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And grace of Artemis make women's travail light��
strophe 3
No devastating curse of fell disease
This city seize��
No clamour of the State arouse to war
Ares�察�from whom afar
Shrinketh the lute�察�by whom the dances fail´
Ares�察�the lord of wail。
Swarm far aloof from Argos' citizens
All plague and pestilence��
And may the Archer´God our children spare��
antistrophe 3
May Zeus with foison and with fruitfulness
The land's each season bless��
And�察�quickened with Heaven's bounty manifold��
Teem grazing flock and fold。
Beside the altars of Heaven's hallowing
Loud let the minstrels sing��
And from pure lips float forth the harp´led strain in air��
strophe 4
And let the people's voice�察�the power
That sways the State�察�in danger's hour
Be wary�察�wise for all��
Nor honour in dishonour hold��
But´ere the voice of war be bold´
Let them to stranger peoples grant
Fair and unbloody covenant´
Justice and peace withal��
antistrophe 4
And to the Argive powers divine
The sacrifice of laurelled kine��
By rite ancestral�察�pay。
Among three words of power and awe��
Stands this�察�the third�察�the mighty law´
Your gods�察�your fathers deified��
Ye shall adore。 Let this abide
For ever and for aye。
DANAUS
Dear children�察�well and wisely have ye prayed��
I bid you now not shudder�察�though ye hear
New and alarming tidings from your sire。
From this high place beside the suppliants' shrine
The bark of our pursuers I behold��
By divers tokens recognized too well。
Lo�察�the spread canvas and the hides that screen
The gunwale�察�lo�察�the prow�察�with painted eyes
That seem her onward pathway to descry��
Heeding too well the rudder at the stern
That rules her�察�coming for no friendly end。
And look�察�the seamen´all too plain their race´
Their dark limbs gleam from out their snow´white garb��
Plain too the other barks�察�a fleet that comes
All swift to aid the purpose of the first��
That now�察�with furled sail and with pulse of oars
Which smite the wave together�察�comes aland。
But ye�察�be calm�察�and�察�schooled not scared by fear��
Confront this chance�察�be mindful of your trust
In these protecting gods。 And I will hence��
And champions who shall plead your cause aright
Will bring unto your side。 There come perchance
Heralds or envoys�察�eager to lay hand
And drag you captive hence�察�yet fear them not��
Foiled shall they be。 Yet well it were for you
��If�察�ere with aid I come�察�I tarry long��
Not by one step this sanctuary to leave。
Farewell�察�fear nought�此�soon shall the hour be born
When he that scorns the gods shall rue his scorn。
CHORUS ��chanting��
Ah�察�but I shudder�察�father� �ah�察�even now��
Even as I speak�察�the swift´winged ships draw nigh��
strophe 1
I shudder�察�I shiver�察�I perish with fear��
Overseas though I fled��
Yet nought it avails�察�my pursuers are near��
DANAUS
Children�察�take heart�察�they who decreed to aid
Thy cause will arm for battle�察�well I ween。
CHORUS
But desperate is Aegyptus' ravening race��
With fight unsated�察�thou too know'st it well。
antistrophe 1
In their wrath they o'ertake us�察�the prow is deep´dark
In the which they have sped��
And dark is the bench and the crew of the bark��
DANAUS
Yea but a crew as stout they here shall find��
And arms well steeled beneath a noon´day sun。
CHORUS
Ah yet�察�O father�察�leave us not forlorn��
Alone�察�a maid is nought�察�a strengthless arm。
strophe 2
With guile they pursue me�察�with counsel malign��
And unholy their soul��
And as ravens they seize me�察�unheeding the shrine��
DANAUS
Fair will befall us�察�children�察�in this chance��
If thus in wrath they wrong the gods and you。
CHORUS
Alas�察�nor tridents nor the sanctity
Of shrines will drive them�察�O my sire�察�from us��
antistrophe 2
Unholy and daring and cursed is their ire��
Nor own they control
Of the gods�察�but like jackals they glut their desire��
DANAUS
Ay�察�but Come wolf�察�flee jackal�察�saith the saw��
Nor can the flax´plant overbear the corn。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Lustful�察�accursed�察�monstrous is their will
As of beasts ravening´'ware we of their power
DANAUS
Look you�察�not swiftly puts a fleet to sea��
Nor swiftly to its moorings�察�long it is
Or e'er the saving cables to the shore
Are borne�察�and long or e'er the steersmen cry��
