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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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