第 9 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2021-02-19 00:48      字数:3836
  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…
  。