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the bacchantes-第8部分
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AGAVE
Alas! my aged sire; our doom is fixed; 'tis woful exile。
DIONYSUS
Why then delay the inevitable? Exit。
CADMUS
Daughter; to what an awful pass are we now come; thou too; poor
child; and thy sisters; while I alas! in my old age must seek
barbarian shores; to sojourn there; but the oracle declares that I
shall yet lead an army; half…barbarian; half…Hellene; to Hellas; and
in serpent's shape shall I carry my wife Harmonia; the daughter of
Ares; transformed like me to a savage snake; against the altars and
tombs of Hellas at the head of my troops; nor shall I ever cease
from my woes; ah me! nor ever cross the downward stream of Acheron and
be at rest。
AGAVE
Father; I shall be parted from thee and exiled。
CADMUS
Alas! my child; why fling thy arms around me; as a snowy cygnet
folds its wings about the frail old swan?
AGAVE
Whither can I turn; an exile from my country?
CADMUS
I know not; my daughter; small help is thy father now。
AGAVE
Farewell; my home! farewell; my native city! with sorrow I am
leaving thee; an exile from my bridal bower。
CADMUS
Go; daughter; to the house of Aristaeus;'*'
'* Another large lacuna follows。'
AGAVE
Father; I mourn for thee。
CADMUS
And I for thee; my child; for thy sisters too I shed a tear。
AGAVE
Ah! terribly was king Dionysus bringing this outrage on thy house。
CADMUS
Yea; for he suffered insults dire from you; his name receiving
no meed of honour in Thebes。
AGAVE
Farewell; father mine!
CADMUS
Farewell; my hapless daughter and yet thou scarce canst reach that
bourn。
AGAVE
Oh! lead me; guide me to the place where I shall find my
sisters; sharers in my exile to their sorrow! Oh! to reach a spot
where cursed Cithaeron ne'er shall see me more nor I Cithaeron with
mine eyes; where no memorial of the thyrsus is set up! Be they to
other Bacchantes dear!
CHORUS
Many are the forms the heavenly will assumes; and many a thing the
gods fulfil contrary to all hope; that which was expected is not
brought to pass; while for the unlooked…for Heaven finds out a way。
E'en such hath been the issue here。
Exeunt OMNES。
THE END
。
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