Now have I sought the great ones among the gods, and with that I seek the splendour of the staff-bearing ones.

O shall I today possess your protection, mighty deities, beautiful bright in yourselves (thoughunadorned)?

The Bays who draw thy chariot, Steeds who injure none, surpass the wind's impetuous strength- With whom thou silencest the enemy of man, with whon; thou goest round the sky.