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prometheus bound-第7部分

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    For stubbornness; if one be in the wrong;

    Is in itself weaker than naught at all。

    See now; if thou wilt not obey my words;

    What storm; what triple…crested wave of woe

    Unshunnable shall come upon thee。 First;

    This rocky chasm shall the Father split

    With earthquake thunder and his burning bolt;

    And he shall hide thy form; and thou shalt hang

    Bolt upright; dandled in the rock's rude arms。

    Nor till thou hast completed thy long term

    Shalt thou come back into the light; and then

    The hound of Zeus; the tawny eagle;

    Shall violently fall upon thy flesh

    And rend it as 'twere rags; and every day

    And all day long shall thine unbidden guest

    Sit at thy table; feasting on thy liver

    Till he hath gnawn it black。 Look for no term

    To such an agony till there stand forth

    Among the Gods one who shall take upon him

    Thy sufferings and consent to enter hell

    Far from the light of Sun; yea; the deep pit

    And mirk of Tartarus; for thee。 Be advised;

    This is not stuffed speech framed to frighten the

    But woeful truth。 For Zeus knows not to lie

  CHORUS

    To our mind

    The words of Hermes fail not of the mark。

    For he enjoins thee to let self…will go

    And follow after prudent counsels。 Him

    Harken; for error in the wise is shame。

  PROMETHEUS

    These are stale tidings I foreknew;

    Therefore; since suffering is the due

    A foe must pay his foes;

    Let curled lightnings clasp and clash

    And close upon my limbs: loud crash

    The thunder; and fierce throes

    Of savage winds convulse calm air:

    The embowelled blast earth's roots uptear

    And toss beyond its bars;

    The rough surge; till the roaring deep

    In one devouring deluge sweep

    The pathway of the stars

    Finally; let him fling my form

    Down whirling gulfs; the central storm

    Of being; let me lie

    Plunged in the black Tartarean gloom;

    Yet…yet…his sentence shall not doom

    This deathless self to die!

  HERMES

    These are the workings of a brain

    More than a little touched; the vein

    Of voluble ecstasy!

    Surely he wandereth from the way;

    His reason lost; who thus can pray

    A mouthing mad man he!

    Therefore; O ye who court his fate;

    Rash mourners…ere it be too late

    And ye indeed are sad

    For vengeance spurring hither fast…

    Hence! lest the bellowing thunderblast

    Like him should strike you mad I

  CHORUS

    Words which might work persuasion speak

    If thou must counsel me; nor seek

    Thus; like a stream in spate;

    To uproot mine honour。 Dost thou dare

    Urge me to baseness! I will bear

    With him all blows of fate;

    For false forsakers I despise;

    At treachery my gorge doth rise:

    I spew it forth with hate!

  HERMES

    Only…with ruin on your track…

    Rail not at fortune; but look back

    And these my words recall;

    Neither blame Zeus that he hath sent

    Sorrow no warning word forewent!

    Ye labour for your fall

    With your own hands I Not by surprise

    Nor yet by stealth; but with clear eyes;

    Knowing the thing ye do;

    Ye walk into the yawning net

    That for the feet of is set

    And Ruin spreads for you。

                                                                Exit。

  PROMETHEUS

    The time is past for words; earth quakes

    Sensibly: hark! pent thunder rakes

    The depths; with bellowing din

    Of echoes rolling ever nigher:

    Lightnings shake out their locks of fire;

    The dust cones dance and spin;

    The skipping winds; as if possessed

    By faction…north; south; east and west;

    Puff at each other; sea

    And sky are shook together: Lo

    The swing and fury of the blow

    Wherewith Zeus smiteth me

    Sweepeth apace; and; visibly;

    To strike my heart with fear。 See; see;

    Earth; awful Mother! Air;

    That shedd'st from the revolving sky

    On all the light they see thee by;

    What bitter wrongs I bear!



             The scene closes with earthquake and thunder;

      in the midst of which PROMETHEUS and the DAUGHTERS OF OCEANUS

                           sink into the abyss。




                                    THE END


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