And though I have spoken many words in the endeavour to show that when I have drunk the poison I shall leave you and go to the joys of the blessed,-these words of mine, with which I was comforting you and myself, have had, as I perceive, no effect upon Crito.
Ni aspaldi arrazoi asko ari naiz ematen, pozoina edaten dudanean jada ez naizela zuen ondoan egongo esanez, baizik eta alde eginda, zorionekoen zorionetara joango naizela. Horiek guztiak, haren ustez, alferrik ari naiz esaten, zuek eta, aldi berean, ni neu kontsolatu nahirik.