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hippolytus-第8部分
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been my ruin and my death。 O by the gods; good sirs; beseech ye;
softly touch my wounded limbs。 Who stands there at my right side? Lift
me tenderly; with slow and even step conduct a poor wretch cursed by
his mistaken sire。 Great Zeus; dost thou see this? Me thy reverent
worshipper; me who left all men behind in purity; plunged thus into
yawning Hades 'neath the earth; reft of life; in vain the toils I have
endured through my piety towards mankind。 Ah me! ah me! O the thrill
of anguish shooting through me! Set me down; poor wretch I am; come
Death to set me free! Kill me; end my sufferings。 O for a sword
two…edged to hack my flesh; and close this mortal life! Ill…fated
curse of my father! the crimes of bloody kinsmen; ancestors of old;
now pass their boundaries and tarry not; and upon me are they come all
guiltless as I am; ah! why? Alas; alas! what can I say? How from my
life get rid of this relentless agony? O that the stern Death…god;
night's black visitant; would give my sufferings rest!
ARTEMIS
Poor sufferer! cruel the fate that links thee to it! Thy noble
soul hath been thy ruin。
HIPPOLYTUS
Ah! the fragrance from my goddess wafted! Even in my agony I
feel thee near and find relief; she is here in this very place; my
goddess Artemis。
ARTEMIS
She is; poor sufferer! the goddess thou hast loved the best。
HIPPOLYTUS
Dost see me; mistress mine? dost see my present suffering?
ARTEMIS
I see thee; but mine eyes no tear may weep。
HIPPOLYTUS
Thou hast none now to lead the hunt or tend thy fane。
ARTEMIS
None now; yet e'en in death I love thee still。
HIPPOLYTUS
None to groom thy steeds; or guard thy shrines。
ARTEMIS
'Twas Cypris; mistress of iniquity; devised this evil。
HIPPOLYTUS
Ah me! now know I the goddess who destroyed me。
ARTEMIS
She was jealous of her slighted honour; vexed at thy chaste life。
HIPPOLYTUS
Ah! then I see her single hand hath struck down three of us。
ARTEMIS
Thy sire and thee; and last thy father's wife。
HIPPOLYTUS
My sire's ill…luck as well as mine I mourn。
ARTEMIS
He was deceived by a goddess's design。
HIPPOLYTUS
Woe is thee; my father; in this sad mischance!
THESEUS
My son; I am a ruined man; life has no joys for me。
HIPPOLYTUS
For this mistake I mourn thee rather than myself。
THESEUS
O that I had died for thee; my son!
HIPPOLYTUS
Ah! those fatal gifts thy sire Poseidon gave。
THESEUS
Would God these lips had never uttered that prayer!
HIPPOLYTUS
Why not? thou wouldst in any case have slain me in thy fury then。
THESEUS
Yes; Heaven had perverted my power to think。
HIPPOLYTUS
O that the race of men could bring a curse upon the gods!
ARTEMIS
Enough! for though thou pass to gloom beneath the earth; the wrath
of Cypris shall not; at her will; fall on thee unrequited; because
thout hadst a noble righteous soul。 For I with mine own hand will with
these unerring shafts avenge me on another; who is her votary; dearest
to her of all the sons of men。 And to thee; poor sufferer; for thy
anguish now will grant high honours in the city of Troezen; for thee
shall maids unwed before their marriage cut off their hair; thy
harvest through the long roll of time of countless bitter tears。
Yea; and for ever shall the virgin choir hymn thy sad memory; nor
shall Phaedra's love for thee fall into oblivion and pass away
unnoticed。 But thou; O son of old Aegeus; take thy son in thine
arms; draw him close to thee; for unwittingly thou slewest him; and
men may well commit an error when gods put it in their way。 And thee
Hippolytus; I admonish; hate not thy sire; for in this death thou dost
but meet thy destined fate。 And now farewell! 'tis not for me to
gaze upon the dead; or pollute my sight with death…scenes; and e'en
now I see thee nigh that evil。
(ARTEMIS vanishes。)
HIPPOLYTUS
Farewell; blest virgin queen! leave me now! Easily thou
resignest our long friendship! I am reconciled with my father at thy
desire; yea; for ever before I would obey thy bidding。 Ah me! the
darkness is settling even now upon my eyes。 Take me; father; in thy
arms; lift me up。
THESEUS
Woe is me; my son! what art thou doing to me thy hapless sire!
HIPPOLYTUS
I am a broken man; yes; I see the gates that close upon the dead。
THESEUS
Canst leave me thus with murder on my soul!
HIPPOLYTUS
No; no; I set thee free from this bloodguiltiness。
THESEUS
What sayest thou? dost absolve me from bloodshed?
HIPPOLYTUS
Artemis; the archer…queen; is my witness that I do。
THESEUS
My own dear child; how generous dost thou show thyself to thy
father!
HIPPOLYTUS
Farewell; dear father! a long farewell to thee!
THESEUS
O that holy; noble soul of thine!
HIPPOLYTUS
Pray to have children such as me born in lawful wedlock。
THESEUS
O leave me not; my son; endure awhile。
HIPPOLYTUS
'Tis finished; my endurance; I die; father; quickly veil my face
with a mantle。
THESEUS
O glorious Athens; realm of Pallas; what a splendid hero ye have
lost! Ah me; ah me! How oft shall I remember thy evil works; P Cypris!
CHORUS (singing)
On all our citizens hath come this universal sorrow; unforeseen。
Now shall the copious tear gush forth; for sad news about great men
takes more than usual hold upon the heart。
…THE END…
。
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