Καὶ τότε μὲν - ἐπὶ δυσμαῖς γὰρ [?] ὁ ἥλιος - [?] τὰς ἀγέλας οἴκαδε καὶ [?] Χλόη περιττὸν οὐδέν, ὅτι μὴ Δάφνιν [?] λουόμενον ἰδέσθαι πάλιν. Τῆς δὲ ἐπιούσης ὡς [?] εἰς τὴν νομήν, ὁ μὲν Δάφνις ὑπὸ τῇ δρυῒ τῇ συνήθει καθεζόμενος [?] καὶ ἅμα τὰς αἶγας [?] κατακειμένας καὶ ὥσπερ τῶν μελῶν ἀκροωμένας, ἡ δὲ Χλόη πλησίον καθημένη {καὶ} τὴν ἀγέλην μὲν τῶν προβάτων [?], τὸ δὲ πλέον εἰς Δάφνιν [?]· καὶ [?] καλὸς αὐτῇ συρίττων πάλιν, καὶ αὖθις αἰτίαν [?] τὴν μουσικὴν τοῦ κάλλους, ὥστε μετ´ ἐκεῖνον καὶ αὐτὴ τὴν σύριγγα [?], εἴ πως [?] καὶ αὐτὴ καλή. [?] δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ λούσασθαι πάλιν καὶ λουόμενον [?] καὶ ἰδοῦσα [?] καὶ [?] πάλιν ἐπαινέσασα, καὶ ὁ ἔπαινος [?] ἔρωτος ἀρχή.