Theognis 765-768 (tr. Douglas E. Gerber):
May it be thus or better, to pass the time with cheerful hearts in festive pleasure free of cares; and may malevolent spirits, accursed old age, and death's finality be kept far away.
ὧδ᾿ εἶναι καὶ ἄμεινον, ἐύφρονα θυμὸν ἔχοντας
νόσφι μεριμνάων εὐφροσύνως διάγειν
τερπομένους· τηλοῦ δὲ κακὰς ἀπὸ κῆρας ἀμῦναι
γῆράς τ᾿ οὐλόμενον καὶ θανάτοιο τέλος.
765 εἶναι καὶ: εἴη κεν Ahrens, ἐύφρονα: ὁμόφρονα Brunck
Fridericus Theophilus Welcker, ed.,
Theognidis Reliquiae (Frankfurt-am-Main: Broenner, 1826), p. 127:
Subaudi εὐχόμεθα.