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hippolytus-第10章

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  HIPPOLYTUS

    Ah! then I see her single hand hath struck down three of us。

  ARTEMIS

    Thy sire and thee; and last thy father's wife。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    My sire's ill…luck as well as mine I mourn。

  ARTEMIS

    He was deceived by a goddess's design。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Woe is thee; my father; in this sad mischance!

  THESEUS

    My son; I am a ruined man; life has no joys for me。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    For this mistake I mourn thee rather than myself。

  THESEUS

    O that I had died for thee; my son!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Ah! those fatal gifts thy sire Poseidon gave。

  THESEUS

    Would God these lips had never uttered that prayer!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Why not? thou wouldst in any case have slain me in thy fury then。

  THESEUS

    Yes; Heaven had perverted my power to think。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    O that the race of men could bring a curse upon the gods!

  ARTEMIS

    Enough! for though thou pass to gloom beneath the earth; the wrath

of Cypris shall not; at her will; fall on thee unrequited; because

thout hadst a noble righteous soul。 For I with mine own hand will with

these unerring shafts avenge me on another; who is her votary; dearest

to her of all the sons of men。 And to thee; poor sufferer; for thy

anguish now will grant high honours in the city of Troezen; for thee

shall maids unwed before their marriage cut off their hair; thy

harvest through the long roll of time of countless bitter tears。

Yea; and for ever shall the virgin choir hymn thy sad memory; nor

shall Phaedra's love for thee fall into oblivion and pass away

unnoticed。 But thou; O son of old Aegeus; take thy son in thine

arms; draw him close to thee; for unwittingly thou slewest him; and

men may well commit an error when gods put it in their way。 And thee

Hippolytus; I admonish; hate not thy sire; for in this death thou dost

but meet thy destined fate。 And now farewell! 'tis not for me to

gaze upon the dead; or pollute my sight with death…scenes; and e'en

now I see thee nigh that evil。

                                                  (ARTEMIS vanishes。)

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Farewell; blest virgin queen! leave me now! Easily thou

resignest our long friendship! I am reconciled with my father at thy

desire; yea; for ever before I would obey thy bidding。 Ah me! the

darkness is settling even now upon my eyes。 Take me; father; in thy

arms; lift me up。

  THESEUS

    Woe is me; my son! what art thou doing to me thy hapless sire!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    I am a broken man; yes; I see the gates that close upon the dead。

  THESEUS

    Canst leave me thus with murder on my soul!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    No; no; I set thee free from this bloodguiltiness。

  THESEUS

    What sayest thou? dost absolve me from bloodshed?

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Artemis; the archer…queen; is my witness that I do。

  THESEUS

    My own dear child; how generous dost thou show thyself to thy

father!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Farewell; dear father! a long farewell to thee!

  THESEUS

    O that holy; noble soul of thine!

  HIPPOLYTUS

    Pray to have children such as me born in lawful wedlock。

  THESEUS

    O leave me not; my son; endure awhile。

  HIPPOLYTUS

    'Tis finished; my endurance; I die; father; quickly veil my face

with a mantle。

  THESEUS

    O glorious Athens; realm of Pallas; what a splendid hero ye have

lost! Ah me; ah me! How oft shall I remember thy evil works; P Cypris!

  CHORUS (singing)

    On all our citizens hath come this universal sorrow; unforeseen。

Now shall the copious tear gush forth; for sad news about great men

takes more than usual hold upon the heart。





                                   …THE END…



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