text_original: Yet the will of Zeus who holds the aegis is different at different times; and it is hard for mortal men to tell it; for if you should plough late, you may find this remedy—when the cuckoo first calls 1320 in the leaves of the oak and makes men glad all over the boundless earth, if Zeus should send rain on the third day and not cease until it rises neither above an ox's hoof nor falls short of it, then the late plougher will vie with the early.
text_transcription: YET THE WILL OF ZEUS WHO HOLDS THE AGES IS DIFFERENT AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND IT IS HARD FOR MORTAL MEN TO TELL IT FOR IF YOU SHOULD PLOUGH LATE YOU MAY FIND THIS REMEDY WHEN THE CUCKOO FIRST CALLS IN THE LEAVES OF THE OAK AND MAKES MEN GLAD ALL OVER THE BOUNDLESS EARTH IF ZEUS SHOULD SEND RAIN ON THE THIRD DAY AND NOT CEASE UNTIL IT RISES NEITHER ABOVE AN OX'S HOOF NOR FALLS SHORT OF IT THEN THE LATE PLOUGH WILL VIE WITH THE EARLY
phonemes: jˈɛt ðə wɪl ʌv zˈuːs hˌuː hˈoʊldz ðɪ ˈiːdʒɪs ɪz dˈɪfɹənt æt dˈɪfɹənt tˈaɪmz; ænd ɪɾ ɪz hˈɑːɹd fɔːɹ mˈɔːɹɾəl mˈɛn tə tˈɛl ɪt; fɔːɹ ɪf juː ʃˌʊd plˈaʊ lˈeɪt, juː mˈeɪ fˈaɪnd ðɪs ɹˈɛmədi—wˌɛn ðə kˈʊkuː fˈɜːst kˈɔːlz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd θɹˈiːhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti ɪnðə lˈiːvz ʌvðɪ ˈoʊk ænd mˌeɪks mˈɛn ɡlˈæd ˈɔːl ˌoʊvɚ ðə bˈaʊndləs ˈɜːθ, ɪf zˈuːs ʃˌʊd sˈɛnd ɹˈeɪn ɔnðə θˈɜːd dˈeɪ ænd nˌɑːt sˈiːs ʌntˈɪl ɪt ɹˈaɪzᵻz nˈiːðɚɹ əbˌʌv ɐn ˈɑːksᵻz hˈuːf nˈɔːɹ fˈɔːlz ʃˈɔːɹt ʌv ɪt, ðˈɛn ðə lˈeɪt plˈaʊɚ wɪl vˈaɪ wɪððɪ ˈɜːli.