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ὦ κλεινὰ Σαλαμίς, σὺ μέν που
ναίεις ἁλίπλακτος, εὐδαίμων,
πᾶσιν περίφαντος ἀεί·
ἐγὼ δʼ ὁ τλάμων παλαιὸς ἀφʼ οὗ χρόνος
Ἰδαῖα μίμνων λειμώνιʼ ἔπαυλα μηνῶν
ἀνήριθμος αἰὲν εὐνῶμαι
χρόνῳ τρυχόμενος,
κακὰν ἐλπίδʼ ἔχων
ἔτι μέ ποτʼ ἀνύσειν
τὸν ἀπότροπον ἀΐδηλον Ἅιδαν.