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lysistrata-第3部分

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and how these logs do bruise my shoulder! Still let us carry on; and


blow up our fire and see it does not go out just as we reach our


destination。 Phew! phew!  (Blowing the fire)  Oh! dear! what a


dreadful smoke!


  SECOND SEMI…CHORUS OF OLD MEN  (singing)


    It bites my eyes like a mad dog。 It is Lemnian fire for sure; or


it would never devour my eyelids like this。 Come on; Laches; let's


hurry; let's bring succour to the goddess; it's now or never! Phew!


phew!  (Blowing the fire)  Oh dear! what a confounded smoke!


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    There now; there's our fire all bright and burning; thank the


gods! Now; why not first put down our loads here; then take a


vine…branch; light it at the brazier and hurl it at the gate by way of


battering…ram? If they don't answer our summons by pulling back the


bolts; then we set fire to the woodwork; and the smoke will choke


them。 Ye gods! what a smoke! Pfaugh! Is there never a Samian general


will help me unload my burden?…Ah! it shall not gall my shoulder any


more。  (Setting down the wood)  Come; brazier; do your duty; make


the embers flare; that I may kindle a brand; I want to be the first to


hurl one。 Aid me; heavenly Victory; let us punish for their insolent


audacity the women who have seized our citadel; and may we raise a


trophy of triumph for success!





           (They begin to build a fire。 The CHORUS OF WOMEN


                 now enters; carrying pots of water。)





  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Oh!  my dears; methinks I see fire and smoke; can it be a


conflagration? Let us hurry all we can。


  FIRST SEMI…CHORUS OF WOMEN  (singing)


    Fly; fly; Nicodice; ere Calyce and Critylle perish in the fire; or


are stifled in the smoke raised by these accursed old men and their


pitiless laws。 But; great gods; can it be I come too late? Rising at


dawn; I had the utmost trouble to fill this vessel at the fountain。


Oh! what a crowd there was; and what a din! What a rattling of


water…pots! Servants and slave…girls pushed and thronged me!


However; here I have it full at last; and I am running to carry the


water to my fellow…townswomen; whom our foes are plotting to burn


alive。


  SECOND SEMI…CHORUS OF WOMEN  (singing)


    News has been brought us that a company of old; doddering


grey…beards; loaded with enormous faggots; as if they wanted to heat a


furnace; have taken the field; vomiting dreadful threats; crying


that they must reduce to ashes these horrible women。 Suffer them


not; oh! goddess; but; of thy grace; may I see Athens and Greece cured


of their warlike folly。 'Tis to this end; oh! thou guardian deity of


our city; goddess of the golden crest; that they have seized thy


sanctuary。 Be their friend and ally; Athene; and if any man hurl


against them lighted firebrands; aid us to carry water to extinguish


them。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    What is this I see; ye wretched old men? Honest and pious folk


ye cannot be who act so vilely。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Ah; ha! here's something new! a swarm of women stand posted


outside to defend the gates!


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Fart at us; would you? we seem a mighty host; yet you do not see


the ten…thousandth part of our sex。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Ho; Phaedrias! shall we stop their cackle? Suppose one of us


were to break a stick across their backs; eh?


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Let us set down our water…pots on the ground; to be out of the


way; if they should dare to offer us violence。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Let someone knock out two or three teeth for them; as they did


to Bupalus; they won't talk so loud then。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Come on then; I wait you with unflinching foot; and no other bitch


will ever grab your balls。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Silence! or my stick will cut short your days。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Now; just you dare to touch Stratyllis with the tip of your


finger!


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    And if I batter you to pieces with my fists; what will you do?


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    I will tear out your lungs and entrails with my teeth。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Oh! what a clever poet is Euripides! how well he says that woman


is the most shameless of animals。



  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Let's pick up our water…jars again; Rhodippe。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    You damned women; what do you mean to do here with your water?


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    And you; old death…in…life; with your fire? Is it to cremate


yourself?


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    I am going to build you a pyre to roast your female friends upon。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    And I;…I am going to put out your fire。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    You put out my fire…you?


