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lay my side against your side�察�for even in death let me not be
separate from you�察�you who alone were faithful to me��
LEADER ��to ADMETUS��
And I also will keep this sad mourning with you�察�as a friend
with a friend�察�for she is worthy of it。
ALCESTIS
O my children�察�you have heard your father say that never will he
set another wife over you and never thus insult me。
ADMETUS
Again I say it�察�and will perform it too��
ALCESTIS ��placing the children's hands in his��
Then take these children from my hand。
ADMETUS
I take them´dear gifts from a dear hand。
ALCESTIS
Now you must be the mother for me to my children。
ADMETUS
It must be so�察�since they are robbed of you。
ALCESTIS
O children�察�I should have lived my life out´and I go to the
Underworld。
ADMETUS
Alas� �What shall I do�察�left alone by you��
ALCESTIS
Time will console you。 The dead are nothing。
ADMETUS
Take me with you�察�by the Gods� �Take me to the Underworld��
ALCESTIS
It is enough that I should die´for you。
ADMETUS
O Fate�察�what a wife you steal from me��
ALCESTIS ��growing faint��
My dimmed eyes are heavily oppressed。
ADMETUS
O woman�察�I am lost if you leave me��
ALCESTIS
You may say of me that I am nothing。
ADMETUS
Lift up your head� �Do not abandon your children��
ALCESTIS
Ah� �Indeed it is unwillingly´but�察�farewell�察�my children��
ADMETUS
Look at them�察�look。。。。
ALCESTIS
I am nothing。
ADMETUS
What are you doing�拭�Are you leaving me��
ALCESTIS ��falling back dead��
Farewell。
ADMETUS ��staring at the body��
Wretch that I am�察�I am lost��
LEADER
She is gone� �The wife of Admetus is no more。
EUMELUS ��chanting��
Ah� �Misery��
Mother has gone��
Gone to the Underworld��
She lives no more��
O my Father��
In the sunlight。
O sad one��
You have left us
To live motherless��
See�察�Oh�察�see her eyelids
And her drooping hands��
Mother�察�Mother��
Hearken to me�察�listen��
I beseech you��
I´I´Mother� �
I am calling to you��
Your little bird fallen upon your face��
ADMETUS
She hears not�察�she sees not。 You and I are smitten by a dread
calamity。
EUMELUS ��chanting��
Father�察�I am a child��
And I am left
Like a lonely ship
By the mother I loved。
Oh� �The cruel things I suffer��
And you�察�little sister��
Suffer with me。
O my Father��
Vain�察�vain was your wedding��
You did not walk with her
To the end of old age。
She died first��
And your death�察�O Mother��
Destroys our house。
LEADER
Admetus�察�you must endure this calamity。 You are not the first
and will not be the last to lose a noble wife。 We all are doomed to
die。
ADMETUS
I know it。
Not unawares did this woe swoop down on me�察�for long it has gnawed
at me。
But�察�since I shall ordain the funeral rites for this dead body��
you must be there�察�and meanwhile let a threnody re´echo to the
implacable God of the Underworld。 And all you men of Thessaly whom I
rule´I order you to share the mourning for this woman with severed
hair and black´robed garb。 You who yoke the four´horsed chariot and
the swift single horses�察�cut the mane from their necks with your
steel。
Let there be no noise of flutes or lyre within the city until
twelve moons are fulfilled。 Never shall I bury another body so dear to
me�察�never one that has loved me better。 From me she deserves all
honour�察�since she alone would die for me��
��The body of ALCESTIS is carried solemnly into the Palace��
followed by ADMETUS�察�With bowed head�察�holding one of his children by
each hand。 When all have entered�察�the great doors are quietly shut。��
CHORUS ��singing��
strophe 1
O Daughter of Pelias��
Hail to you in the house of Hades��
In the sunless home where you shall dwell��
Let Hades�察�the dark´haired God��
Let the old man�察�Leader of the Dead��
Who sits at the oar and helm��
Know you��
Far�察�far off is the best of women
Borne beyond the flood of Acheron
In the two´oared boat��
antistrophe 1
Often shall the Muses' servants
Sing of you to the seven´toned
Lyre´shell of the mountain´tortoise��
And praise you with mourning songs at Sparta
When the circling season
Brings back the month Carneius
Under the nightlong upraised moon��
And in bright glad Athens。
Such a theme do you leave by your death
For the music of singers��
strophe 2
Ah� �That I had the power
To bring you back to the light
From the dark halls of Hades��
And from the waves of Cocytus
With the oar of the river of hell
Oh�察�you only��
O dearest of women��
