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hippolytus-第8部分

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been my ruin and my death。 O by the gods; good sirs; beseech ye;

softly touch my wounded limbs。 Who stands there at my right side? Lift

me tenderly; with slow and even step conduct a poor wretch cursed by

his mistaken sire。 Great Zeus; dost thou see this? Me thy reverent

worshipper; me who left all men behind in purity; plunged thus into

yawning Hades 'neath the earth; reft of life; in vain the toils I have

endured through my piety towards mankind。 Ah me! ah me! O the thrill

of anguish shooting through me! Set me down; poor wretch I am; come

Death to set me free! Kill me; end my sufferings。 O for a sword

two…edged to hack my flesh; and close this mortal life! Ill…fated

curse of my father! the crimes of bloody kinsmen; ancestors of old;

now pass their boundaries and tarry not; and upon me are they come all

guiltless as I am; ah! why? Alas; alas! what can I say? How from my

life get rid of this relentless agony? O that the stern Death…god;

night's black visitant; would give my sufferings rest!

  ARTEMIS

    Poor sufferer! cruel the fate that links thee to it! Thy noble

soul hath been thy ruin。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Ah! the fragrance from my goddess wafted! Even in my agony I

feel thee near and find relief; she is here in this very place; my

goddess Artemis。

  ARTEMIS

    She is; poor sufferer! the goddess thou hast loved the best。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Dost see me; mistress mine? dost see my present suffering?

  ARTEMIS

    I see thee; but mine eyes no tear may weep。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Thou hast none now to lead the hunt or tend thy fane。

  ARTEMIS

    None now; yet e'en in death I love thee still。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    None to groom thy steeds; or guard thy shrines。

  ARTEMIS

    'Twas Cypris; mistress of iniquity; devised this evil。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Ah me! now know I the goddess who destroyed me。

  ARTEMIS

    She was jealous of her slighted honour; vexed at thy chaste life。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Ah! then I see her single hand hath struck down three of us。

  ARTEMIS

    Thy sire and thee; and last thy father's wife。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    My sire's ill…luck as well as mine I mourn。

  ARTEMIS

    He was deceived by a goddess's design。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Woe is thee; my father; in this sad mischance!

  THESEUS

    My son; I am a ruined man; life has no joys for me。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    For this mistake I mourn thee rather than myself。

  THESEUS

    O that I had died for thee; my son!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Ah! those fatal gifts thy sire Poseidon gave。

  THESEUS

    Would God these lips had never uttered that prayer!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Why not? thou wouldst in any case have slain me in thy fury then。

  THESEUS

    Yes; Heaven had perverted my power to think。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    O that the race of men could bring a curse upon the gods!

  ARTEMIS

    Enough! for though thou pass to gloom beneath the earth; the wrath

of Cypris shall not; at her will; fall on thee unrequited; because

thout hadst a noble righteous soul。 For I with mine own hand will with

these unerring shafts avenge me on another; who is her votary; dearest

to her of all the sons of men。 And to thee; poor sufferer; for thy

anguish now will grant high honours in the city of Troezen; for thee

shall maids unwed before their marriage cut off their hair; thy

harvest through the long roll of time of countless bitter tears。

Yea; and for ever shall the virgin choir hymn thy sad memory; nor

shall Phaedra's love for thee fall into oblivion and pass away

unnoticed。 But thou; O son of old Aegeus; take thy son in thine

arms; draw him close to thee; for unwittingly thou slewest him; and

men may well commit an error when gods put it in their way。 And thee

Hippolytus; I admonish; hate not thy sire; for in this death thou dost

but meet thy destined fate。 And now farewell! 'tis not for me to

gaze upon the dead; or pollute my sight with death…scenes; and e'en

now I see thee nigh that evil。

                                                  (ARTEMIS vanishes。)

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Farewell; blest virgin queen! leave me now! Easily thou

resignest our long friendship! I am reconciled with my father at thy

desire; yea; for ever before I would obey thy bidding。 Ah me! the

darkness is settling even now upon my eyes。 Take me; father; in thy

arms; lift me up。

  THESEUS

    Woe is me; my son! what art thou doing to me thy hapless sire!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    I am a broken man; yes; I see the gates that close upon the dead。

  THESEUS

    Canst leave me thus with murder on my soul!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    No; no; I set thee free from this bloodguiltiness。

  THESEUS

    What sayest thou? dost absolve me from bloodshed?

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Artemis; the archer…queen; is my witness that I do。

  THESEUS

    My own dear child; how generous dost thou show thyself to thy

father!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Farewell; dear father! a long farewell to thee!

  THESEUS

    O that holy; noble soul of thine!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Pray to have children such as me born in lawful wedlock。

  THESEUS

    O leave me not; my son; endure awhile。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    'Tis finished; my endurance; I die; father; quickly veil my face

with a mantle。

  THESEUS

    O glorious Athens; realm of Pallas; what a splendid hero ye have

lost! Ah me; ah me! How oft shall I remember thy evil works; P Cypris!

  CHORUS (singing)

    On all our citizens hath come this universal sorrow; unforeseen。

Now shall the copious tear gush forth; for sad news about great men

takes more than usual hold upon the heart。





                                   …THE END…


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