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Can save from perishing�察�a castaway
Amid the Lost�察�where no delight shall meet
Thy soul´a bloodless prey of nether powers��
A shadow among shadows。 Answerest thou
Nothing�拭�dost cast away my words with scorn��
Thou�察�prey prepared and dedicate to me��
Not as a victim slain upon the shrine��
But living shalt thou see thy flesh my food。
Hear now the binding chant that makes thee mine。
CHORUS ��chanting��
Weave the weird dance�察�behold the hour
To utter forth the chant of hell��
Our sway among mankind to tell��
The guidance of our power。
Of justice are we ministers��
And whosoe'er of men may stand
Lifting a pure unsullied hand��
That man no doom of ours incurs��
And walks thro' all his mortal path
Untouched by woe�察�unharmed by wrath。
But if�察�as yonder man�察�he hath
Blood on the hands he strives to hide��
We stand avengers at his side��
Decreeing�察�Thou hast wronged the dead��
We are doom's witnesses to thee。
The price of blood�察�his hands have shed��
We wring from him�察�in life�察�in death��
Hard at his side are we��
strophe 1
Night�察�Mother Night�察�who brought me forth�察�a torment
To living men and dead��
Hear me�察�O hear� �by Leto's stripling son
I am dishonoured��
He hath ta'en from me him who cowers in refuge��
To me made consecrates´
A rightful victim�察�him who slew his mother��
Given o'er to me and fate。
refrain 1
Hear the hymn of hell��
O'er the victim sounding�察�
Chant of frenzy�察�chant of ill��
Sense and will confounding��
Round the soul entwining
Without lute or lyre´
Soul in madness pining��
Wasting as with fire��
antistrophe 1
Fate�察�all´pervading Fate�察�this service spun�察�commanding
That I should bide therein��
Whosoe'er of mortals�察�made perverse and lawless��
Is stained with blood of kin��
By his side are we�察�and hunt him ever onward��
Till to the Silent Land��
The realm of death�察�he cometh�察�neither yonder
In freedom shall he stand。
refrain 1
Hear the hymn of hell��
O'er the victim sounding�察�
Chant of frenzy�察�chant of ill��
Sense and will confounding��
Round the soul entwining
Without lute or lyre´
Soul in madness pining��
Wasting as with fire��
strophe 2
When from womb of Night we sprang�察�on us this labour
Was laid and shall abide。
Gods immortal are ye�察�yet beware ye touch not
That which is our pride��
None may come beside us gathered round the blood´feast´
For us no garments white
Gleam on a festal day�察�for us a darker fate is��
Another darker rite。
refrain 2
That is mine hour when falls an ancient line
When in the household's heart
The God of blood doth slay by kindred hands�察�
Then do we bear our part��
On him who slays we sweep with chasing cry��
Though he be triply strong��
We wear and waste him�察�blood atones for blood��
Yew pain for ancient wrong。
antistrophe 2
I hold this task´'tis mine�察�and not another's。
The very gods on high��
Though they can silence and annul the prayers
Of those who on us cry��
They may not strive with us who stand apart��
A race by Zeus abhorred��
Blood´boltered�察�held unworthy of the council
And converse of Heaven's lord。
strophe 3
Therefore the more I leap upon my prey��
Upon their head I bound��
My foot is hard�察�as one that trips a runner
I cast them to the ground��
Yea�察�to the depth of doom intolerable��
And they who erst were great��
And upon earth held high their pride and glory��
Are brought to low estate。
In underworld they waste and are diminished��
The while around them fleet
Dark wavings of my robes�察�and�察�subtly woven��
The paces of my feet。
antistrophe 3
Who falls infatuate�察�he sees not neither knows he
That we are at his side��
So closely round about him�察�darkly flitting��
The cloud of guilt doth glide。
Heavily 'tis uttered�察�how around his hearthstone
The mirk of hell doth rise。
strophe 4
Stern and fixed the law is�察�we have hands t' achieve it��
Cunning to devise。
Queens are we and mindful of our solemn vengeance。
