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together we should have crossed the lake of the Underworld。
CHORUS
A son most worthy of tears
Was lost to one of my house��
Yet�察�childless�察�he suffered with courage��
Though the white was thick in his hair
And his days were far´spent��
ADMETUS
O visage of my house� �How shall I enter you�拭�How shall I dwell
in you�察�now that Fate has turned its face from me�拭�How great is the
change� �Once�察�of old�察�I entered my house with marriage´songs and the
torches of Pelion�察�holding a loved woman by the hand�察�followed by a
merry crowd shouting good wishes to her who is dead and to me�察�because
we had joined our lives�察�being both noble and born of noble lines。
Today�察�in place of marriage´songs are lamentations�察�instead of white
garments I am clad in mourning�察�to return to my house and a solitary
bed。
CHORUS
Grief has fallen upon you
In the midst of a happy life
Untouched by misfortune。
But your life and your spirit are safe。
She is dead��
She has left your love。
Is this so new��
Ere now many men
Death has severed from wives。
ADMETUS ��speaking��
O friends�察�whatsoever may be thought by others�察�to me it seems
that my wife's fate is happier than mine。 Now�察�no pain ever shall
touch her again�察�she has reached the noble end of all her
sufferings。 But I�察�I who should have died�察�I have escaped my fate��
only to drag out a wretched life。 Only now do I perceive it。
How shall I summon strength to enter this house�拭�Whom shall I
greet�拭�Who will greet me in joy at my coming�拭�Whither shall I turn
my steps�拭�I shall be driven forth by solitude when I see my bed
widowed of my wife�察�empty the chairs on which she sat�察�a dusty floor
beneath my roof�察�my children falling at my knees and calling for their
mother�察�and the servants lamenting for the noble lady lost from the
house��
Such will be my life within the house。 Without�察�I shall be
driven from marriage´feasts and gatherings of the women of Thessaly。 I
shall not endure to look upon my wife's friends。 Those who hate me
will say�此�'See how he lives in shame�察�the man who dared not die�察�the
coward who gave his wife to Hades in his stead� �Is that a man�拭�He
hates his parents�察�yet he himself refused to die��'
This evil fame I have added to my other sorrows。 O my friends��
what then avails it that I live�察�if I must live in misery and shame��
��He covers his head with his robe�察�and crouches
in abject misery on the steps of his Palace。��
CHORUS ��singing��
strophe 1
I have lived with the Muses
And on lofty heights��
Many doctrines have I learned��
But Fate is above us all。
Nothing avails against Fate
Neither the Thracian tablets
Marked with Orphic symbols��
Nor the herbs given by Phoebus
To the children of Asclepius
To heal men of their sickness。
antistrophe 1
None can come near to her altars��
None worship her statues��
She regards not our sacrifice。
O sacred goddess��
Bear no more hardly upon me
Than in days overpast��
With a gesture Zeus judges��
But the sentence is yours。
Hard iron yields to your strength��
Your fierce will knows not gentleness。
strophe 2
And the Goddess has bound you
Ineluctably in the gyves of her hands。
Yield。
Can your tears give life to the dead��
For the sons of the Gods
Swoon in the shadow of Death。
Dear was she in our midst��
Dear still among the dead��
For the noblest of women was she
Who lay in your bed。
antistrophe 2
Ah��
Let the grave of your spouse
Be no more counted as a tomb��
But revered as the Gods��
And greeted by all who pass by��
The wanderer shall turn from his path��
Saying�此�'She died for her lord��
A blessed spirit she is now。
Hail�察�O sacred lady�察�be our friend��'
Thus shall men speak of her。
��ADMETUS is still crouched on the Palace steps�察�when
HERACLES enters from the side�察�leading a veiled woman。��
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
But see� �The son of Alcmena�察�as I think�察�comes to your house。
��ADMETUS uncovers his head�察�and faces the newcomer。��
HERACLES
Admetus�察�a man should speak freely to his friends�察�and not keep
reproaches silent in his heart。 Since I was near you in your
misfortune�察�should have wished to show myself your friend。 But you did
not tell me the dead body was your wife's�察�and you took me into your
house as if you were in mourning only for a stranger。 And I put a
garland of flowers upon my head�察�and poured wine´offerings to the
Gods�察�when your house was filled with lamentation。 I blame you�察�yes�察�I
blame you for this´but I will not upbraid you in your misfortune。
