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1、【国外英文文学】THE SUPPLIANTS THE SUPPLIANTS by Aeschylus translated by E.D.A. Morshead CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY DANAUS THE KING OF ARGOS HERALD OF AEGYPTUS CHORUS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUS AttendantsSUPPLIANTS (SCENE:-A sacred precinct near the shore in Argos. Several statues of the gods can be seen, as we
2、ll as a large altar. As the play opens, DANAUS, and his fifty daughters, the maidens who compose the CHORUS, enter. Their costumes have an oriental richness about them not characteristic of the strictly Greek. They carry also the wands of suppliants. The CHORUS is singing.) CHORUS Zeus! Lord and gua
3、rd of suppliant hands Look down benign on us who crave Thine aid-whom winds and waters drave From where, through drifting shifting sands, Pours Nilus to the wave. From where the green land, god-possest, Closes and fronts the Syrian waste, We flee as exiles, yet unbanned By murders sentence from our
4、land; But-since Aegyptus had decreed His sons should wed his brothers seed,- Ourselves we tore from bonds abhorred, From wedlock not of heart but hand, Nor brooked to call a kinsman lord! And Danaus, our sire and guide, The king of counsel, pondring well The dice of fortune as they fell, Out of two
5、griefs the kindlier chose, And bade us fly, with him beside, Heedless what winds or waves arose, And oer the wide sea waters haste, Until to Argos shore at last Our wandering pinnace came- Argos, the immemorial home Of her from whom we boast to come- Io, the ox-horned maiden, whom, After long wander
6、ing, woe, and scathe, Zeus with a touch, a mystic breath, Made mother of our name. Therefore, of all the lands of earth, On this most gladly step we forth, And in our hands aloft we bear- Sole weapon for a suppliants wear- The olive-shoot, with wool enwound! City, and land, and waters wan Of Inachus
7、, and gods most high, And ye who, deep beneath the ground, Bring vengeance weird on mortal man, Powers of the grave, on you we cry! And unto Zeus the Saviour, guard Of mortals holy purity! Receive ye us-keep watch and ward Above the suppliant maiden band! Chaste be the heart of this your land Toward
8、s the weak! but, ere the throng, The wanton swarm, from Egypt sprung, Leap forth upon the silted shore, Thrust back their swift-rowed bark again, Repel them, urge them to the main! And there, mid storm and lightnings shine, And scudding drift and thunders roar, Deep death be theirs, in stormy brine!
9、 Before they foully grasp and win Us, maiden-children of their kin, And climb the couch by law denied, And wrong each weak reluctant bride. strophe 1 And now on her I call, Mine ancestress, who far on Egypts shore A young cows semblance wore,- A maiden once, by Heras malice changed! And then on him
10、withal, Who, as amid the flowers the grazing creature ranged, Was in her by a breath of Zeus conceived; And, as the hour of birth drew nigh, By fate fulfilled, unto the light he came;- And Epaphus for name, Born from the touch of Zeus, the child received antistrophe 1 On him, on him I cry, And him f
11、or patron hold- While in this grassy vale I stand, Where lo roamed of old! And here, recounting all her toil and pain, Signs will I show to those who rule the land That I am child of hers; and all shall understand, Hearing the doubtful tale of the dim past made plain. strophe 2 And, ere the end shal
12、l be, Each man the truth of what I tell shall see. And if there dwell hard by One skilled to read from bird-notes augury, That man, when through his ears shall thrill our tearful wail, Shall deem he hears the voice, the plaintive tale Of her, the piteous spouse of Tereus, lord of guile- Whom the haw
13、k harries yet, the mourning nightingale. antistrophe 2 She, from her happy home and fair streams scared away, Wails wild and sad for haunts beloved erewhile. Yea, and for Itylus-ah, well-a-day! Slain by her own, his mothers hand, Maddened by lustful wrong, the deed by Tereus planned! strophe 3 Like
14、her I wail and wail, in soft lonian tones, And as she wastes, even so Wastes my soft cheek, once ripe with Nilus suns, And all my heart dissolves in utter woe. Sad flowers of grief I cull, Fleeing from kinsmens love unmerciful- Yea, from the clutching hands, the wanton crowd, I sped across the waves
15、, from Egypts land of cloud. antistrophe 3 Gods of the ancient cradle of my race, Hear me, just gods! With righteous grace On me, on me look down! Grant not to youth its hearts unchaste desire, But, swiftly spurning lusts unholy fire, Bless only love and willing wedlocks crown! The war-worn fliers f
16、rom the battles wrack Find refuge at the hallowed altar-side, The sanctuary divine,- Ye gods! such refuge unto me provide- Such sanctuary be mine! strophe 4 Though the deep will of Zeus be hard to track, Yet doth it flame and glance, A beacon in the dark, mid clouds of chance That wrap mankind. anti
17、strophe 4 Yea, though the counsel fall, undone it shall not lie, Whateer be shaped and fixed within Zeus ruling mind- Dark as a solemn grove, with sombre leafage shaded, His paths of purpose wind, A marvel to mans eye. strophe 5 Smitten by him, from towering hopes degraded, Mortals lie low and still
18、.- Tireless and effortless, works forth its will The arm divine! God from His holy seat, in calm of unarmed power, Brings forth the deed, at its appointed hour! antistrophe 5 Let Him look down on mortal wantonness! Lo! how the youthful stock of Belus line Craves for me, uncontrolled- With greed and
19、madness bold- Urged on by passions shunless stress- And, cheated, learns too late the prey has scaped their hold! strophe 6 Ah, listen, listen to my grievous tale, My sorrows words, my shrill and tearful cries! Ah woe, ah woe! Loud with lament the accents rise, And from my living lips my own sad dir
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