Not by tear or prayer
Shall a man avert it。 In unhonoured darkness��
Far from gods�察�we fare��
Lit unto our task with torch of sunless regions��
And o'er a deadly way´
Deadly to the living as to those who see not
Life and light of day´
Hunt we and press onward。
antistrophe 4
Who of mortals hearing
Doth not quake for awe��
Hearing all that Fate thro' hand of God hath given us
For ordinance and law��
Yea�察�this right to us�察�in dark abysm and backward
Of ages it befell��
None shall wrong mine office�察�tho' in nether regions
And sunless dark I dwell。
��ATHENA enters。��
ATHENA
Far off I heard the clamour of your cry��
As by Scamander's side I set my foot
Asserting right upon the land given o'er
To me by those who o'er Achaea's host
Held sway and leadership�此�no scanty part
Of all they won by spear and sword�察�to me
They gave it�察�land and all that grew thereon��
As chosen heirloom for my Theseus' clan。
Thence summoned�察�sped I with a tireless foot�察�
Hummed on the wind�察�instead of wings�察�the fold
Of this mine aegis�察�by my feet propelled��
As�察�linked to mettled horses�察�speeds a car。
And now�察�beholding here Earth's nether brood��
I fear it nought�察�yet are mine eyes amazed
With wonder。 Who are ye�拭�of all I ask��
And of this stranger to my statue clinging。
But ye´your shape is like no human form��
Like to no goddess whom the gods behold��
Like to no shape which mortal women wear。
Yet to stand by and chide a monstrous form
Is all unjust´from such words Right revolts。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
O child of Zeus�察�one word shall tell thee all。
We are the children of eternal Night��
And Furies in the underworld are called。
ATHENA
I know your lineage now and eke your name。
LEADER
Yea�察�and eftsoons indeed my rights shalt know。
ATHENA
Fain would I learn them�察�speak them clearly forth��
LEADER
We chase from home the murderers of men。
ATHENA
And where at last can he that slew make pause��
LEADER
Where this is law´All joy abandon here。
ATHENA
Say�察�do ye bay this man to such a flight��
LEADER
Yea�察�for of choice he did his mother slay。
ATHENA
Urged by no fear of other wrath and doom��
LEADER
What spur can rightly goad to matricide��
ATHENA
Two stand to plead´one only have I heard。
LEADER
He wiR not swear nor challenge us to oath。
ATHENA
The form of justice�察�not its deed�察�thou willest。
LEADER
Prove thou that word�察�thou art not scant of skill。
ATHENA
I say that oaths shall not enforce the wrong。
LEADER
Then test the cause�察�judge and award the right。
ATHENA
Will ye to me then this decision trust��
LEADER
Yea�察�reverencing true child of worthy sire。
ATHENA ��to ORESTES��
O man unknown�察�make thou thy plea in turn。
Speak forth thy land�察�thy lineage�察�and thy woes��
Then�察�if thou canst�察�avert this bitter blame´
If�察�as I deem�察�in confidence of right
Thou sittest hard beside my holy place��
Clasping this statue�察�as Ixion sat��
A sacred suppliant for Zeus to cleanse�察�
To all this answer me in words made plain。
ORESTES
O queen Athena�察�first from thy last words
Will I a great solicitude remove。
Not one blood´guilty am I�察�no foul stain
Clings to thine image from my clinging hand��
Whereof one potent proof I have to tell。
Lo�察�the law stands´The slayer shall not plead��
Till by the hand of him who cleanses blood
A suckling creature's blood besprinkle him。
Long since have I this expiation done�察�
In many a home�察�slain beasts and running streams
Have cleansed me。 Thus I speak away that fear。
Next�察�of my lineage quickly thou shalt learn��
An Argive am I�察�and right well thou know'st
My sire�察�that Agamemnon who arrayed
The fleet and them that went therein to war´
That chief with whom thy hand combined to crush
To an uncitied heap what once was Troy��
That Agamemnon�察�when he homeward came��
Was brought unto no honourable death��
Slain by the dark´souled wife who brought me forth
To him�察�enwound and slain