Why I turned back and am here�察�I shall tell you。 Take and keep
this woman for me until I have slain the King of the Bistones and
return here with the horses of Thrace。 If ill happens to me´may I
return safely� �I give her to you to serve in your house。
With much striving I won her to my hands。 On my way I found public
games�察�worthy of athletes�察�and I have brought back this woman whom I
won as the prize of victory。 The winners of the easy tests had horses��
heads of cattle were given to those who won in boxing and wrestling。
Then came a woman as a prize。 Since I was present�察�it would have
been shameful for me to miss this glorious gain。 Therefore�察�as I said��
you must take care of this woman�察�whom I bring to you�察�not as one
stolen but as the prize of my efforts。 Perhaps in time you will
approve of what I do。
ADMETUS
Not from disdain�察�nor to treat you as a foe�察�did I conceal my
wife's fate from you。 But if you had turned aside to another man's
hearth�察�one more grief had been added to my sorrow。 It was enough that
I should weep my woe。
This woman´O King�察�I beg it may be thus´enjoin some other
Thessalian�察�one who is not in sorrow�察�to guard her。 In Pherae there
are many to welcome you。 Do not remind me of my grief。 Seeing her in
my house�察�I could not restrain my tears。 Add not a further anguish
to my pain�察�for what I suffer is too great。 And then´where could I
harbour a young woman in my house�拭�For she is young´I see by her
clothes and jewels。 Could she live with the men under my roof�拭�How��
then�察�could she remain chaste�察�if she moved to and fro among the young
men�拭�Heracles�察�it is not easy to restrain the young。。。。I am thinking
of your interests。。。。Must I take her to my dead wife's room�拭�How could
I endure her to enter that bed�拭�I fear a double reproach´from my
people�察�who would accuse me of betraying my saviour to slip into
another woman's bed�察�and from my dead wife�察�who deserves my respect��
for which I must take care。
O woman�察�whosoever you may be�察�you have the form of Alcestis��
and your body is like hers。
Ah� �By all the Gods�察�take her from my sight� �Do not insult a
broken man。 When I look upon her´she seems my wife´my heart is torn
asunder´tears flow from my eyes。 Miserable creature that I am�察�now
taste the bitterness of my sorrow。
LEADER
I do not praise this meeting�察�but�察�whatever happens�察�we must
accept the gifts of the Gods。
HERACLES
Oh�察�that I might bring your wife back into the light of day from
the dwelling of the Under´Gods�察�as a gift of grace to you��
ADMETUS
I know you would wish this´but to what end�拭�The dead cannot return
to the light of day。
HERACLES
Do not exaggerate�察�but bear this with decorum。
ADMETUS
Easier to advise than bear the test。
HERACLES
How will it aid you to lament for ever��
ADMETUS
I know´but my love whirls me away。
HERACLES
Love for the dead leads us to tears。
ADMETUS
I am overwhelmed beyond words。
HERACLES
You have lost a good wife´who denies it��
ADMETUS
So that for me there is no more pleasure in life。
HERACLES
Time will heal this open wound。
ADMETUS
You might say Time�察�if Time were death��
HERACLES
Another woman�察�a new marriage�察�shall console you。
ADMETUS
Oh�察�hush� �What have you said�拭�A thing unbelievable��
HERACLES
What� �You will not marry�拭�Your bed will remain widowed��
ADMETUS
No other woman shall ever lie at my side。
HERACLES
Do you think that avails the dead��
ADMETUS
Wherever she may be�察�I must do her honour。
HERACLES
I praise you´but men will call you mad。
ADMETUS
Yet never more shall I be called a bridegroom。
HERACLES
I praise your faithful love to your wife´
ADMETUS
May I die if I betray her even when dead��
HERACLES ��offering him the veiled woman's hand。��
Receive her then into your noble house。
ADMETUS
No�察�by Zeus who begot you�察�no��
HERACLES
Yet you will do wrong if you do not take her。
ADMETUS
If I do it�察�remorse will tear my heart。
HERACLES
Yield´perhaps it will be a good thing for you。
ADMETUS
Ah� �If only you had not won her in the contest��
HERACLES
But I conquered´and you conquered with me。
ADMETUS
It is true´but let the woman go hence。
HERACLES
She shall go�察�if she must。 But first´ought she to go��
ADMETUS
She must´unless it would anger you。
HERACLES
There is good reason for my zeal。
ADMETUS
You have conquered then´but not for my pleasure。
HERACLES
One day you will praise me for it´be persuaded。
ADMETUS ��to his attendants��
Lead her in�察�since she must be received in this house。
HERACLES
No�察�I cannot leave such a woman to servants。
ADMETUS
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