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eumendides-第7部分
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Whose children too are we; O goddesses
Of just award; of all by sacred right
Queens; who in time and in eternity
Do rule; a present power for righteousness;
Honoured beyond all Gods; hear ye and grant my cry!
ATHENA (chanting)
And I too; I with joy am fain;
Hearing your voice this gift ordain
Unto my land。 High thanks be thine;
Persuasion; who with eyes divine
Into my tongue didst look thy strength;
To bend and to appease at length
Those who would not be comforted。
Zeus; king of parley; doth prevail;
And ye and I will strive nor fail;
That good may stand in evil's stead;
And lasting bliss for bale。
CHORUS (chanting)
And nevermore these walls within
Shall echo fierce sedition's din;
Unslaked with blood and crime;
The thirsty dust shall nevermore
Suck up the darkly streaming gore
Of civic broils; shed out in wrath
And vengeance; crying death for death!
But man with man and state with state
Shall vow The pledge of common hate
And common friendship; that for man
Hath oft made blessing; out of ban;
Be ours unto all time。
ATHENA (chanting)
Skill they; or not; the path to find
Of favouring speech and presage kind?
Yea; even from these; who; grim and stern;
Glared anger upon you of old;
O citizens; ye now shall earn
A recompense right manifold。
Deck them aright; extol them high;
Be loyal to their loyalty;
And ye shall make your town and land
Sure; propped on justice' saving hand;
And Fame's eternity。
CHORUS (chanting)
Hail ye; all hail! and yet again; all hail;
O Athens; happy in a weal secured!
O ye who sit by Zeus' right hand; nor fail
Of wisdom set among you and assured;
Loved of the well…loved Goddess…Maid! the King
Of gods doth reverence you; beneath her guarding wing。
ATHENA (chanting)
All hail unto each honoured guest!
Whom to the chambers of your rest
'Tis mine to lead; and to provide
The hallowed torch; the guard and guide。
Pass down; the while these altars glow
With sacred fire; to earth below
And your appointed shrine。
There dwelling; from the land restrain
The force of fate; the breath of bane;
But waft on us the gift and gain
Of Victory divine!
And ye; the men of Cranaos' seed;
I bid you now with reverence lead
These alien Powers that thus are made
Athenian evermore。 To you
Fair be their will henceforth; to do
Whate'er may bless and aid!
CHORUS (chanting)
Hail to you all! hail yet again;
All who love Athens; gods and men;
Adoring her as Pallas' home!
And while ye reverence what ye grant…
My sacred shrine and hidden haunt…
Blameless and blissful be your doom!
ATHENA
Once more I praise the promise of your vows;
And now I bid the golden torches' glow
Pass down before you to the hidden depth
Of earth; by mine own sacred servants borne;
My loyal guards of statue and of shrine。
Come forth; O flower of Attic land;
O glorious band of children and of wives;
And ye; O train of matrons crowned with eld!
Deck you with festal robes of scarlet dye
In honour of this day: O gleaming torch;
Lead onward; that these gracious powers of earth
Henceforth be seen to bless the life of men。
(ATHENA leads the procession downwards into the Cave of the
FURRES; now Eumenides; under the Areopagus: as they
go; the escort of women and children chant aloud)
CHANT
With loyalty we lead you; proudly go;
Night's childless children; to your home below!
(O citizens; awhile from words forbear!)
To darkness' deep primeval lair;
Far in Earth's bosom; downward fare;
Adored with prayer and sacrifice。
(O citizens; forbear your cries!)
Pass hitherward; ye powers of Dread;
With all your former wrath allayed;
Into the heart of this loved land;
With joy unto your temple wend;
The while upon your steps attend
The flames that feed upon the brand…
(Now; now ring out your chant; your joy's acclaim!)
Behind them; as they downward fare;
Let holy hands libations bear;
And torches' sacred flame。
All…seeing Zeus and Fate come down
To battle fair for Pallas' town!
Ring out your chant; ring out your joy's acclaim!
THE END
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