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Yes; you shall soon see。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    I don't know what prevents me from roasting you with this torch。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    I am getting you a bath ready to clean off the filth。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    A bath for me; you dirty slut?


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Yes; indeed; a nuptial bath…tee heel


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN  (turning to his followers)


    Do you hear that? What insolence!


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    I am a free woman; I tell you。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    I will make you hold your tongue; never fear!


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Ah ha! you shall never sit any more amongst the Heliasts。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN  (to his torch)


    Burn off her hair for her!


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN  (to her pot)


    Achelous; do your duty!





                (The women pitch the water in their


                   water…pots over the old men。)





  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Oh; dear! oh; dear! oh; dear!


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Was it hot?


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Hot; great gods! Enough; enough!


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    I'm watering you; to make you bloom afresh。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Alas! I am too dry! Ah; me how! how I am trembling with cold!


                 (A MAGISTRATE enters; with a few Scythian policemen。)


  MAGISTRATE


    These women; have they made din enough; I wonder; with their


tambourines? bewept Adonis enough upon their terraces? I was listening


to the speeches last assembly day; and Demostratus; whom heaven


confound! was saying we must all go over to Sicily…and lo! his wife


was dancing round repeating: 〃Alas! alas! Adonis; woe is me for


Adonis!〃 Demostratus was saying we must levy hoplites at Zacynthus…and


there was his wife; more than half drunk; screaming on the house…roof:


〃Weep; weep for Adonis!〃…while that infamous Mad Ox was bellowing away


on his side。…Do you not blush; you women; for your wild and uproarious


doings?


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    But you don't know all their effrontery yet! They abused and


insulted us; then soused us with the water in their water…pots; and


have set us wringing out our clothes; for all the world as if we had


bepissed ourselves。


  MAGISTRATE


    And well done too; by Posidon! We men must share the blame of


their ill conduct; it is we who teach them to love riot and


dissoluteness and sow the seeds of wickedness in their hearts。 You see


a husband go into a shop: 〃Look you; jeweller;〃 says he; 〃you remember


the necklace you made for my wife。 Well; the other evening; when she


was dancing; the catch came open。 Now; I am bound to start for


Salamis; will you make it convenient to go up to…night to make her


fastening secure?〃 Another will go to the cobbler; a great; strong


fellow; with a great; long tool; and tell him: 〃The strap of one of my


wife's sandals presses her little toe; which is extremely sensitive;


come in about midday to supple the thing and stretch it。〃 Now see


the results。 Take my own case…as a Magistrate I have enlisted


rowers; I want money to pay them; and the women slam the door in my


face。 But why do we stand here with arms crossed? Bring me a


crowbar; I'll chastise their insolence!…Ho! there; my fine fellow!


(to one of the Scythians)  what are; you gaping at the crows for?


looking for a tavern; I suppose; eh? Come on; bring crowbars here; and


force open the gates。 I will put a hand to the work myself。


  LYSISTRATA  (opening the gate and walking out)


    No need to force the gates; I am coming out…here I am。 And why


bolts and bars? What we want here is not bolts and bars and locks; but


common sense。


  MAGISTRATE  (jumping nervously; then striving manfully to regain his


               dignity)


    Really; my fine lady! Where is my officer? I want him to tie


that woman's hands behind her back。


  LYSISTRATA


    By Artemis; the virgin goddess! if he touches me with the tip of


his finger; officer of the public peace though he be; let him look out


for himself!


                             (The first Scythian defecates in terror。)


  MAGISTRATE  (to another officer)


    How now; are you afraid? Seize her; I tell you; round the body。


Two of you at her; and have done with it!


  CLEONICE


    By Pandrosos! if you lay a hand on her; Ill trample you


underfoot till the crap comes out of you!


                            (The second Scythian defecates in terror。)


  MAGISTRATE


    Look at the mess you've made! Where is there another officer?  (To


the third Scythian)  Bind that minx first; the one who speaks so


prettily!


  MYRRHINE


    By Phoebe; if you touc
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