Πέτρος ἐγὼ τὸ πάλαι γυρὴ καὶ ἄτριπτος ἐπιβλὴς
τὴν Ἡρακλείτου ἔνδον ἔχω κεφαλὴν
αἰών μ᾽ ἔτριψεν κροκάλαις ἴσον ἐν γὰρ ἀμάξῃ
παμφόρῳ αἰζηῶν εἰνοδίη τέταμαι.
ἀγγέλλω δὲ βροτοῖσι, καὶ ἄστηλός περ ἐοῦσα,
θεῖον ὑλακτητὴν δήμου ἔχουσα κύνα.

— Paton edition

Moi, jadis pierre ronde et rugueuse qui surmontait son tombeau, je renferme en mon creux la tête d'Héraclite. Le temps m'a usée à la façon des galets; car je suis exposé, en pleine route, aux chariots de transport des hommes. Mais j'annonce aux mortels, bien que je manque de stèle, que je possède le chien divin qui aboyait après le peuple.

— Waltz edition

I, the stone coffin that contain the head of Hera-
clitus, was once a rounded and unworn cylinder, but
Time has worn me like the shingle, for I lie in the
road, the highway for all sorts and conditions of men.
I announce to mortals, although I have no stele,
that I hold the divine dog who used to bark at the
commons.

— Paton edition

Blocco rotondo di pietra compatta una volta m'ergevo:
serbo la testa di Eraclito in me.
Fui sbriciolato - una ghiaia - dal tempo: ché dove la gente
solca la carreggiata mi potendo.
Dico, pur senza la stele, che in me c'è il cane divino
che in vita contro il popolo latrò.

— Pontani, Filippo Maria (1978-81) (ed.): Antologia Palatina, 4 vols., Torino.

Blocco rotondo di pietra compatta una volta m'ergevo:
serbo la testa di Eraclito in me.
Fui sbriciolato - una ghiaia - dal tempo: ché dove la gente
solca la carreggiata mi potendo.
Dico, pur senza la stele, che in me c'è il cane divino
che in vita contro il popolo latrò.

— Pontani, Filippo Maria (1978-81) (ed.): Antologia Palatina, 4 vols., Torino.

I, the stone coffin that contain the head of Hera-
clitus, was once a rounded and unworn cylinder, but
Time has worn me like the shingle, for I lie in the
road, the highway for all sorts and conditions of men.
I announce to mortals, although I have no stele,
that I hold the divine dog who used to bark at the
commons.

— Paton edition

Moi, jadis pierre ronde et rugueuse qui surmontait son tombeau, je renferme en mon creux la tête d'Héraclite. Le temps m'a usée à la façon des galets; car je suis exposé, en pleine route, aux chariots de transport des hommes. Mais j'annonce aux mortels, bien que je manque de stèle, que je possède le chien divin qui aboyait après le peuple.

— Waltz edition

Πέτρος ἐγὼ τὸ πάλαι γυρὴ καὶ ἄτριπτος ἐπιβλὴς
τὴν Ἡρακλείτου ἔνδον ἔχω κεφαλὴν
αἰών μ᾽ ἔτριψεν κροκάλαις ἴσον ἐν γὰρ ἀμάξῃ
παμφόρῳ αἰζηῶν εἰνοδίη τέταμαι.
ἀγγέλλω δὲ βροτοῖσι, καὶ ἄστηλός περ ἐοῦσα,
θεῖον ὑλακτητὴν δήμου ἔχουσα κύνα.

— Paton edition