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the trachiniae-第6部分

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silence pleads for thine accuser?

                                        (DEIANEIRA goes in the house。)

  HYLLUS

    Let her depart。 A fair wind speed her far from my sight! Why

should the name of mother bring her a semblance of respect; when she

is all unlike a mother in her deeds? No; let her go;… farewell to her;

and may such joy as she gives my sire become her own!

                                        (Exit HYLLUS; into the house。)

  CHORUS  (singing)



                                                             strophe 1



    See; maidens; how suddenly the divine word of the old prophecy

hath come upon us; which said that; when the twelfth year should

have run through its full tale of months; it should end the series

of toils for the true…born son of Zeus! And that promise is wafted

surely to its fulfilment。 For how shall he who beholds not the light

have toilsome servitude any more beyond the grave?



                                                         antistrophe 1



    If a cloud of death is around him; and the doom wrought by the

Centaur's craft is stinging his sides; where cleaves the venom which

Thanatos begat and the gleaming serpent nourished; how can he look

upon tomorrow's sun;… when that appalling Hydra…shape holds him in its

grip; and those murderous goads; prepared by the wily words of

black…haired Nessus; have started into fury; vexing him with

tumultuous pain?



                                                             strophe 2



    Of such things this hapless lady had no foreboding; but she saw

great mischief swiftly coming on her home from the new marriage。 Her

own hand applied the remedy; but for the issues of a stranger's

counsel; given at a fatal meeting;… for these; I ween; she makes

despairing lament; shedding the tender dew of plenteous tears。 And the

coming fate foreshadows a great misfortune; contrived by guile。



                                                         antistrophe 2



    Our streaming tears break forth: alas; a plague is upon him more

piteous than any suffering that foemen ever brought upon that glorious

hero。

    Ah; thou dark steel of the spear foremost in battle; by whose

might yonder bride was lately borne so swiftly from Oechalia's

heights! But the Cyprian goddess; ministering in silence; hath been

plainly proved the doer of these deeds。

  LEADER OF ONE SEMI…CHORUS

    Is it fancy; or do I hear some cry of grief just passing through

the house? What is this?

  LEADER OF OTHER SEMI…CHORUS

    No uncertain sound; but a wail of anguish from within: the house

hath some new trouble。

  LEADER OF WHOLE CHORUS

    And mark how sadly; with what a cloud upon her brow; that aged

woman approaches; to give us tidings。

                                        (Enter NURSE; from the house。)

  NURSE

    Ah; my daughters; great; indeed; were the sorrows that we were

to reap from the gift sent to Heracles!

  LEADER

    Aged woman; what new mischance hast thou to tell?

  NURSE

    Deianeira hath departed on the last of all her journeys;

departed without stirring foot。

  LEADER

    Thou speakest not of death?

  NURSE

    My tale is told。

  LEADER

    Dead; hapless one?

  NURSE

    Again thou hearest it。

  CHORUS

    Hapless; lost one! Say; what was the manner of her death?

  NURSE

    Oh; a cruel deed was there!

  CHORUS

    Speak; woman; how hath she met her doom?

  NURSE

    By her own hand hath she died。

  CHORUS

    What fury; what pangs of frenzy have cut her off by the edge of

a dire weapon? How contrived she this death; following death;… all

wrought by her alone?

  NURSE

    By the stroke of the sword that makes sorrow。

  CHORUS

    Sawest thou that violent deed; poor helpless one?

  NURSE

    I saw it; yea; I was standing near。

  CHORUS

    Whence came it? How was it done? Oh; speak

  NURSE

    'Twas the work of her own mind and her own hand。

  CHORUS

    What dost thou tell us?

  NURSE

    The sure truth。

  CHORUS

    The first…born; the first…born of that new bride is a dread Erinys

for this house!

  NURSE

    Too true; and; hadst thou been an eye…witness of the action;

verily thy pity would have been yet deeper。

  LEADER

    And could a woman's hand dare to do such deeds?

