Wilson 9.522-542
Maria Curley /
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- Modified on 2024-08-01 03:30:02
- Translated by Emily Wilson (2017)
- Aligned by Maria Curley
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522-542
ὣς ἔφατʼ , αὐτὰρ ἐγώ μιν ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπον ·
αἲ γὰρ δὴ ψυχῆς τε καὶ αἰῶνός σε δυναίμην
εὖνιν ποιήσας πέμψαι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω ,
ὡς οὐκ ὀφθαλμόν γʼ ἰήσεται οὐδʼ ἐνοσίχθων .
ὣς ἐφάμην , ὁ δʼ ἔπειτα Ποσειδάωνι ἄνακτι
εὔχετο χεῖρʼ ὀρέγων εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα ·
κλῦθι , Ποσείδαον γαιήοχε κυανοχαῖτα ,
εἰ ἐτεόν γε σός εἰμι , πατὴρ δʼ ἐμὸς εὔχεαι εἶναι ,
δὸς μὴ Ὀδυσσῆα πτολιπόρθιον οἴκαδʼ ἱκέσθαι
υἱὸν Λαέρτεω , Ἰθάκῃ ἔνι οἰκίʼ ἔχοντα .
ἀλλʼ εἴ οἱ μοῖρʼ ἐστὶ φίλους τʼ ἰδέειν καὶ ἱκέσθαι
οἶκον ἐυκτίμενον καὶ ἑὴν ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν ,
ὀψὲ κακῶς ἔλθοι , ὀλέσας ἄπο πάντας ἑταίρους ,
νηὸς ἐπʼ ἀλλοτρίης , εὕροι δʼ ἐν πήματα οἴκῳ .
ὣς ἔφατʼ εὐχόμενος , τοῦ δʼ ἔκλυε κυανοχαίτης .
αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἐξαῦτις πολὺ μείζονα λᾶαν ἀείρας
ἧκʼ ἐπιδινήσας , ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶνʼ ἀπέλεθρον ,
κὰδʼ δʼ ἔβαλεν μετόπισθε νεὸς κυανοπρῴροιο
τυτθόν , ἐδεύησεν δʼ οἰήιον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι .
ἐκλύσθη δὲ θάλασσα κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης ·
τὴν δὲ πρόσω φέρε κῦμα , θέμωσε δὲ χέρσον ἱκέσθαι .
αἲ γὰρ δὴ ψυχῆς τε καὶ αἰῶνός σε δυναίμην
εὖνιν ποιήσας πέμψαι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω ,
ὡς οὐκ ὀφθαλμόν γʼ ἰήσεται οὐδʼ ἐνοσίχθων .
ὣς ἐφάμην , ὁ δʼ ἔπειτα Ποσειδάωνι ἄνακτι
εὔχετο χεῖρʼ ὀρέγων εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα ·
κλῦθι , Ποσείδαον γαιήοχε κυανοχαῖτα ,
εἰ ἐτεόν γε σός εἰμι , πατὴρ δʼ ἐμὸς εὔχεαι εἶναι ,
δὸς μὴ Ὀδυσσῆα πτολιπόρθιον οἴκαδʼ ἱκέσθαι
υἱὸν Λαέρτεω , Ἰθάκῃ ἔνι οἰκίʼ ἔχοντα .
ἀλλʼ εἴ οἱ μοῖρʼ ἐστὶ φίλους τʼ ἰδέειν καὶ ἱκέσθαι
οἶκον ἐυκτίμενον καὶ ἑὴν ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν ,
ὀψὲ κακῶς ἔλθοι , ὀλέσας ἄπο πάντας ἑταίρους ,
νηὸς ἐπʼ ἀλλοτρίης , εὕροι δʼ ἐν πήματα οἴκῳ .
ὣς ἔφατʼ εὐχόμενος , τοῦ δʼ ἔκλυε κυανοχαίτης .
αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἐξαῦτις πολὺ μείζονα λᾶαν ἀείρας
ἧκʼ ἐπιδινήσας , ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶνʼ ἀπέλεθρον ,
κὰδʼ δʼ ἔβαλεν μετόπισθε νεὸς κυανοπρῴροιο
τυτθόν , ἐδεύησεν δʼ οἰήιον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι .
ἐκλύσθη δὲ θάλασσα κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης ·
τὴν δὲ πρόσω φέρε κῦμα , θέμωσε δὲ χέρσον ἱκέσθαι .
After
he
said
these
words
,
I
answered
him
,
‘If only I could steal your life from you ,
and send you down to Hades’ house below ,
as sure as nobody will ever heal you ,
even the god of earthquakes . ’ But he prayed
holding his arms towards the starry sky ,
‘Listen , Earth-Shaker , Blue-Haired Lord Poseidon :
acknowledge me your son , and be my father .
Grant that Odysseus , the city-sacker ,
will never go back home . Or if it is
fated that he will see his family ,
then let him get there late and with no honor ,
in pain and lacking ships , and having caused
the death of all his men , and let him find
more trouble in his own house . ’ Blue Poseidon
granted his son’s prayer . Polyphemus raised
a rock far bigger than the last , and swung ,
then hurled it with immeasurable force .
It fell a little short , beside our rudder ,
and splashed into the sea ; the waves surged up ,
and pushed the boat ahead , to the other shore .
‘If only I could steal your life from you ,
and send you down to Hades’ house below ,
as sure as nobody will ever heal you ,
even the god of earthquakes . ’ But he prayed
holding his arms towards the starry sky ,
‘Listen , Earth-Shaker , Blue-Haired Lord Poseidon :
acknowledge me your son , and be my father .
Grant that Odysseus , the city-sacker ,
will never go back home . Or if it is
fated that he will see his family ,
then let him get there late and with no honor ,
in pain and lacking ships , and having caused
the death of all his men , and let him find
more trouble in his own house . ’ Blue Poseidon
granted his son’s prayer . Polyphemus raised
a rock far bigger than the last , and swung ,
then hurled it with immeasurable force .
It fell a little short , beside our rudder ,
and splashed into the sea ; the waves surged up ,
and pushed the boat ahead , to the other shore .