The good ship swings at anchor´all is well。
Longest of all�察�the task to come aland
Where haven there is none�察�when sunset fades
In night。 To pilot wise�察�the adage saith��
Night is a day of wakefulness and pain。
Therefore no force of weaponed men�察�as yet��
Scatheless can come ashore�察�before the bark
Lie at her anchorage securely moored。
Bethink thee therefore�察�nor in panic leave
The shrine of gods whose succour thou hast won。
I go for aid´men shall not blame me long��
Old�察�but with youth at heart and on my tongue。
��DANAUS departs as the CHORUS sings in terror。��
CHORUS
strophe 1
O land of hill and dale�察�O holy land��
What shall befall us�拭�whither shall we flee��
From Apian land to some dark lair of earth��
O would that in vapour of smoke I might rise to the clouds of the
sky��
That as dust which flits up without wings I might pass and evanish
and die��
antistrophe 1
I dare not�察�I dare not abide�此�my heart yearns�察�eager to fly��
And dark is the cast of my thought�察�I shudder and tremble for
fear。
My father looked forth and beheld�此�I die of the sight that draws
near。
And for me be the strangling cord�察�the halter made ready by Fate��
Before to my body draws nigh the man of my horror and hate。
Nay�察�ere I will own him as lord�察�as handmaid to Hades I go��
strophe 2
And oh�察�that aloft in the sky�察�where the dark clouds are frozen
to snow��
A refuge for me might be found�察�or a mountain´top smooth and too
high
For the foot of the goat�察�where the vulture sits lonely�察�and none
may descry
The pinnacle veiled in the cloud�察�the highest and sheerest of
all��
Ere to wedlock that rendeth my heart�察�and love that is loveless��
I fall��
antistrophe 2
Yea�察�a prey to the dogs and the birds of the mount will I give me
to be�察�
From wailing and curse and pollution it is death�察�only death�察�sets
me free��
Let death come upon me before to the ravisher's bed I am thrust��
What champion�察�what saviour but death can I find�察�or what refuge
from lust��
strophe 3
I will utter my shriek of entreaty�察�a prayer that shrills up to
the sky��
That calleth the gods to compassion�察�a tuneful�察�a pitiful cry��
That is loud to invoke the releaser。 O father�察�look down on the
fight��
Look down in thy wrath on the wronger�察�with eyes that are eager
for right。
Zeus�察�thou that art lord of the world�察�whose kingdom is strong
over all��
Have mercy on us� �At thine altar for refuge and safety we call。
antistrophe 3
For the race of Aegyptus is fierce�察�with greed and with malice
afire��
They cry as the questing hounds�察�they sweep with the speed of
desire。
But thine is the balance of fate�察�thou rulest the wavering scale��
And without thee no mortal emprise shall have strength to achieve
or prevail。
��The CHORUS rushes to the altar during the final part of the
song。��
Alack�察�alack� �the ravisher´
He leaps from boat to beach�察�he draweth near��
Away�察�thou plunderer accurst��
Death seize thee first��
Or e'er thou touch me´off� �God�察�hear our cry��
Our maiden agony��
Ah�察�ah�察�the touch�察�the prelude of my shame。
Alas�察�my maiden fame��
O sister�察�sister�察�sister�察�to the altar cling��
For he that seizeth me��
Grim is his wrath and stern�察�by land as on the sea。
Guard us�察�O king��
��The HERALD OF AEGYPTUS enters with attendants。 The lines in
the following scene between the HERALD and the CHORUS are
sung and are accompanied by a frenzied symbolic dance。��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Hence to my barge´step swiftly�察�tarry not。
CHORUS
Alack�察�he rends´he rends my hair� �O wound on wound��
Help� �my lopped head will fall�察�my blood gush o'er the ground��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Aboard�察�ye cursed´with a new curse�察�go��
CHORUS
Would God that on the wand'ring brine
Thou and this braggart tongue of thine
Had sunk beneath the main´
Thy mast and planks�察�made fast in vain��
Thee would I drive aboard once more��
A slayer and a dastard�察�from the shore��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Be still�察�thou vain demented soul��
My force thy craving shall control。
Away�察�aboard� �What�察�clingest to the shrine��
Away� �this city's gods I hold not for divine。
CHORUS
Aid me�察�ye gods�察�that never�察�never
I may again behold
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