the choephori-第9章
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Of Loxias; and that renowned light
Of ever…burning fire; to 'scape the doom
Of kindred murder: to no other shrine
(So Loxias bade) may I for refuge turn。
Bear witness; Argives; in the after time;
How came on me this dread fatality。
Living; I pass a banished wanderer hence;
To leave in death the memory of this cry。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Nay; but the deed is well; link not thy lips
To speech ill…starred; nor vent ill…boding words…
Who hast to Argos her full freedom given;
Lopping two serpents' heads with timely blow。
ORESTES
Look; look; alas!
Handmaidens; see…what Gorgon shapes throng up
Dusky their robes and all their hair enwound…
Snakes coiled with snakes…off; off;…I must away!
LEADER
Most loyal of all sons unto thy sire;
What visions thus distract thee? Hold; abide;
Great was thy victory; and shalt thou fear?
ORESTES
These are no dreams; void shapes of haunting ill;
But clear to sight another's hell…hounds come!
LEADER
Nay; the fresh bloodshed still imbrues thine hands;
And thence distraction sinks into thy soul。
ORESTES
O king Apollo…see; they swarm and throng…
Black blood of hatred dripping from their eyes!
LEADER
One remedy thou hast; go; touch the shrine
Of Loxias; and rid thee of these woes。
ORESTES
Ye can behold them not; but I behold them。
Up and away! I dare abide no more。
(He rushes out。)
LEADER
Farewell then as thou mayst;…the god thy friend
Guard thee and aid with chances favouring。
CHORUS (chanting)
Behold; the storm of woe divine
That raves and beats on Atreus' line
Its great third blast hath blown。
First was Thyestes' loathly woe
The rueful feast of long ago;
On children's flesh; unknown。
And next the kingly chief's despite;
When he who led the Greeks to fight
Was in the bath hewn down。
And now the offspring of the race
Stands in the third; the saviour's place;
To save…or to consume?
O whither; ere it be fulfilled;
Ere its fierce blast be hushed and stilled;
Shall blow the wind of doom?
THE END
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