εἰμὶ πατρὸς λευκοῖο μέλαν τέκος, ἄπτερος ὄρνις,
ἄχρι καὶ οὐρανίων ἱπτάμενος νεφέων
κούραις δ᾽ ἀντομένῃσιν ἀπενθέα δάκρυα τίκτω:
εὐθὺ δὲ γεννηθεὶς λύομαι εἰς ἀέρα.

— Paton edition

I am the black child of a white father; a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air.
*Answer* Smoke.

— Paton edition

I am the black child of a white father; a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air.
*Answer* Smoke.

— Paton edition

εἰμὶ πατρὸς λευκοῖο μέλαν τέκος, ἄπτερος ὄρνις,
ἄχρι καὶ οὐρανίων ἱπτάμενος νεφέων
κούραις δ᾽ ἀντομένῃσιν ἀπενθέα δάκρυα τίκτω:
εὐθὺ δὲ γεννηθεὶς λύομαι εἰς ἀέρα.

— Paton edition