You only dared give your life
For the life of your lord in Hades��
Light rest the earth above you��
O woman。
If your lord choose another bridal´bed
He shall be hateful to me
As to your own children。
antistrophe 2
When his mother
And the old father that begot him
Would not give their bodies to the earth
For their son's sake��
They dared not deliver him´O cruel��
Though their heads were grey。
But you��
In your lively youth��
Died for him�察�and are gone from the light��
Ah� �might I be joined
With a wife so dear��
But in life such fortune is rare。
How happy were my days with her��
��From the left HERACLES enters。 He is black´bearded and
of great physical strength�察�he wears a lion´skin over
his shoulders and carries a large club。��
HERACLES ��with a gesture of salutation��
Friends�察�dwellers in the lands of Pherae�察�do I find Admetus in his
home��
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
The son of Pheres is in his home�察�O Heracles。 But�察�tell us�察�what
brings you to the land of Thessaly and to the city of Pherae��
HERACLES
I have a task I must achieve for Eurystheus of Tiryns。
LEADER
Where do you go�拭�To what quest are you yoked��
HERACLES
The quest of the four´horsed chariot of Diomedes�察�the Thracian。
LEADER
But how will you achieve it�拭�Do you know this stranger��
HERACLES
No�察�I have never been to the land of the Bistones。
LEADER
You cannot obtain the horses without a struggle。
HERACLES
I cannot renounce my labours。
LEADER
You must kill to return�察�or you will remain there dead。
HERACLES
It will not be the first contest I have risked。
LEADER
And if you conquer the King will you gain anything��
HERACLES
I shall bring back his foals to the lord of Tiryns。
LEADER
It is not easy to thrust the bit into their jaws。
HERACLES
Only if they breathe fire from their nostrils��
LEADER
But they tear men with their swift jaws。
HERACLES
You speak of the food of wild mountain beasts�察�not of horses。
LEADER
You may see their mangers foul with blood。
HERACLES
Of what father does the breeder boast himself the son��
LEADER
Of Ares�察�the lord of the gold´rich shield of Thrace��
HERACLES
In this task once more you remind me of my fate�察�which is ever
upon harsh steep ways�察�since I must join battle with the sons of
Ares´first with Lycaon�察�then with Cycnus�察�and now in this third
contest I am come to match myself with these steeds and their master��
LEADER
But see�察�the lord of this land�察�Admetus himself�察�comes from the
house��
��The central doors of the Palace have opened�察�and ADMETUS comes
slowly on the Stage�察�preceded and followed by guards and attendants。
The King has put off all symbols of royalty�察�and is dressed in
black。 His tong hair is clipped close to his head。 ADMETUS
dissembles his grief throughout this scene�察�in obedience to the laws
of hospitality�察�which were particularly reverenced in Thessaly。��
ADMETUS
Hail Son of Zeus and of the blood of Perseus��
HERACLES
And hail to you�察�Admetus�察�lord of the Thessalians
ADMETUS
May it be so� �I know your friendship well。
HERACLES
What means this shorn hair�察�this mourning robe��
ADMETUS
To´day I must bury a dead body。
HERACLES
May a God avert harm from your children��
ADMETUS
The children I have begotten are alive in the house。
HERACLES
Your father was ripe for death´if it is he has gone��
ADMETUS
He lives´and she who brought me forth�察�O Heracles。
HERACLES
Your wife´Alcestis´she is not dead��
ADMETUS ��evasively��
Of her I might make a double answer。
HERACLES
Do you mean that she is dead or alive��
ADMETUS ��ambiguously��
She is and is not´and for this I grieve。
HERACLES ��perplexed��
I am no wiser´you speak obscurely。
ADMETUS
Did you not know the fate which must befall her��
HERACLES
I know she submitted to die for you。
ADMETUS
How then can she be alive�察�having consented to this��
HERACLES
Ah� �Do not weep for your wife till that time comes。
ADMETUS
Those who are about to die are dead�察�and the dead are nothing。
HERACLES
Men hold that to be and not to be are different things。
ADMETUS
You hold for one�察�Heracles�察�and I for the other。
HERACLES
Whom�察�then�察�do you mourn�拭�Which of your friends is dead��
ADMETUS
A woman。 We spoke of her just now。
HERACLES ��mistaking his meaning��
A stranger�拭�Or one born of your kin��
ADMETUS
A stranger�察�but one related to this house。
HERACLES
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