the suppliants-第7部分
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Holy the deeds of her rite; her craft is secret and mighty;
And high is her honour on earth; and subtle her sway of the soul。
SEMI…CHORUS
Yea; and her child is Desire: in the train of his mother he goeth…
Yea and Persuasion soft…lipped; whom none can deny or repel:
Cometh Harmonia too; on whom Aphrodite bestoweth
The whispering parley; the paths of the rapture that lovers love
well。
SEMI…CHORUS
antistrophe 2
Ah; but I tremble and quake lest again they should sail to
reclaim!
Alas for the sorrow to come; the blood and the carnage of war。
Ah; by whose will was it done that o'er the wide ocean they came;
Guided by favouring winds; and wafted by sail and by oar?
SEMI…CHORUS
Peace! for what Fate hath ordained will surely not tarry but come;
Wide is the counsel of Zeus; by no man escaped or withstood:
Only I pray that whate'er; in the end; of this wedlock he doom;
We; as many a maiden of old; may win from the ill to the good。
SEMI…CHORUS
strophe 3
Great Zeus; this wedlock turn from me…
Me from the kinsman bridegroom guard!
SEMI…CHORUS
Come what come may; 'tis Fate's decree。
SEMI…CHORUS
Soft is thy word…the doom is hard。
SEMI…CHORUS
Thou know'st not what the Fates provide。
SEMI…CHORUS
antistrophe 3
How should I scan Zeus' mighty will;
The depth of counsel undescried?
SEMI…CHORUS
Pray thou no word of omen ill。
SEMI…CHORUS
What timely warning wouldst thou teach?
SEMI…CHORUS
Beware; nor slight the gods in speech。
SEMI…CHORUS
strophe 4
Zeus; hold from my body the wedlock detested; the bridegroom
abhorred!
It was thou; it was thou didst release
Mine ancestress Io from sorrow: thine healing it was that
restored;
The touch of thine hand gave her peace。
SEMI…CHORUS
antistrophe 4
Be thy will for the cause of the maidens! of two ills; the lesser
I pray…
The exile that leaveth me pure。
May thy justice have heed to my cause; my prayers to thy mercy
find way!
For the hands of thy saving are sure。
THE END