Εἰπέ, θεά, κρυφίων ἐπιμάρτυρα λύχνον ἐρώτων
καὶ νύχιον πλωτῆρα θαλασσοπόρων ὑμεναίων
καὶ γάμον ἀχλυόεντα, τὸν οὐκ ἴδεν ἄφθιτος Ἠώς,
καὶ Σηστὸν καὶ Ἄβυδον, ὅπῃ γάμον ἔννυχον Ἡροῦς.

Goddess, relate the witness-bearing light Of Loves, that would not bear a human sight; The Sea-man that transported marriages, Shipt in the night, his bosom plowing th' seas; The love-joys that in gloomy clouds did fly, The clear beams of th' immortal Morning's eye; Abydos and fair Sestus, where I hear The night-hid nuptials of fair Hero were. | Tr. George Chapman (1616) | Sing, Muse, the conscious torch, whose nightly flame, (The shining signal of a brighter dame, Thro' trackless waves the bold Leander led, To taste the dang'rous joys of Hero's bed: Sing the stol'n bliss in gloomy shades conceal'd, And never to the blushing morn reveal'd. | Tr. Laurence Eusden (1750) | Queen of the plaintive voice, the Torch resound Witness of secret Loves, the Lover sing On midnight billows borne to rapt'rous joys, Veil'd from Aurora's eye; the realms relate, By Ocean sever'd, join'd by Love. | Tr. Edward Burnaby Greene (1773)