Semi-chorus A. Antristrophe I.
Nay, but those rivers whose glad waters lave,
With increase fraught, this region where they rise,
Soothing the earth with fertilizing wave.
Semi-chorus B.
View us, Chaste Artemis, with pitying eyes; 1010
On us may Kythereia ne'er impose
Wedlock, with forceful rites! No, may such prize
Reward our foes.
Semi-chorus A. Strophe II.
Not that this friendly hymn disdains her sway
Who empire wieldeth, Zeus and Hera near,
Goddess of guileful spells, Kypris, whose reign,
O'er solemn rites extending, all revere.
Semi-chorus B.
Sharing her honours, on their mother dear 1020
Desire attends and Suasion, who in vain,
Her plea ne'er urgeth; Loves with whispering play,
And sweet Harmonia, these too share her sway,
And wait on Aphrodite.
Semi-chorus A. Antistrophe II.
For us, poor fugitives, dire woes I dread,
Yea, bloody wars my bodeful heart appal;
Since hither sailing, eager in pursuit,
In swiftly-wafted ships our foes have sped. 1030
Semi-chorus B.
Whate'er is fated that must sure befal;
The will of Zeus, almighty, absolute,
