Eupatrid Clan, + 

The mark-line never I overran + 

When I shot swift speech⁠—as one that should throw + 