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(Healer of Delos, hear!)

(¡Sanador de Delos, escucha!)

Hast thou some pain unknown before,

¿Acaso sufres algún dolor nunca antes conocido,

Or with the circling years renewest a penance of yore?

O con el girar de los años renuevas una penitencia de antaño?

Offspring of golden Hope, thou voice immortal, O tell me.

¡Vástago de la dorada Esperanza, voz inmortal, oh, dímelo!

(Ant. 1)

First on Athene I call; O Zeus-born goddess, defend!

Primero a Atenea invoco; ¡oh diosa nacida de Zeus, defiéndenos!

Goddess and sister, befriend,

Diosa y hermana, ampáranos,

Artemis, Lady of Thebes, high-throned in the midst of our mart!

¡Artemisa, Señora de Tebas, entronizada en lo alto en medio de nuestra plaza!

Lord of the death-winged dart!

¡Señor del dardo de alas mortales!

Your threefold aid I crave

Vuestro triple auxilio imploro

From death and ruin our city to save.

Para salvar a nuestra ciudad de la muerte y la ruina.

If in the days of old when we nigh had perished, ye drave

Si en los días de antaño, cuando estábamos a punto de perecer, ahuyentasteis

From our land the fiery plague, be near us now and defend us!

De nuestra tierra la ardiente pestilencia, ¡estad cerca de nosotros ahora y defendednos!

(Str. 2)

(Est. 2)

Ah me, what countless woes are mine!

¡Ay de mí, cuántos males sin cuento son los míos!

All our host is in decline;

Todo nuestro pueblo está en declive;

Weaponless my spirit lies.

Mi espíritu yace inerme.

Earth her gracious fruits denies;

La tierra niega sus generosos frutos;

Women wail in barren throes;

Las mujeres lloran en estériles dolores de parto;

Life on life downstriken goes,

Vida tras vida cae abatida,

Swifter than the wind bird's flight,

Más veloz que el vuelo del pájaro del viento,

Swifter than the Fire-God's might,

Más veloz que el poder del Dios del Fuego,

To the westering shores of Night.

Hacia las costas occidentales de la Noche.

(Ant. 2)

Wasted thus by death on death

Consumida así por muerte tras muerte

All our city perisheth.

Toda nuestra ciudad perece.

Corpses spread infection round;

Los cadáveres propagan la infección por doquier;

None to tend or mourn is found.

No se encuentra nadie que los cuide o los llore.

Wailing on the altar stair

Lamentándose en las gradas del altar

Wives and grandams rend the air—

Esposas y ancianas desgarran el aire—

Long-drawn moans and piercing cries

Largos gemidos y agudos lamentos

Blent with prayers and litanies.

Mezclados con plegarias y letanías.

Golden child of Zeus, O hear

Áureo hijo de Zeus, oh, escucha

Let thine angel face appear!

¡Deja que tu angelical rostro se muestre!

(Str. 3)

(Est. 3)

And grant that Ares whose hot breath I feel,

Y concede que Ares, cuyo ardiente aliento siento,

Though without targe or steel

Aunque sin escudo ni acero

He stalks, whose voice is as the battle shout,

Merodea, cuya voz es como el grito de batalla,

May turn in sudden rout,

Se vuelva en repentina derrota,

To the unharbored Thracian waters sped,

Lanzado hacia las inhóspitas aguas tracias,

Or Amphitrite's bed.

O al lecho de Anfitrite.

Vocabulary

Sanador: One who heals; a healer or physician.
de: Of; from; belonging to or associated with.
escucha: Listen; hear; pay attention to someone or something.
Acaso: Perhaps; maybe; by chance or accident.
sufres: You suffer; you experience pain or distress.
algún: Some; any; one or more unspecified things.
dolor: Pain; physical or emotional suffering and anguish.
nunca: Never; not at any time whatsoever.
antes: Before; previously; in front of or ahead.
conocido: Known; recognized; familiar or acquainted with.
con: With; in the company or presence of.
el: The; definite article for masculine singular nouns.
girar: To turn; to rotate or spin around.
los: The; definite article for masculine plural nouns.
años: Years; period of time lasting twelve months.
renuevas: You renew; you restore or make new again.
una: A; one; indefinite article for feminine nouns.
penitencia: Penance; acts of atonement for sin or guilt.
antaño: Long ago; in ancient times or former days.
Vástago: Descendant; offspring; a shoot or branch of plant.
la: The; definite article for feminine singular nouns.
dorada: Golden; made of or colored like gold.
Esperanza: Hope; expectation of something desired or anticipated.
voz: Voice; sound produced by speaking or singing.
inmortal: Immortal; living forever; not subject to death.
oh: Oh; exclamation expressing surprise, pain, or emotion.
dímelo: Tell me; inform or communicate something to me.
Primero: First; foremost; coming before all others in order.
invoco: I invoke; I call upon or appeal to.
diosa: Goddess; female deity in religious or mythological belief.
nacida: Born; brought into existence or given birth.
defiéndenos: Defend us; protect us from harm or danger.
Diosa: Goddess; female deity in religious or mythological belief.
hermana: Sister; female sibling or female member of group.
ampáranos: Protect us; shelter or defend us from harm.
Señora: Lady; woman of rank; polite form of address.
entronizada: Enthroned; placed on a throne; installed as ruler.
en: In; within; at a particular place or time.
lo: It; the; neuter definite article or pronoun.
alto: High; elevated; at great distance above ground.
medio: Middle; center; halfway point between two extremes.
nuestra: Our; belonging to or associated with us group.
plaza: Square; public open space in town or city.
Señor: Lord; man of rank; polite form of address.
del: Of the; contraction of de and el.
dardo: Arrow; projectile shot from bow as weapon.
alas: Wings; limbs used for flight by birds.
mortales: Mortals; humans; subject to death not immortal.
Vuestro: Your; belonging to you plural formal group.
triple: Triple; three times as great or numerous.
auxilio: Help; assistance; aid in time of need.
imploro: I implore; I beg earnestly and desperately.
Para: For; in order to; intended for a purpose.
salvar: To save; to rescue from danger or harm.
ciudad: City; large urban area with many inhabitants.
muerte: Death; end of life or biological functions.
ruina: Ruin; state of destruction or disrepair.
Si: If; in the event that something happens.
días: Days; periods of twenty-four hours or daytime.
cuando: When; at what time or in what circumstances.
estábamos: We were; past tense of estar for we group.
punto: Point; small mark; moment or instant in time.
perecer: To perish; to die or be destroyed utterly.
ahuyentasteis: You drove away; you caused to flee or scatter.
De: Of; from; belonging to or associated with.
tierra: Earth; land; soil or ground of planet.
ardiente: Burning; very hot; passionate or intense in feeling.
pestilencia: Pestilence; plague; disease causing widespread death suffering.
estad: Be; stay; formal plural command of estar.
cerca: Near; close by; at a short distance.
nosotros: We; us; plural pronoun for speaker and others.
ahora: Now; at the present time or moment.
defendednos: Defend us; protect us from harm or attack.

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