第 5 节
作者:绚烂冬季      更新:2021-02-25 00:33      字数:3640
  CHORUS (singing)
  What ho! my gallants; thrust away; make haste and burn his eyebrow
  off; the monster's guest…devouring。 Oh! singe and scorch the
  shepherd of Aetna; twirl the brand and drag it round and be careful
  lest in his agony he treat thee to some wantonness。
  CYCLOPS (bellowing in the cave)
  Oh! oh! my once bright eye is burnt to cinders now。
  LEADER OF THE CHORUS
  Sweet indeed the triumph…song; pray sing it to us; Cyclops。
  CYCLOPS (from within)
  Oh! oh! once more; what outrage on me and what ruin! But never
  shall ye escape this rocky cave unpunished; ye worthless creatures;
  for will stand in the entrance of the cleft and fit my hands into it
  thus。 (Staggering to the entrance)
  LEADER
  Why dost thou cry out; Cyclops?
  CYCLOPS
  I am undone。
  LEADER
  Thou art indeed a sorry sight。
  CYCLOPS
  Aye; and a sad one; too。
  LEADER
  Didst fall among the coals in a drunken fit?
  CYCLOPS
  Noman has undone me;
  LEADER
  Then there is no one hurting thee after all。
  CYCLOPS
  Noman is blinding me。
  LEADER
  Then art thou not blind。
  CYCLOPS
  As blind as thou; forsooth。
  LEADER
  How; pray; could no man have made thee blind?
  CYCLOPS
  Thou mockest me; but where is this Noman?
  LEADER
  Nowhere; Cyclops。
  CYCLOPS
  It was the stranger; vile wretch! who proved my ruin; that thou
  mayst understand rightly; by swilling me with the liquor he gave me。
  LEADER
  Ah! wine is a terrible foe; hard to wrestle with。
  CYCLOPS
  Tell me; I adjure thee; have they escaped or are they still
  within?
  (During the following lines; ODYSSEUS and his men slip by the
  CYCLOPS; despite his efforts to stop them。)
  LEADER
  Here they are ranged in silence; taking the rock to screen them。
  CYCLOPS
  On which side?
  LEADER
  On thy right。
  CYCLOPS
  Where?
  LEADER
  Close against the rock。 Hast caught them?
  CYCLOPS
  Trouble on trouble! I have run my skull against the rock and
  cracked it
  LEADER
  Aye; and they are escaping thee。
  CYCLOPS
  This way; was it not? 'Twas this way thou saidst。
  LEADER
  No; not this way。
  CYCLOPS
  Which then?
  LEADER
  They are getting round thee on the left。
  CYCLOPS
  Alas! I am being mocked; ye jeer me in my evil plight。
  LEADER
  They are no longer there; but facing thee that stranger stands。
  CYCLOPS
  Master of villainy; where; oh! where art thou?
  ODYSSEUS
  Some way from thee I am keeping careful guard over the person of
  Odysseus。
  CYCLOPS
  What; a new name! hast changed thine?
  ODYSSEUS
  Yes; Odysseus; the name my father gave me。 But thou wert doomed to
  pay for thy unholy feast; for I should have seen Troy burned to but
  sorry purpose; unless I had avenged on thee the slaughter of my
  comrades。
  CYCLOPS
  Woe is me! 'tis an old oracle coming true; yes; it said I should
  have my eye put out by thee on thy way home from Troy; but it likewise
  foretold that thou wouldst surely pay for this; tossing on the sea for
  many day。
  ODYSSEUS
  Go hang! E'en as I say; so have I done。 And now will I get me to
  the beach and start my hollow ship across the sea of Sicily to the
  land of my fathers。
  CYCLOPS
  Thou shalt not; I will break a boulder off this rock and crush
  thee; crew and all; beneath my throw。 Blind though I be; I will
  climb the hill; mounting through yonder tunnel。
  LEADER
  As for us; henceforth will we be the servants of Bacchus;
  sharing the voyage of this hero Odysseus。
  …THE END…