  NURSE

    Yea; with dread daring; thou shalt hear; and then thou wilt bear

me witness。

    When she came alone into the house; and saw her son preparing a

deep litter in the court; that he might go back with it to meet his

sire; then she hid herself where none might see; and; falling before

the altars; she wailed aloud that they were left desolate; and; when

she touched any…household thing that she had been wont to use; poor

lady; in the past; her tears would flow; or when; roaming hither and

thither through the house; she beheld the form of any well…loved

servant; she wept; hapless one; at that sight; crying aloud upon her

own fate; and that of the household which would thenceforth be in

the power of others。

    But when she ceased from this; suddenly I beheld her rush into the

chamber of Heracles。 From a secret place of espial; I watched her; and

saw her spreading coverings on the couch of her lord。 When she had

done this; she sprang thereon; and sat in the middle of the bed; her

tears burst forth in burning streams; and thus she spake: 'Ah;

bridal bed and bridal chamber mine; farewell now and for ever; never

more shall ye receive me to rest upon this couch。' She said no more;

but with a vehement hand loosed her robe; where the gold…wrought

brooch lay above her breast; baring all her left side and arm。 Then

I ran with all my strength; and warned her son of her intent。 But

lo; in the space between my going and our return; she had driven a

two…edged sword through her side to the heart。

    At that sight; her son uttered a great cry; for he knew; alas;

that in his anger he had driven her to that deed; and he had

learned; too late; from the servants in the house that she had acted

without knowledge; by the prompting of the Centaur。 And now the youth;

in his misery; bewailed her with all passionate lament; he knelt;

and showered kisses on her lips; he threw himself at her side upon the

ground; bitterly crying that he had rashly smitten her with a

slander;… weeping that he must now live bereaved of both alike;… of

mother and of sire。

    Such are the fortunes of this house。 Rash indeed; is he who

reckons on the morrow; or haply on days beyond it; for to…morrow is

not; until to…day is safely past。

  CHORUS  (singing)



                                                             strophe 1



    Which woe shall I bewail first; which misery is the greater? Alas;

'tis hard for me to tell。



                                                         antistrophe 1



    One sorrow may be seen in the house; for one we wait with

foreboding: and suspense hath a kinship with pain。



                                                             strophe 2



    Oh that some strong breeze might come with wafting power unto

our hearth; to bear me far from this land; lest I die of terror;

when look but once upon the mighty son of Zeus!

    For they say that he is approaching the house in torments from

which there is no deliverance; a wonder of unutterable woe。



                                                         antistrophe 2



    Ah; it was not far off; but close to us; that woe of which my

lament gave warning; like the nightingale's piercing note!

    Men of an alien race are coming yonder。 And how; then; are they

bringing him? In sorrow; as for some loved one; they move on their

mournful; noiseless march。

    Alas; he is brought in silence! What are we to think; that he is

dead; or sleeping?



                    (Enter HYLLUS and an OLD MAN;

           with attendants;bearing HERACLES upon a litter。)



  HYLLUS

    Woe is me for thee; my father; woe is me for thee; wretched that I

am! Whither shall I turn? What can I do? Ah me!

  OLD MAN  (whispering)

    Hush; my son! Rouse not the cruel pain that infuriates thy sire!

He lives; though prostrated。 Oh; put a stern restraint upon thy lips!

  HYLLUS

    How sayest thou; old man… is he alive?

  OLD MAN  (whispering)

    Thou must not awake the slumberer! Thou must not rouse and

revive the dread frenzy that visits him; my son!

  HYLLUS

    Nay; I am crushed with this weight of misery… there is madness

in my heart!

  HERACLES  (awaking)

    O Zeus; to what land have I come? Who are these among whom I

lie; tortured with unending agonies? Wretched; wretched that I am! Oh;

that dire pest is gnawing me once more!

  OLD MAN  (to HYLLUS)

    Knew I not how much better it was that thou shouldest keep

silence; instead of scaring slumber from his brain and eyes?

  HYLLUS

    Nay; I cannot be patient when I behold th
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