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THE SUPPLIANTS
by Aeschylus
translated by E。D。A。 Morshead
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY
DANAUS
THE KING OF ARGOS
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
CHORUS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUS
Attendants
SUPPLIANTS
��SCENE�此�A sacred precinct near the shore in Argos。 Several statues
of the gods can be seen�察�as well as a large altar。 As the play
opens�察�DANAUS�察�and his fifty daughters�察�the maidens who compose
the CHORUS�察�enter。 Their costumes have an oriental richness about
them not characteristic of the strictly Greek。 They carry also the
wands of suppliants。 The CHORUS is singing。��
CHORUS
Zeus� �Lord and guard of suppliant hands
Look down benign on us who crave
Thine aid´whom winds and waters drave
From where�察�through drifting shifting sands��
Pours Nilus to the wave。
From where the green land�察�god´possest��
Closes and fronts the Syrian waste��
We flee as exiles�察�yet unbanned
By murder's sentence from our land��
But´since Aegyptus had decreed
His sons should wed his brother's seed�察�
Ourselves we tore from bonds abhorred��
From wedlock not of heart but hand��
Nor brooked to call a kinsman lord��
And Danaus�察�our sire and guide��
The king of counsel�察�pond'ring well
The dice of fortune as they fell��
Out of two griefs the kindlier chose��
And bade us fly�察�with him beside��
Heedless what winds or waves arose��
And o'er the wide sea waters haste��
Until to Argos' shore at last
Our wandering pinnace came´
Argos�察�the immemorial home
Of her from whom we boast to come´
Io�察�the ox´horned maiden�察�whom��
After long wandering�察�woe�察�and scathe��
Zeus with a touch�察�a mystic breath��
Made mother of our name。
Therefore�察�of all the lands of earth��
On this most gladly step we forth��
And in our hands aloft we bear´
Sole weapon for a suppliant's wear´
The olive´shoot�察�with wool enwound��
City�察�and land�察�and waters wan
Of Inachus�察�and gods most high��
And ye who�察�deep beneath the ground��
Bring vengeance weird on mortal man��
Powers of the grave�察�on you we cry��
And unto Zeus the Saviour�察�guard
Of mortals' holy purity��
Receive ye us´keep watch and ward
Above the suppliant maiden band��
Chaste be the heart of this your land
Towards the weak� �but�察�ere the throng��
The wanton swarm�察�from Egypt sprung��
Leap forth upon the silted shore��
Thrust back their swift´rowed bark again��
Repel them�察�urge them to the main��
And there�察�'mid storm and lightning's shine��
And scudding drift and thunder's roar��
Deep death be theirs�察�in stormy brine��
Before they foully grasp and win
Us�察�maiden´children of their kin��
And climb the couch by law denied��
And wrong each weak reluctant bride。
strophe 1
And now on her I call��
Mine ancestress�察�who far on Egypt's shore
A young cow's semblance wore�察�
A maiden once�察�by Hera's malice changed��
And then on him withal��
Who�察�as amid the flowers the grazing creature ranged��
Was in her by a breath of Zeus conceived��
And�察�as the hour of birth drew nigh��
By fate fulfilled�察�unto the light he came�察�
And Epaphus for name��
Born from the touch of Zeus�察�the child received
antistrophe 1
On him�察�on him I cry��
And him for patron hold´
While in this grassy vale I stand��
Where lo roamed of old��
And here�察�recounting all her toil and pain��
Signs will I show to those who rule the land
That I am child of hers�察�and all shall understand��
Hearing the doubtful tale of the dim past made plain。
strophe 2
And�察�ere the end shall be��
Each man the truth of what I tell shall see。
And if there dwell hard by
One skilled to read from bird´notes augury��
That man�察�when through his ears shall thrill our tearful wail��
Shall deem he hears the voice�察�the plaintive tale
Of her�察�the piteous spouse of Tereus�察�lord of guile´
Whom the hawk harries yet�察�the mourning nightingale。
antistrophe 2
She�察�from her happy home and fair streams scared away��
Wails wild and sad for haunts beloved erewhile。
Yea�察�and for Itylus´ah�察�well´a´day��
Slain by her own�察�his mother's hand��
Maddened by lustful wrong�察�the deed by Tereus planned��
strophe 3
Like her I wail and wail�察�in soft lonian tones��
And as she wastes�察�even so
Wastes my soft cheek�察�once ripe with Nilus' suns��
And all my heart dissolves in utter woe。
Sad flowers of grief I cull��
Fleeing from kinsmen's love unmerciful´
Yea�察�from the clutching hands�察�the wanton crowd��
I sped across the waves�察�from Egypt's land of cloud。
antistrophe 3
Gods of the ancient cradle of my race��
Hear me�察�just gods� �With righteous grace
On me�察�on me look down��
Grant not to youth its heart's unchaste desire��
But�察�swiftly spurning lust's unholy fire��
Bless only love and willing wedlock's crown��
The war´worn fliers from the battle's wrack
Find refuge at the hallowed altar´side��
The sanctuary divine�察�
Ye gods� �such refuge unto me provide´
Such sanctuary be mine��
strophe 4
Though the deep will of Zeus be hard to track��
Yet doth it flame and glance��
A beacon in the dark�察�'mid clouds of chance
That wrap mankind。
antistrophe 4
Yea�察�though the counsel fall�察�undone it shall not lie��
Whate'er be shaped and fixed within Zeus' ruling mind´
Dark as a solemn grove�察�with sombre leafage shaded��
His paths of purpose wind��
A marvel to man's eye。
strophe 5
Smitten by him�察�from towering hopes degraded��
Mortals lie low and still。´
Tireless and effortless�察�works forth its will
The arm divine��
God from His holy seat�察�in calm of unarmed power��
Brings forth the deed�察�at its appointed hour��
antistrophe 5
Let Him look down on mortal wantonness��
Lo� �how the youthful stock of Belus' line
Craves for me�察�uncontrolled´
With greed and madness bold´
Urged on by passion's shunless stress´
And�察�cheated�察�learns too late the prey has 'scaped their hold��
strophe 6
Ah�察�listen�察�listen to my grievous tale��
My sorrow's words�察�my shrill and tearful cries��
Ah woe�察�ah woe��
Loud with lament the accents rise��
And from my living lips my own sad dirges flow��
refrain 1
O Apian land of hill and dale��
Thou kennest yet�察�O land�察�this faltered foreign wail´
Have mercy�察�hear my prayer��
Lo�察�how again�察�again�察�rend and tear
My woven raiment�察�and from off my hair
Cast the Sidonian veil��
antistrophe 6
Ah�察�but if fortune smile�察�if death be driven away��
Vowed rites�察�with eager haste�察�we to the gods will pay��
Alas�察�alas again��
O whither drift the waves�拭�and who shall loose the pain��
refrain 1
O Apian land of hill and dale��
Thou kennest yet�察�O land�察�this faltered foreign wail
Have mercy�察�hear my prayer��
Lo�察�how again�察�again�察�I rend and tear
My woven raiment�察�and from off my hair
Cast the Sidonian veil��
strophe 7
The wafting oar�察�the bark with woven sail��
From which the sea foamed back��
Sped me�察�unharmed of storms�察�along the breeze's track´
Be it unblamed of me��
But ah�察�the end�察�the end of my emprise��
May He�察�the Father�察�with all´seeing eyes��
Grant me that end to see��
refrain 2
Grant that henceforth unstained as heretofore
I may escape the forced embrace
Of those proud children of the race
That sacred Io bore。
antistrophe 7
And thou�察�O maiden´god
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